Improved blood pressure.

[Carburetor]

My BP got so much lower an steadier in ketovore, I soon cut my usual prescribed four pills down to 1 1/2. The wild variations also stopped. Pulse is a tad higher in keto but less random as well.

This pic shows aug 2023 vs Jan 2025 because I used an old BP meter in between,the app did not record it. But this shows the difference quite well. Aug 23 four Metoprolols,no keto. Jan 25 one and a half pills,keto.

I have a stent and various heart / CV -conditions since 2016. I also feel I'm able to exercise better now, I may have been fighting the heavy meds,thinking it was my heart telling me to stop eg. before I could even sweat. Beta blockers do work as rev limiters and now I'm down to one third of what I used to take.

I like this! Anyone else with heart peculiarities here?

 

 

[Bob]

11 hours ago, Carburetor said:

Anyone else with heart peculiarities here?

@Geezy has had some heart peculiarities. He was kind enough to let me interview him here...

 

[Geezy]

I was just gonna say…

[Carburetor]

11 hours ago, Geezy said:

I was just gonna say…

 

Do you take Digoxin? I did not watch the video yet but I will after dinner.

I have afib,too. Lived with it for eight years at least. Considering how weird my rhythm is,it bothers me surprisingly little. I may have had it much longer, unnoticed... back then I did not even notice the heart (afib) symbol in my old Omron meter that I have had for 20 years.

 

Edited January 15 by Carburetor

[Geezy]

10 hours ago, Carburetor said:

 

Do you take Digoxin? I did not watch the video yet but I will after dinner.

I have afib,too. Lived with it for eight years at least. Considering how weird my rhythm is,it bothers me surprisingly little. I may have had it much longer, unnoticed... back then I did not even notice the heart (afib) symbol in my old Omron meter that I have had for 20 years.

 

I was on Metropol and Flecanide  I’m off of both of them now. There are two types of AFib as you may know. One type you are in an irregular rhythm most of the time. The other is paroxysmal, which is what I had/have. In this type I’m in normal rhythm most of the time with about a dozen heart palpitations a day and about once a year I’d have a severe attack that would put me in intensive care for a couple of days while they get my heart back in rhythm. It’s a scary time. I had a heart ablation done but it didn’t work. 
A year after beginning a strict carnivore regiment my condition had improved so much that I was removed from all of my medications and one of my cardiologist dropped me as a patient and the other one only wants to see me for a check up once a year. 

[Carburetor]

I see,very good for you!

Mine is the continuous type. It was put back electrically to normal a few times years ago but it never stayed normal for long.

And those trips to a remote hospital always took a few days for a couple of seconds "zap" so I quit doing that.

My Omron meter detects afib. Depending on the day,there are less detected afibs now in keto. Normally it shows afib every time I take readings.

I took a graph in Sauna last week. Looks nuts!

[Carburetor]

BP is staying low with 1/3 of prescribed meds. Metoprolol tames Afib down too, so I probably better take some.

As of today, heart rest rate has slowed down a bit. Afib reads higher, it's been 90's all winter,now I see 70's. Sauna can do that too,we had Sauna yesterday.

[Geezy]

Looks like you are on the right track. 

[Carburetor]

18 minutes ago, Geezy said:

Looks like you are on the right track. 

 I think and hope so.  I was writing unclearly above , I meant to say "Afib reads generally a higher HR than it is in reality". All that tiny little "flimmer" in between real beats gets registered by modern gadgets. At least in my case. So the real beats number would be much lower.

My PolarFlow app went up to 200 BPM in Sauna yesterday,I felt nothing special except a good relaxation. There must be 25-30% extra BPM at least, otherwise my badly functioning, failed heart would protest big time. Three times in 100 Celsius steam, three times up to 200 BPM. Feels great.

I´m sure my doctor would disagree. His advice to any exercise question is "lay down,stay down" -type, to make sure nothing happens...

Not sure if I mentioned it here but I rejected an open heart surgery two years ago. I´m playing with the cards I have now, I know (and have known) so many people who stopped doing anything after such operations. Walking ghosts taking ten inch steps. Yes they may live longer,so might I but what kind of life...?

 

Sorry. Got a bit deep. My 66 old friend just got widowed an hour ago,cancer took his 56 years old wife. She complained some stomach problems a few weeks ago, there was such a huge tumor in her belly that nothing could be done. No alcohol,very little meat... she never participated in our barbeque. Goodbye Nina.

[Carburetor]

[Orweller]

18 hours ago, Carburetor said:

So romantic! 

[Carburetor]

January BP trend was amazing. I was completely off the BP meds for the last two weeks. Carbs average under ten g/day.

Edited February 3 by Carburetor

[Orweller]

On 2/2/2025 at 10:30 PM, Carburetor said:

January BP trend was amazing. I was completely off the BP meds for the last two weeks. Carbs average under ten g/day.

Glad to see that. Make Finland healthy again!