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Heard this by a doctor on the telly recently.

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LuckyPenny1
LuckyPenny1

A UK television programme called "This Morning" recently had a doctor talk about Atrial Fibrillation and he mentioned that drinking coffee ( not lots of it, everything in moderation ) could help regulate the heart rhythm in people with AFib. 

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  • sarah88339
    sarah88339 LuckyPenny1

    Posted

    This is new research  but unfortunately coffee has always made my heart race ,my cardio says NO coffee even decaffinated, chocolate and only a small amount of tea. We are all different.
    • LuckyPenny1
      LuckyPenny1 sarah88339

      Posted

      I'm not a coffee drinker myself and haven't been for years. And, because of the AFib and the SVT there's no way I would try it. 

  • hhanover
    hhanover LuckyPenny1

    Posted

    I drink coffee. I am in afib before the cup and in afib after the cup. Only difference is that I am a happier and perkier afib victim after the cup. Afib is a sort of vampire which lives on the intrusive changes one makes in one's life in response to the condition. The more you live your life as normally as you can, the greater is the suffering of the afib demon. Or something like that.

    • LuckyPenny1
      LuckyPenny1 hhanover

      Posted

      It's a pity there's no such person as Dr Van Helsing then, he could sort the AFib demon out once and for all wink

    • pauline31919
      pauline31919 hhanover

      Posted

      I always drink decaf and find normal coffee makes my heart even more jumpy.  Are you in permanent a.fib as I am, what meds do you find help?  I'm on metoprolol to keep rate down but nothing to keep it regular.  Does it worry you too much being in constant jumpy!  All the best. 

  • Joydeck
    Joydeck LuckyPenny1

    Posted

    Good news once again about coffee!  Every second week yet another research finding is published, worldwide, showing how helpful is coffee in yet another ailment.  There must now be over a hundred ailments coffee helps.  Wonderful that so much effort is invested in coffee research.

    I'm a confirmed (green) tea drinker but once coffee has proved efficacious for a thousand ailments, I may well start drinking coffee. 

  • Mazza44
    Mazza44 LuckyPenny1

    Posted

    When I returned to drinking one cup maybe two daily I had better results and heart seemed to enjoy the coffee so to speak 
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