You Are What You Eat (...No More & No Less)

As of November 2024 I have been 'AFib FREE' for two+ years - and counting...

I have no doubt that if I had not changed my diet (what I eat and how I eat it) I would not be enjoying such a strong and stable Normal Sinus Rhythm/NSR heart rate.

Let me say that again in the simplest of terms:

"Since mid-June of 2022 I've mostly eaten 'Real' foods that are what they are - no processed foods, especially no ultra-processed foods, hardly any foods with added sugars - real foods that are fresh and as close to their natural state of being as possible."

Why? Because eating foods in their most natural, fresh, un-processed state provides me with all of their nutritional values intact, which is what my body and metabolism require the most.

Fill Your AFib Healing Tool Bag

I have learned through direct experience that AFib cannot be engaged with in a solitary manner - either entirely by yourself, or on your own with an Internet-based DIY-formatted strategy.

Some would say that the highly specialized?'Hybrid Team Cox Mini-Maze Surgical Ablation'?procedure performed on me at the?Adventist Heart and Vascular Institute?in St. Helena, CA by Dr. Armin Kiankhooy?and?Dr. Gan Dunnington on the morning of September 1, 2022 is the reason my left Ventricle is no longer cranking along at a very irregular 119 BPM and my left Atrium is no longer racing along at speeds best described as 'fibrillating'.

Without question those two outstanding heart surgeons helped my strong heart begin to re-model its electrical pathways, which allowed me to regain cardiac functionality sufficient for me to be removed from the 'heart failure' category of risk.

At the same time, putting into action what I have learned from 'The AFib Cure'?(a book written by two outstanding Electrophysiologists, Dr. John Day, MD?and?Dr. T. Jared Bunch, MD?with excellent stylistic editing by?Matthew D. LaPlante) in relation to the kinds of foods I've been putting into my body - and more importantly what foods I've stopped eating - has been much more consequential in relation to how healthy I'm now feeling and how joyously I'm now living.

Processed Sugars and Carbohydrates = Personal Health Enemies #1

I've been aware of the 'bad things' that Sugar (in all its many guises) could do to me for many, many years. I had not been aware that Sugar (in the quantities I had been consuming it) was quite likely the primary foodstuff that set me up to begin suffering the ravages of AFib in late-2018.

Clearly, AFib is induced by the interaction of a diverse set of underlying biological, metabolic, and lifestyle-related conditions that are further activated by ‘triggers’ and ‘situations’ as varied as there are women and men who suffer from this particular heart arrythmia.

Yet, while everyone manifests quite similar symptoms when first diagnosed with atrial fibrillation/AFib – all of us have arrived at that diagnosis (each in our own unique ways) due to the well documented interplay of clearly defined substrate causes, triggers, and lifestyle-related stimuli including what we eat on a daily basis.

Let’s Wrap it up for Now (again):

By following the lifestyle and dietary modification guidelines recommended in “The AFib Cure” and by having highly sophisticated surgical ablation work done on my heart muscle I have been able to maintain normal sinus rhythm/NSR since early-September of 2022, which has allowed me to fully re-gain my heart health and functionality, as well.

Who could ask for anything more?

This does not guarantee that you will be able to do the same thing(s) in your life in relation to whatever degree you may be experiencing AFib and/or related heart arrythmias.

However, it does guarantee:

1.???We can have an open and inspiring conversation/dialog about exactly what AFib is all about - sans the myths and faulty consensus opinions;

2.???That you have AFib care plan alternatives to work with if you choose to engage with them;

3.???That simply 'monitoring' your AFib symptoms and the negative outcomes engendered upon your heart's health - is not the only choice, nor path you must follow.

The direct 'call to action' I am following is: Got AFib? Let's Talk...

Without further ado, I will look forward to your thoughts and comments in reply.

Stay safe and strong.

Respectfully,

- Paul W. Ennis, PPAHN

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(((?Got AFib? Let's Talk...?is a continuing series of articles written by Paul W. Ennis, PPAHN detailing his individual experiences with?Atrial Fibrillation/AFib. These articles are not to be considered 'Medical Advice', nor do they contain 'Medical Recommendations' for anyone. If you are dealing with AFib you need to be under the care and guidance of a medical professional - perhaps even several of them. AFib is not a condition to deal with on your own, and/or to be taken lightly. )))

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