Food and ectopics

[Padayn01]

I know you lot must be sick of me going on about ectopics, the truth is they have been better so I thought I treat myself to an Indian mix grill and oh my word was that the biggest mistake I ever made my ectopics have been worse than ever, how many of you out there her ectopics bad with certain foods?

[Ianp66]

I had quite a few problems before with food mate, especially spicy food. Digestive issues in general are a known antagonist for the heart thanks to the sensitivity of the vagal nerve.

If I overate, or had food I knew would cause heartburn then odds on would trigger something . Short walk sometimes helped relieve the symptoms, lying down exacerbated the bloated feeling typically triggering an episode. Eating small Portions helped me a lot as did a short walk post food.

[Padayn01 in reply to Ianp66]

Cheers as always bud hope your well brother

[Ianp66 in reply to Padayn01]

Had a few flutters this week, overtired, and major stress with another family loss mate, nothing major, just a little active and uncomfortable, so just trying not to push too hard and let it settle, be glad to see the back of 2020 it's a car crash of a year to say the least.

[Padayn01 in reply to Ianp66]

So so sorry with your lost pal I’m truly am it’s been a horrible year for many of us drop us a text if you nee to chat mate you’ve been a legend for me

[Ianp66 in reply to Padayn01]

Will do Pad, yep it's been challenging for us all I think, if aliens are coming as the amusing portion of socitey claim, then they need hurry up and bring the heart repair serum, then we sorted 😉

[Padayn01 in reply to Ianp66]

Top man

[HiloHairy]

Sodium is my main trigger while Indian cuisine is one of my favorites. My current reality is making it very hard to enjoy any Asian cuisines. I am finding it easier if I drink unusually large amounts of water through the day to purge the sodium from my system.

This is especially maddening as I do business in India and the importer of my products in Mumbai also owns the best veg restaurants in Mumbai and Delhi and regularly sends me seasonings to enjoy in my home. I can't bring myself to admit to him that for now I'm just warehousing most of these wonderful spices.

Still, my recent discovery of the help that I get from drinking ridiculous amounts of water may bring me back to some level of culinary happiness.

[secondtry]

My diet becomes more and more plain, simple & conservative against my preferred 'try everything' past life. In particular I have reduced sugar & gluten 75%+. This helps, as my digestion and body is better, which intern helps AF as the Vagus Nerve is less sensitive.

[Padayn01 in reply to secondtry]

Yeah I think your right plain foods simple digestion

[dwright12]

chocolate triggered problems for me Saturday night...

[Padayn01 in reply to dwright12]

Dark or milk

[jeanjeannie50 in reply to Padayn01]

Payday, that made me laugh!

[needlestone]

I only get them with certain foods. I had to go gluten free in 2016 after an ablation did not fix. I had a naturopathic doctor who suggested going gluten free to see if that helped and it did. Probably your indian food had wheat in there somewhere, can even be in some seasonings. Also, Aspartame and Sucralose will get my heart to go crazy, even chewing gum that I don't swallow will set my heart off if it has either of these artificial sweeteners in it. I also notice some disturbances with caramel, I have not figured that one out yet, as far as if there is one particular ingredient in the caramel.

[Padayn01 in reply to needlestone]

Yeah I think I will try gluten so do you have gluten free everything?

[needlestone in reply to Padayn01]

No wheat/gluten. I always check labels to see what the allergens are in each product I buy. If it says wheat, I do not purchase. And when going to restaurants I have to make sure they know that I cannot have wheat/gluten in anything.

[Padayn01 in reply to needlestone]

And it’s help greatly you say?

[needlestone]

I no longer get ectopics from food anymore unless I accidentally get wheat/gluten or artificial sweeteners mostly. Slight reaction with caramel toppings too, but that is it. I was told that it takes about a year to really notice the difference with not having gluten but I noticed it right away. And the one time I had some about 6 months after quitting, my heart was crazy for 5 days before it settled down and this was post ablation even. I had an ablation in March of 2016 and went GF in April of 2016 because I still was having problems.

[Padayn01 in reply to needlestone]

Sorry what’s GF? And when you say your heart goes crazy you mean ectopics or just going haywire? And do you still get some ectopics just not with food now?

[Ianp66 in reply to Padayn01]

Gary Fibrillation 😂