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Fish Oil and Atrial FibrillationDear Friend,"Have I been skirting the issue of Fish Oil and Atrial Fibrillation?" Some of you felt that I have been skirting the issue of Fish Oil and defibrillators not being compatable. You are correct, and I will answer those charges in a minute. But first here are a couple of emails to whet your appetite. "Dr Dave, I noticed you conveniently over looked the articles on Fish Oil being bad for the hearts of some people. You are usually pretty good about this stuff. What gives? Did you miss it or are you deliberately ignoring it?" Jack Walker Nashville TN. "Dear Dr Dave, I have a condition known as atrial fibrillation. I read your article on how Intravenous Fish Oil was used to stop other irregular heart beats. Is there any chance it might help me with this condition? Alison Brooks, Detroit Michigan." A little bit of history is in order, but in answer to Jack, "How could I have missed it, that article got almost as much news play as Paris Hilton loosing her bikini. Or was that her dog? I forget. You may recall an email I sent out to you on May 3rd of last year that detailed an historic event. It was the first time that Fish Oil was used to terminate deadly ventricular (bottom part of the heart) irregular heartbeats. That article is reprinted for you at the end of this email incase you weren't with me yet at the time it was released. It basically silenced all the critics of Fish Oil's value for this type of problem, and opened the way for other studies on Fish Oil's effects on the heart beat. For a short time at least. Early this year one study was released that showed that people with implantable defibrillators should not take fish oil. I chose not to address that article at the time for several reasons.
1) Very few people have implantable defibrillators. The articles often said something like "Fish oil harmful for hearts?' which of course is read as "Fish Oil is harmful for your heart" by the average person. 2) That one article got more press than the dozens of positive articles on fish oil and irregular heart beats. Why give it more until it finally faded away last month after a full 6 months of circulation. 3) The article was published in a Journal that is heavily supported by advertising dollars from Big Pharmacy, the same people who brought you Vioxx, Prozac, Bextra, Suprax, Trovan, Cardene and a whole host of other drugs that are no longer available because they killed people. 4) The article was sponsored by a company that makes defibrillators and the doses of fish oil were well below that used in other studies. One other point worth mentioning, in the intravenous drug study published by a journal that is even more traditional, the New England Journal of Medicine, Fish oil worked better than prescription drugs and without any side effects! And at the same hospital, at about the same time, another study was being done that I did not report on then. In this study another potential deadly and much more common bad heartbeat called atrial fibrillation was also being studied with respect to Fish Oil. Atrial fibrillation occurs when the top part of the heart beats (or more accurately squirms) at often 2X the normal heart rate. It is a serious risk factor for stroke increasing its risk 4X above the general population, and is generally treated with Coumadin among other drugs. Coumadin also has potentially deadly side effects! Well over 2 million Americans suffer from this condition, making it the most common serious irregular heart beat in the country. The older you get, the more likely it is to occur. As such atrial fibrillation represents a serious challenge to the health of the nation. While a stroke may not kill you, if you have a bad one, you may wish you were dead. And, personally Coumadin with all of its bleeding problems is one drug I hope I NEVER have to take. The bottom line in the FISH OIL/atrial fibrillation study is that Omega 3 fatty acids (Fish Oils) reduced the incidence of Atrial Fibrillation by 31% in people who were consuming higher doses. Once again this is much higher than the 2X a week Fish Consumption recommended by the American Heart Association! As I have told you before the effects of high dose Fish Oil have been near miraculous in both sickness and in health. So while you are fighting off Alzheimer's, heart disease cancer, other bad heart beats, arthritis, memory loss, depression, hormonal problems, wrinkles and skin problems to name a few, you can rest easier about the very common problem of atrial fibrillation. I'll take Fish Oil over Coumadin any time! Best, Doc "Others may copy but none compare" Some caveats: If you are one of the few people in this country that has an implantable defibrillator do not take Fish Oil until this issue is settled. Everyone else including those with pace makers would be crazy not to take fish oil in my opinion. Do not take fish oil and Coumadin together without the expressed permission of your personal doctor. To experience the amazing and multiple benefits of Dr Dave's Best Pharmaceutical Grade Fish Oil go to the site and order NOW! 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Finally to those of you who accuse me of making up tings to make it look like I said them before any one else here is a reprint of that article released over a year ago if you care to read it!     Intravenous fish oil! Well, they’ve gone and done it …Finally! Someone finally did a fish oil study using IV fish oil in people. Now at first glance you may think,” Big Deal!” But actually it is! First, this is a case of putting the cart before the horse. Fish oil as all of you know is an oral (by mouth) supplement. If you’d have asked me if IV fish oil should be tried I would have said, sure, but why bother, just take it by mouth like a normal human being. Still I am grateful that researchers at Brigham and Women’s hospital in Boston used IV fish oil in this study. Next you have to understand that human studies are very scary from the standpoint of legality. You can’t really try new therapies by themselves in people. If you don’t treat them with “standard of care” medicine, you are considered guilty of malpractice. So, the point of this study was to see if Fish Oil lived up to its billing as an anti-arrhythmic medicine. Now in order to prove this the patients had to have a history of deadly arrthymia (irregular or rapid heart beat), and have a mechanical device implanted to stop the irregular heart beat. When these doctors tried to cause this irregular heart beat in the fish oil treated patients, they found that they were able to get only 15% of these people to have an irregular heart beat. Before the fish oil, they could get 70% of the patients to do this. If you look at standard drug therapy for this type of problem, it falls far short of fish oil and is far more dangerous. In some cases it actually promotes fatal heart beats! Over a year ago I wrote about this in one of my newsletters shown below. At the time the cardiologists laughed at me. One even said” No one would ever dream of even testing that hypothesis, its absolute quackery!” Interestingly enough, the hospital where this study was done is the parent hospital of the prestigious and ultra-snooty New England Journal of Medicine. If it is published there, it is like God said it. It will be interesting to see if they publish this study since they are anything but friendly to “alternative medicine”. Fish oils have a tremendous ability to reduce the stickiness of platelets in our blood stream. Platelets are the particles responsible for causing our blood to clot. In heart attack and stroke, clotting is the final event that appears to shut off the blood supply to the heart and the brain, causing irreparable damage. Now that you know this, it is easy to see how fish oils might prevent or improve the outcomes of heart attack and stroke caused by blood clot. Fish oil also has, by a separate mechanism, a very potent anti-arrhythmic effect on the heart. Arrhythmias mean irregular and generally, bad heartbeats. When a person has a heart attack, they are at least 30 percent more likely to suffer sudden death than the general public. This is usually caused by arrhythmia (irregular heartbeats). Several studies have shown that fish oil has reduced a tendency of a sick heart to go into one of these fatal arrhythmias. In my estimation, fish oils are a far better choice than most prescription anti-arrhythmic drugs. And they do not have any of the side effects of these drugs. Some of these drugs can actually increase the likelihood of fatal arrhythmias. Usually, they are also very expensive and require blood tests to monitor their effect on other systems in the body. Once again, however, our cardiologists continue to use prescription drugs for several reasons. (1) They are bombarded by drug companies telling them about how great these drugs are. (2) Because these drugs have been (incorrectly in my opinion) identified as the standard of care legally, it means that if you don’t use them and someone gets sick or dies, you are liable for a law suit. (3) No one has done a specific study in human beings to see only the anti-arrhythmic effects of fish oils – again, there are large legal ramifications here, so that will likely never be done. I am confident if fish oil went head to head with any number of these drugs, it would be no contest, with fish oil winning hands down. Once again, a large financially driven institution would suffer from the result of these studies. Need I say more? I have to wonder now if the FDA will get involved and try to regulate fish oil! What would BIG PHARMACY do if Mother Nature triumphed over their drugs? The next question is will fish oil work as an oral supplement the same way. Here is the answer. Yes it will if you have taken it for long enough to build up your EPA and DHA levels. Most likely giving it by mouth to people who have these dangerous heart beats will work very well unless you wait until the actual event to give it. Let me tell you Betty’s story. Betty is now 84. she has what is called an AICD or Automatic Implantable Cardiac Defibrillator. Imagine a pacemaker that is “BIGGIE SIZED”. Betty has suffered from one of those deadly rapid heart beats called Ventricular Fibrillation. Basically her heart turns into a bag of worms wriggling around and cannot pump blood at all. Without the AICD, she would die within 3 minutes or less. Trouble is, when the AICD shocks her heart it delivers enough current to knock her on her butt and in more than one instance, knock her unconscious. She’s had split eyelids, a broken nose and a very badly sprained back from the shocks. Because of the shocks she’s been in the hospital 5 times in the past 9 months. Now don’t get me wrong, its better than dying at least in my opinion. Betty however did not think so. She told me flat out she regretted “letting them put this thing in me”. She told me the shocks were terribly painful and came with no warning. She told me she was sick of living like this and wanted to die. In spite of an awful lot of negative attitudes about using fish oil in this type of patient from the medical community, I really felt Betty had nothing to lose. She agreed to try it at a dose of 6 pills per day. I am happy to report that she has gone over a year without one episode of her AICD shocking her. When I relayed this to the heart specialists the answer I got was,” This has to be coincidental. There is no human data on fish oil and irregular heart beats”. They were certain it was something to do with the device, even though nothing related to it had changed. Personally I am just happy that this lady wants to live again and doesn’t have to be as scared about “getting kicked in the chest by a mule”. I am also certain given the study I told you about in this email, that the Fish Oil made all the difference in the world! Irregular or rapid heart beats are the final common pathway in many cases of death from heart disease and other forms of sudden death. It’s the last thing that happens to you before you die! The prevention of this problem makes Fish Oil unequivocally the absolute best and most important Anti-Aging supplement you and your loved ones can take. I am very proud to offer the world’s best Pharmaceutical Grade Fish Oil to you. ![]() Dave Woynarowski, M.D., CPT The Nation's #1 Anti-Aging Physician P.S. For the worlds best anti-aging supplements including Dr Dave's Best Pharmaceutical Grade Fish Oil go here and order now. Don't delay; you are not getting any younger, YET!
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