Heart arrythmia, shortness of breath, left arm pain

[Peatness]

The Charles Weber article is very useful. thank you.

I used to read his work way before I found dr Peat and forgot about him until today.

 

[mostlylurking]

This might be helpful

https://www.truthforhealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/2022-VaccineInjuryTreatmentGuide_4-29-22-FINAL-1.pdf

POTASSIUM and THIAMIN (VITAMIN B-1) in HEART DISEASE by Charles Weber, MS

http://charles_w.tripod.com/kandthiamin.html

Thanks so much for posting this!

 

[Peatness]

Thanks so much for posting this!

You are welcome. Thanks for all your thiamine post - they continue to be helpful.

 

[mostlylurking]

You are welcome. Thanks for all your thiamine post - they continue to be helpful.

You are welcome too.

 

[NanMitch]

Hey all,

i have been on a raypeat life style since march 2021, and my health has just been getting worse, i used to run 10 km a day, now i cant run at all without feeling like im going to die. im only 20 years old and i cant even catch my breath while walking ofr 200m, wtf!

Ive also developed left arm aches, that mainly revolve around my wrist, elbow and shoulder, i also sometimes getting aching in my right hand, and legs too, but mainly in my left arm. Also my left hand is almost always red, like with too much vasodilation or smthing, i also get it in my feet if i exercise too much, or if i eat more fruit and raw carrots, then i seem to get it more.

The heart arrythmias dont seem to bother me as much as the shortness of breath, holy moly the shortness of breath is annoying, its at the point where i cant even work properly on my computer without having to take constant big breaths, sometimes im unable to get enough breath, and i feel like im going to die.

I did get a heart scan back in november last year and they said it was all fine, i dont know whats going on anymore, i spoke to a few people who were having the shortness of breath o nthis forum, and alot of them said that cyproheptidine helped them tremendously, i dont know if i have a histamine issue, gallbladder issue, heart issue, or just anxiety, idk.

maybe someone could help?

thanks,
-Peter

Make an appointment with an internal medicine doctor.

 

[bendis]

I have exactly same problems with you I also was on a very strict ketogenic diet with high amounts of exercise. I went to cardiologists maybe 10 time my lung checked too in the end they decided I have costochondritis which is the inflammation of chest wall. they say it give no real harm to lungs or heart although I feel like I have heart attack for so many times. Even tho its claimed to not causing shortness of breath I come across so many people with breathing issues with costo its like you cannot expand your chest fully. I write this answer to make you calm down a little if there was something wrong with your heart they would find it out. costochondritis is hard to heal mine has been around almost 2 years If you want to get rid of it you must go easy with exercising and you have to acquire good posture and stretch your chest muscles

 

[AlaskaJono]

@PeterNoddeboe Obviously as @bendis stated above, you may have a different issue. Clearing the heart as not the problem would be my first mission. Can you see a specialist as @NanMitch advised? D-Dimer test is useful for discovering if you have blood clotting occuring. This can happen from Astra Z fallout. Great advice from many. Good luck and let us know.

 

[artist]

I relate to your story—I have an overly slow heartbeat and blood pooling in my extremities. I also developed left arm pain after the vaccine (which was in my left arm) although I had pfizer. I think if you have MCAS (I do, not sure about you) vaccines in general can be tough on the body. I’m controlling some of my symptoms with lactoferrin but I am trialing b1 deficiency as a root cause (my health issues go back to childhood). It’s very hard to push through the initial mast cell stimulation from the b1 though. I am also taking Thiamax since I mostly want the B1 to go to my brain.

I don’t do a “Ray Peat diet” at all anymore really although I do get all my carbs from fruits and some dextrose here and there. No starch but I try not to go too low in carbs. Both butter and coconut make me worse so I consume mainly MUFA these days, my histamine issues got better as a result.

 

[Vileplume]

I relate to your story—I have an overly slow heartbeat and blood pooling in my extremities. I also developed left arm pain after the vaccine (which was in my left arm) although I had pfizer. I think if you have MCAS (I do, not sure about you) vaccines in general can be tough on the body. I’m controlling some of my symptoms with lactoferrin but I am trialing b1 deficiency as a root cause (my health issues go back to childhood). It’s very hard to push through the initial mast cell stimulation from the b1 though. I am also taking Thiamax since I mostly want the B1 to go to my brain.

I don’t do a “Ray Peat diet” at all anymore really although I do get all my carbs from fruits and some dextrose here and there. No starch but I try not to go too low in carbs. Both butter and coconut make me worse so I consume mainly MUFA these days, my histamine issues got better as a result.

Hey Artist, if you don't mind could you elaborate a bit on your diet? I'm curious to know what you've found works best so far.

 

[artist]

@Vileplume sure! It varies and I’m not as legalistic as I used to be. This might not apply to everyone with MCAS/histamine issues but I don’t have to mind histamine as much if I keep starch low, I think endotoxin is one of my worst mast cell triggers so I focus on avoiding that a lot. Otherwise I’ll have meals like: A salad with steak or chicken and guacamole and veggies. Bacon, eggs and Brussels sprouts. Lots of meat or eggs or both + a veggie. For carbs I’ll include apple sauce, whole fruits like nectarines, frozen fruits (especially cherries), maple syrup. I frequently eat snacks like Lara bars and chocolate almond butter cups haha. I cook with unfiltered olive oil, and often the bacon fat from the bacon I cook (been craving bacon a lot lately, this phase might end.) I try to listen to my body and as long as I’m not guzzling soy oil or eating starch I don’t worry a ton. I don’t drink soda or purposefully eat a ton of refined sugar but if I am in the mood for one I will. I just get ammonia symptoms if I start having things like soda multiple times a day.

I avoid certain known triggers for me like pineapple. I minimize tomato as much as I can but sometimes you need salsa etc. I can’t have a full glass of orange juice but I can use lemon juice as a seasoning or to make lemonade (if I feel I’ve gone too low with carbs I’ll make a big amount of lemonade with dextrose, lemon juice and a little potassium chloride). I avoid anything slow cooked, and I avoid gelatin and ground meats as they are both inherently high in endotoxin and give me panic attacks (seriously lol). No dairy at all, I have a casein intolerance. Maybe someday B1 will save me from that fate :)

 

[Vileplume]

@artist awesome, thanks for that. Sounds delicious.

I read a few studies describing how people with IBS (and general digestive problems) have increased levels of mast cells and serotonin-producing cells in the gut, and those cells can trigger a ton of emotional and mental issues. I've experienced a lot of them myself, and like you I feel much better without starch. These past few days I've been increasing the fiber from frozen fruit, aiming to increase the daily BMs above 1.

Mast cells and cellularity of the colonic mucosa correlated with fatigue and depression in irritable bowel syndrome - PubMed

Elevated MCs counts are a key feature of the low-grade inflammatory infiltrate in the caecal mucosa of IBS. Fatigue and depression are associated with mucosal cell counts, in particular MCs, suggesting that psychological factors are associated with the low-grade inflammatory infiltrate in IBS.

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

The alteration of enterochromaffin cell, mast cell, and lamina propria T lymphocyte numbers in irritable bowel syndrome and its relationship with psychological factors - PubMed

Enterochromaffin cells, mast cells, and lamina propria T lymphocytes significantly increase in PI IBS, whereas only mast cells significantly increase in non-PI IBS-D. Such histopathological changes do not seem to be directly associated with psychological factors.

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

 

[artist]

@Vileplume definitely! I’ve spent a lot of time in mast cell communities and some people have very digestion-focused symptoms. For some reason I don’t have obvious gut symptoms in terms of like overt indigestion but what I eat effects my mood and skin to a genuinely absurd degree. My brother actually has/had such bad IBS he had to drop out of high school and I strongly suspect he has mast cell problems, especially because he also is starting to develop tell tale connective tissue problems.

I heard Elliot Overton discuss that B1 deficiency can interfere with the brain’s ability to control how permeable the gut is at any given time and this explanation made sense to me as far as my symptoms. I could easily see this as a fundamental etiology of MCAS in my case.