Atrial Fibrillation (A-fib) can be deadly

I had my first a-fib (atrial fibrillation) event in 2007. A-fib is where your heart begins racing out of control and the one half can’t keep up. The electrical impulses from the heart occuring in the two chambers get out of sync somehow and instead of contracting normally, the muscle begins quivering. It’s a pretty serious matter, one I’ve had to be hospitalized for several time.

I can always tell when I’m going into A-fib. Not everyone can. I just feel different. It isn’t painful, but it is discomforting. I recall the first time (which was the worst), I must have urinated 5 gallons of liquid! (Exaggeration, but it seemed like it.) I never knew I had some much liquid in me.

What caused atrial fibrillation (A-fib) for me

I discovered several things that can put me towards A-fib. I list them here in no particular order of importance, but blended together, they combine to provide a deadly “cocktail” that is guaranteed to drive me (and perhaps you) into atrial fibrillation.

• caffine (coffee mostly)
• stress (oh my, yes, stress can put me there)
• MSG (who knew? took a trip to a popular buffet to discover that one)
• high levels of salt intake

The Cure for my Atrial Fibrillation (A-fib)

One Saturday afternoon, I began feeling the onset of an a-fib event. When that occurs, I go to my recliner and relax, trying to make it stop. It’s worked once or twice, but usually, it doesn’t, and if the atrial fibrillation continues for more than 3 hours, I have always had to go to the hospital (except this one time).

This time, I was into the 4th hour. I wanted to go back to the hospital as much as you and the rest of America want to pay the IRS their annual fee for allowing us to live and work here. I really did not want to go to the hospital…but I was pretty sure that in an hour or so, I would be getting up and telling the wife, “Honey, I guess it isn’t going to go away.”

Juicing Made my Atrial Fibrillation Disappear!

But, while I was sitting there waiting for the inevitable, she brought me some juice. Now, we juice fairly often and believe firmly in the Organic way of life, and try and practice good health habits. (Having a quad by-pass is highly motivating.)  Juicing is, we believe, an integral part of developing and maintaining good health.  Anyway, about 20 minutes after I drank the juice, the atrial fibrillation disappeared! Yeah. Went away. I was amazed. I was well into 4 hours of my a-fib episode, so this was nothing short of a miracle.

I called out from the Family Room where I was sitting, to my wife in the kitchen: “Honey! What was in that juice?”

She replied, “An apple, a carrot, and about 5 or 6 stalks of celery.”

Long story short: The celery did it. I did a little research and discovered that celery is great for the arteries. Whatever else it does, it sure works a miracle on my a-fib.

Something Else that Helps prevent & control Atrial Fibrillation (A-fib) for me

I have discovered something else that helps me, and I have begun taking it daily (unless I forget, which I’m prone to do, being the proverbial “absent-minded” professor – though, in this case, I’m the absent-minded lawyer).  It is liquid magnesium. I take a particular brand called Aqua Mag, made by Biotics Research Corp., which was recommended by my nutritionist, Sarah Leep, who is a “walking textbook” of nutritional information. She’s been a real god-send (and has free legal for life) Anyway, there’s more about the product below here. It’s pretty cheap, considering all the benefits it provides to the heart, but for me, the value with respect to reducing my chances of having another a-fib event make it a “must have” product.

A disclaimer. I’m a lawyer, not a doctor. So,  recognize that I am telling you my experience. I’m not telling you that if you eat celery you’re going to be cured of your a-fib, and if you take magnesium, you’ll never a-fib again. I can only tell you that since I have been doing the juicing with the celery, and taking the liquid magnesium  I’ve not had another a-fib event (though I have had times when I was working up to an event but the juice stopped it). I’ve been free of atrial fibrillation for almost 2 years, now. Talk to your doctor (but, realize most doctors are not “into” the natural cures, so you may not get far). Look for a doctor who is a believer in utilizing the natural and blending it into conventional medicine. Those doctors are like gold. They can be such a great help to you.

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