Food as Medicine

[Lovedmum]

I am 53 and recently diagnosed with atrial flutter and fibrillation, very scary. The consultant put me on Bisoprolol 2.5mg but I have stopped taking it because it made symptoms extreme. I have started combining a plant food diet, magnesium and omega 3 in my everyday living and I have been feeling much better but has anybody else found this?

[jeanjeannie50]

There is a section on this site for AF and one of the members Grandma has had great success with a plant based diet for AF:

healthunlocked.com/afassoci...

Hope this link works. If not you could find it under the communities section at the top of this page.

Jean

[Hidden]

I've heard good things about magnesium and keep meaning to try it out, but my AF has been good lately so I'm letting sleeping dogs lie! SRMGrandma has had real success with a diet/lifestyle combination that she explains in some of her posts. I bought the cookery book and it is pretty much vegetarian.

Lis

[Lovedmum in reply to Hidden]

Are you on medication and if so which one?

[Hidden in reply to Lovedmum]

Bisoprolol (5mg) and warfarin - the biso was making me very tired but I switched to having it in the evening and that seems to have helped enormously

Lis

[Lovedmum in reply to Hidden]

I have recently stopped bisoprolol because it made me feel dreadful so I am going back to the doctor.

[Hidden in reply to Lovedmum]

It really does make some people feel awful, it seems. It just sent me to sleep! I hope your doc finds something better for you.