What is the deal with palpitations?

#1

To be fair, I have had pvc’s for 35 years, since my early teens. However, I get an annual Holter done, and last winter (pre-keto) I was at 5,000 over a 24 hour period. This year, after 8 months of keto, I’m at 30,000 per 24 hours, and with NSVT’s now in the mix. Also my serum potassium dropped from 4.7 to 3.6 after 8 months, and I’m tracking and supplementing like mad. I get about 5000 mg potassium, 3000 mg sodium, and 650 mg of magnesium every day.

Anyone else dealing with this? I’m off keto until I can get a rope around this. It’s been 4 days and I already notice it getting better.

(Bunny) #2

The basics:

The Cause of Heart Palpitations

Dr. Berg talks about the three causes of palpitations. Palpitations is either a skipped heart beat, an extra pounding or a speeding up of your heart rate.

The rhythm of the heart is controlled by electrolytes (potassium, magnesium sodium and calcium). You can be deficient in these minerals if you omit them from the diet like not eating enough vegetables.

You can also have insulin resistance and thereby not absorb electrolytes and develop palpitations. Insulin resistance also forces the body to make more insulin because it’s now resistance.

This is another reason why you see palpitations as a side effect from taking insulin. Or you can have low stomach acid and not absorb minerals. It takes an acidic stomach to absorb minerals.

When you are low in stomach acids, you then get acid reflux (heart burning or GERD), and in fact, palpitations is one of the associative symptom of having acid reflux and now you know why.

How To Fix Low Stomach Acid - Dr. Brant Larsen

Electrolytes.. and gallbladder