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Improve bone density and strength without medication?

Osteoporosis & Bone Health | Last Active: Jun 6 11:28am | Replies (177)
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@windyshores

My heart rate is fine most of the time @gently. I have paroxysmal afib which means once or twice a year or even every two years, I have an episode of very fast heart rate accompanying afib. Because I am hard to treat, due to low blood pressure, I have to call an ambulance and go to ER. The rest of the time I am fine.

I am not concerned about a small amount of K2 daily in a gummy- 45mcg is not a lot. If you want to share a study on this, it would be appreciated. Of course afib can cause clots/stroke but it is unclear how long the episode has to be for that to happen (it ranges from minutes to 48 hours). MY CHADS score is 2- no hypertension, obesity, diabetes etc. so risk factors are low.

I take all the electrolytes to balance them as described in the Afib Cure (book) and the afibbers forum.

I am nowhere near needing an ablation or maze and have never needed a cardioversion. I convert naturally anywhere from 15 minutes to 7 hours in.

Again would love to see any info on K2 and afib.

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gently | @gently | May 30 7:14am

windyshores, I never found medical literature on K2 and afib. I thought it could be just that supplements are not well studied. I asked every endocrinologist I consulted with why they didn't recommend K2. While some are unaware of it's use. The best bone guys said there was just no evidence of it's value. The extant literature (mechanism of action not clinical trials) is completely positive about the use-- for bones, for cancer, for heart, for liver disease.
The endocrinologists (I've seen, except one ) don't recommend calcium supplements either. You are probably too young to remember the days when those Citrical bottles were prominant on every endo-desk.
I was taking 90mcg x3 daily MK7 plus the underthetongue 4mcg MK4 Now I'm once a day with the 90 and twice with the 4, but I only take 500mg calcium in split dose.
What do they do when you go to the ER ? Is it IVfluids to try and raise your blood pressure and then just watch until your heart rights itself.
You have fascinating body. Do you plan to give it to science in the end.

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