a-fib wrote:
YMMV - would you mind sharing about the diet you used to treat your a-fib?
I've had it occur over the past 10 years and it scares the hell out of me.
Somewhere in reviewing the research I came across a suggestion that A-fib is related to inflammation (as it turns out almost every modern chronic disease is- that's a much bigger topic). I then started digging into low-inflammation diet, and it kept coming down to reducing carbs (and later plant oils except olive and coconut). I already avoided commercial foods and added sugar, but started reducing starches (cut out chips in particular, that is one addiction I conquered among many). I also started training very much more gently, eventually going to HR training under MAF. These changes alone seemed to make the critical difference, as I have not had an incident since 2009.
I still had other chronic issues and went keto and intermittent faasting three years ago, which took things to another level, and I was able to increase my training volume tremendously (still low intensity except consistent short speed work).
Long story short I have now been 90+% carnivore the last three months and my training has been some of the best of my life. I now train 45-65 mpw, with regular workouts at all paces, some quite intense, but very rarely "going to the well", as I feel that is not worth the return; better to stay healthy and live to run another day.
In short, healthy meat, fish, eggs IME is strongly anti-inflammatory, and very powerful in conjunction with IF and proper training (I recommend using an HR monitor for at least a year until you can really understand pure aerobic easy running).
Hope this helps; the upside of all this is all of the other health benefits I have accrued. I honestly feel better now than in my teens, twenties and thirties (I had a lot of issues associated with high-carb/processed foods back then despite doing all the "right things" for health and fitness.
I feel our generation is the low-point in ters of nutritional quality thanks to a lot of misinformation by "authoritative" sources. I find that younger people who get their information from more diverse sources are in a much better position to see through the smokescreens and experience better health. I sure could have used the internet back in the '70s and 80s when I was struggling. Just gald to be here now.