I've followed Dr. Sinatra's recommendations for a long time and took D Ribose for some yrs and not now and rather than Resveratrol, I've been taking Grape Seed Extract for over 20 yrs and some of the other recommendations also. https://www.healthydirections.com/articles/heart-health/best-supplements-for-heart-health Why do I take supplements for heart health when I already eat well? Because no matter how good your diet is, it’s likely to fall short in certain areas. The right nutritional supplements have the power to help reverse heart failure, keep your heart beating as it should, and maintain healthy arteries and proper blood flow. Researchers have even shown that we as a society could save billions of dollars in heart-related hospitalization costs if those with a high risk of cardiovascular disease were to take targeted heart health supplements.1 The Importance of Heart Health Supplements for Energy Support The heart has unique nutritional needs when it comes to energy support, because it is one of the few organs in the body that functions continuously without resting. Certain heart health nutrients, therefore, are crucial to help the mitochondria in your cells produce adenosine triphosphate (ATP)—the fuel your body requires at the cellular level. Without enough ATP, your cells can’t function at optimum levels—and nowhere is that more apparent than in the energy-guzzling cells that are found in the heart. Poor ATP metabolism can result in the heart becoming weak and inefficient, which can lead to a significantly compromised quality of life. The heart health supplements Coenzyme Q10, L-Carnitine, magnesium, and D-ribose all contribute to the ATP production process, and, ultimately, a healthy heart. Here’s how each of these nutrients aids in energy production, along with dosage directions depending on your current health status.
Likely billions per day. But "RESISTANCE IS FUTILE" ? the powers in place before 1950 erased the knowledge of how to prevent heart troubles from their protocols. In place of true knowledge, they instituted with carnegie's and rockyfallen's money and power and help medical schools that N OLONGER were permitted to use or teach non-toxic methods of health and healing. Health of americans had already declined significantly by wwII because of greed. Even though the KNOWLEDGE/BOOKS/RESEARCH/PROOF was ALREADY AVAILABLE for whoever could read, it was thrown out by government and ama and pharmakeia powers as much as they controlled (all the medical schools getting government and druglords financing). Thus, people here, there, everywhere who THOUGHT they were learning how to help and to treat people in need, via ambulance, first aid, nurses and doctors and hospitals and clinics have instead been learning how to support the ungodly system of pharmakeia.
and did not go to a cardiologist where I'm sure you'll leave with a fist full of drug scripts. My friend had some anxiety issues about 5 yrs ago and went to a walk in clinic and the doc at the clinic panicked after he did a heart check and told her to get to her hospital which was Kaiser at the time...she went and Kaiser went into action, and she was even put in a coma and after 5 days was released with a bag full of drug scripts. she's slowly gotten rid of some of them, but not BP med and I think the blood thinner. She said she had no issues like chest pain, dizzy issues, fatigue etc etc but the clinic doc panicked. My MD has been telling for me 2 yrs now that I have afib...I have NO ISSUES, and she's encouraged me to go to a cardio doc, but I did not. I have been reading on afib and read that so many have irregular heartbeats..... Any stories here? I do take BP meds and cardio supplements.
I've been tested because there was concern I had a small stroke, and AFIB is one of the major underlying causes of stroke. I work a mobile monitor for a month. I tested negative. Good luck with this, Joy. I know a few folks with AFIB who are being treated with meds.
No, I don't have AFIB. But if I did, I'd be on my way to the best cardiologist I could find. I don't want to have a stroke.
While it may be reasonable not to do everything a physician or cardiologist recommends, not getting the information in the first place does not seem to be reasonable. I do know what you mean when you suggest that medical people can get carried away with the drugs over too little information. During a regular check-up, they thought they saw something during a stress test, and, although I was a paramedic and paramedic instructor, and understood ECGs, I couldn't get them to give me a better idea as to what they thought they saw. They prescribed Metoprolol and referred me to more testing. I went for the additional tests, neither of which found anything. By then, I was experiencing chest pressure and other symptoms of a heart problem, although I was asymptomatic before taking the Metoprolol. Yet, the cardiologist who prescribed it told me that I should keep taking it. That didn't make any sense, so I talked to my GP about and he suggested discontinuing it. Within a couple of days, I was feeling fine again. Had they been willing or able to tell me why I should continue taking the drug, despite the fact that it made me feel like I was having a heart attack, when I felt fine before, I would have considered it. As I view it, when it comes to medical decisions, the decisions are mine. The role of the other people is to give me the information that I need in order to make a decision, and they didn't do that. So yes, I get that. However, I also believe that it would have been irresponsible of me to blow it all off, and not go for the additional testing. You can only make a reasonable decision after the information is in. That means following up with a cardiologist. You should be a part of whatever decision is made, but you need to have the information necessary to make the right decision. By not seeing the cardiologist, you're not getting that information. I think that's true of your atrial fibrillation. While a-fib doesn't have to mean the end of your world, it could, and it should be taken seriously. If, after consulting a cardiologist, you feel as if you are getting caught up in a medication whirlpool that isn't working for you, get a second opinion. Discuss your concerns with them rather than ignoring them. Physicians, nurse practitioners, or physician assistants at a walk-in clinic are probably trained to recognize atrial fibrillation when they see it, but they are not the people who should dictate your long-term treatment program. A-fib can be life-threatening or it can be relatively non-problematic, but the latter is likely to result only if it is treated appropriately. I suggest you take your doctor's advice (not the walk-in clinic), and see a cardiologist about this. @Yvonne Smith might be able to offer additional information.
I read Joy’s post, and , as far as I can tell, she is not asking for any kind of advice or information about what she should do about her a-fib; she is just wondering if anyone else here has had that medical issue and did not go to a cardiologist. I have had a-fib, which caused my heart failure , for almost 30 years. (I believe that it was caused by a car accident, which should have killed me at the time, but have no way of knowing that for sure). For the first 10 of those years, it was really not a problem, just occasional fits of my heart floundering around like a bird was trapped inside of my chest. Very scary, but went away in an hour or so. The doctors couldn’t find anything wrong, because it was intermittent and erratic, and over the years, both the a-fib and the heart failure continued to get worse. By the time the doctor identified it, I was having all kinds of symptoms from it. My legs were swollen so bad, I lurched along (knees wouldn’t bend), I went from walking 4-5 miles a day to not being able to get to the mailbox and back because I could not get enough oxygen in my body to walk that far, and I had terrible dizzy spells and sometimes was passing out. Obviously, at that point, I had enough symptoms that I needed to see a doctor and have tests done. Since I didn’t have any medical insurance, my a-fib still went basically untreated and getting worse, for the next 10 years. After I was old enough for medicare, I have been on heart medication, have had 2 ablations, a pacemaker, and now, an AV node ablation which puts the pacemaker in full control of my heart. The medications that I take are to help keep my heart at a regular beat, and the blood thinner is a “just in case” thing because I have also had the blood vein clots which caused a pulmonary embolism. They are bad for my kidneys, but I take supplements for my heart and my liver and kidneys and am following the heart healthy diet prescribed by my cardiologist. I seriously dislike going to the doctor, and having ANY kind of procedure done, and will not do it until the doctor has explained everything to me completely, and I am satisfied that I am making the best decision for my health. Fortunately, I have a wonderful cardiologist and electrophysiologist who care enough to explain everything to me, and give me the information I need to make my decisions for my health care. Also, having my Apple Watch has helped me a whole lot with monitoring what my heart is doing, and I completely recommend having some kind of similar health tracking device if possible. My Apple Watch constantly monitors my heart rate and it would alert me when I was having a-fib, it let me know if the heart was too slow or too fast. It measures my blood oxygen, so I can make sure that is okay, and even lets me know that my walking balance is bad sometimes. I can do an EKG if I need to check, and it will report the results to my doctor if I have it set up for that. If I did fall or black out, it will alert my emergency contacts and call 911 for emergency assistance, and the GPS will tell them where to find me. I realize not everyone likes this kind of device, but for me it has been an important part of my health care.
No one dislikes going to a doctor anymore than me. I was OK in my early years of life as I believed in them more than I do now .... I see them MOSTLY as legal drug sellers, didn't get that years ago when younger. And you can go to 5 and they can all have different answers to your questions. Makes me wonder now what Dr. Sinatra has to say about afib....believe I'll check that now. . I have followed Dr. Sinatra's cardio work for years and was taking D Ribose but have gone off it, maybe I'll go back on, but the supps out there have gone up so much as has everything else. I've been taking magnesium for many yrs, COQ10 and these are a couple in Dr. Sinatra's recipe. I'll have to look at DRibose again. https://ndnr.com/cardiopulmonary-me...oring-heart-cells-with-dr-stephen-sinatra-md/
Afib? no. But before I had my hip replacement, they puzzled over a glitch on my ekg? they did not know what to make of it ,so, I got a new hip after a bit of head scratching. I know my sign is Aquarius. But I don't know my triglycerides, cholesterol, body fat index... I have had low blood pressure all my life until I got one of the covid shots. So now I take serrapetase to stand off blood clots. I also have hibiscus tea. I don't do doctors without symptoms and don't do much with them even if I have symptoms. Get all the info I can, maybe change the way I eat. Definitely cut out/back on sugar. I love Dr Berg on youtube and I have a great library cuz I can't just remember everything I want to know.
Mary, I thought I posted about my messed up body from hip replacement in 2010, and I don't find a post on it....How has your life been since this MAJOR Surgery.. I never thought I'd end up as terrible as I have.....
I hope all of you do well in the coming years and live peaceful healthy lives. I lost my Mother two years ago less than a year after losing the younger brother. My Mother had several knee replacements since the early 80s and when she passed she was 90. Something happened due to the last knee replacement and her knee got infected so it got so bad they surgically removed the replacement and tried to wait to see if they could contain the infection. She finally got tired of the misery and told them to discontinue any care. They honored her wishes and allowed her to die peacefully. This was during this madness with the virus causing a lot of confusion and unnecessary extra stress to patients of every ailing. Now that last replacement was pretty old and not something recent with her. The body continues to do what it was supposed to do even years or decades after a major joint replacement. My Mother was solid as a rock and a strong person, she must have inherited that from my Grandmother yet they were two totally different people. My Grandmother just slowly drifted away and after having lunch my Mother had brought her she said she was tired and went to sleep. She never woke up and her mind was great up until the very end. Her Father my Great Grandfather was 104 and they had to guess at that age because when he was born birth certificates were not required. I do have a couple old photos when he was very young before 1900 and riding with a herd of cows in Cisco Tx. Another photo of him working on one of those old water powered timber saws. The Grandfather was a real joker. My first remembrance of him was when I was about 4 years old, he smoked a pipe and used a cane to walk . He looked old because he like all the people of his era lived old and hard lives to survive. This old colorized photo is of him and Grandmother and 1 of three brothers, and her half sister who passed away in 86 about 50 miles from where I live today. The old man was standing on soup cans !
I don't know if you've used the Search feature here, Joy, so I ran a quick one for you. If you click here you'll see an extract of every comment you used the word "replacement" in...there are 41 comments in a handful of threads going back 2 years. You can click on any one of them and be taken to that comment/thread. This one jumped out at me: Joint Replacement Stories, Good And Bad
Joy, So sorry to hear about your problems. I worked up till I told my husband I am done. I got spun off a horse and did not realize the damage done. It hurt but it was a lot of force on a small spot. They paid attention to my broken rib but not to my hip. Later I fell while cutting wood. I jammed my shoulder but again did not worry about my hip. Eventually it felt like someone kept jamming a screwdriver into it with each step. I found the best ortho guy in the area. and, like you, had anterior replacement. I was thrilled with the result. I didn't even notice the post surgical pain compared to what it was before surgery. Two weeks and I was back at the barn. Lightly. But a friend had joint surgery by a doctor who advertised on tv. I thought, if you are good, why do you need to advertise? Friend was screwed up. Another friend had an infection. Those are very bad. There are no guarantees, I guess, but wish there were. My other leg can't be fixed by surgery. At least I am done trying. Hugs to you. I just saw John B's collection from SOC on joint surgeries.
Thanks Mary for your story...not like mine but we all have our stories....My joints just got old and wear and tear and years of dancing and here I am...no more surgeries for me.