We have talked about arrhythmia once before and how potassium supplements (even when blood tests are normal) can resolve it.
Probably worth a re-read 👀
But, as ever, my brain just lurves new info (it’s a dopamine thing), & after my own premature ventricular contractions, I explored BERBERINE.
Turns out, it also helps atrial fibrillation !!
And the winner is……BERBERINE (obvs).
How it works is not 100% clear, it may alter ion channel activity.
But it is also used as anti-microbial and in this study it reduced inflammation and LPS (the toxic bit from bad bugs cell walls, meaning there were less bag bugs cos it killed them).
As it says in the study, “Oxidative stress and inflammation are still the main reasons for the occurrence of POAF”
Thus, less bad bugs = less inflammation = less POAF.
Now, this got me thinking, as if there is one thing we are obsessed with in ACN, it is winning the battle of inflammation.
I have said it before, if you win the battle of inflammation, you win the battle in clinic for results.
And I know the number one source of free radicals that drives inflammation on a cellular level is dysfunctional MITOCHONDRIA.
This is really the CORE CONCEPT of the course CORE CONCEPTS in Chiropractic Nutrition (CCCN).
If you want happy mitochondria, you often need extra CARNITINE, which allows you to burn fat, for more energy.
And we know CARNITINE lowers inflammation as a result of better mitochondrial dysfunction.
So it was no surprise when I found this study.
3000 mg carnitine vs a placebo group.
” The incidence of AF was decreased in the L-carnitine group (7.5% in the L-carnitine group vs 19.4% in the control group”
Not only that, they also found, as we would expect, inflammation was lower.
And remember from previous discussions on the apex anti-oxidant SUPER-OXIDE DISMUTASE (SOD), this is the enzyme that mops up FREE RADICALS.
If free radicals, causing oxidative damage and thus inflammation is implicated in AF, then would SOD levels be lower in AF patients?
“SOD recorded a 61% decrease of mean values in patients compared to controls.”
And not just any old random SOD, a patented form called EXTRAMEL, derived as a WHOLE FOOD EXTRACT, from specifically grown melons in France.
Proven to give you more resilience when the stress of life comes.
