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Magnesium and Heart Palpitations

by Lena
(Australia)

Heart Palpitations Can Be a Symptom of Magnesium Deficiency

Heart Palpitations Can Be a Symptom of Magnesium Deficiency




I have been having heart palpitations (PVC) for over 8 months. I've been very anxious since one of episodes when my heart rate raised and I had a mini black-out.

All I can think of is how to stop my heart palpitations because I'm very scared of them. My blood tests were all normal except Vitamin D being low.

My Serum Magnesium and Calcium are in normal range. The cardiologist said everything is normal and prescribed me beta-blocker medication. I really don't want to go on beta-blocker as I heard that they can be quite dangerous.

I decided to try minerals first. I heard that fish oil and magnesium can help. I've been taking Magnesium supplements for 3 weeks (300mg of elemental magnesium
per day) along with fish oil. But I still get the heart palpitations. Should I increase the magnesium intake? How long will it take for magnesium to help?


Could Vitamin D supplements help?


Could Aloe Vera Gel help?

Thank you.









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Magnesium and Heart Palpitations
by: Kerri Knox, RN-The Immune Health Queen!

Hi Lena,

That's a difficult situation. I would definitely have recommended Magnesium and Fish Oil for your palpitations. But it is possible that you are not taking enough.


While serum calcium IS a good indication of calcium status, serum magnesium is NOT. You can DEFINITELY go UP on the magnesium, up to 900 mg per day. If you begin to get loose stools then spread out your dosing MORE OFTEN throughout the day.

You can also see the Epsom Salt Uses page to see how to take an Epsom Salt Bath at night before you go to bed. The magnesium is actually absorbed right through the skin and can help get some extra magnesium in you- especially if there is a possibility that you are just not absorbing the magnesium through your gastrointestinal tract.


You can also use Magnesium Bath Flakes in a warm bath if you are home and begin to feel the palpitations. The combination of the magnesium and the relaxation might help.


Be sure that you are also taking a good high quality High Quality Multivitamin AND Mineral Supplement because it could be other electrolytes that you are particularly sensitive to being out of balance.


Be sure to stop all caffeine and all stimulants, of course, as that could be contributing to your issues.

Hope this helps.


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I Still Have Heart Palpitations
by: Lena

First of all, thank you very much for your reply. Your suggestions are very valuable to me.




I will increase the amount of Magnesium as you suggested. What other mineral supplements did you mean?

To be honest, I've started taking Metoprolol tartrate a few days ago (the most minimal dose - 25 mg per day) - I just can't handle the heart palpitations any longer. They scare me so much.


The doctor said to increase the dose after one week if tolerated. But I'm hoping that if I increase the Magnesium intake I could possibly keep the medication at the minimal dose.


How long for should I wait before I can say "Magnesium doesn't help" (I've been taking it for almost 4 weeks)? Do you know if I can take Metoprolol along with Magnesium?


Have you heard anything about Aloe Vera Soft Gels?


I heard this may help also? How much of Aloe Vera can I take?

Once again, thank you very much for coming back to me!

Kindest regards,

Lena



Minerals and Heart Palpitations
by: Kerri Knox, RN-The Immune Health Queen!

Hi Lena,

While magnesium is one of the main minerals in electrical conduction, all minerals and trace minerals work together. Sodium, potassium, chloride, phosphorus and many others are all responsible for electrical activity and can all be partially responsible for irregular heart rhythms.


If you use regular table salt, this could actually be depleting you of other minerals. Consider switching to Himalayan Mineral Rich Rock Salt


Himalayan Cooking Salt Himalayan Bath Salt


I also would recommend a Whole Food Multivitamin with Minerals in order to make sure that you are getting all of the minerals that you need in amounts that are present in actual foods.


I had not heard of Aloe Vera gel helping heart palpitations and so did some looking. I could not find any information on this from any reputable sources such as clinical trials and research studies. So, while there are a lot of benefits to taking Aloe Vera Gel on a regular basis, I can't recommend it for heart palpitations specifically.


As far as how long it will take to notice a difference, it will depend upon how deficient you are. I would think that if you gave it a good month of using magnesium in the amount outlined on the Magnesium Dosage page and epsom salt baths, then you could likely safely say that it is not a magnesium problem.


Lena, PLEASE don't feel bad about having to go on medications. There is a time for medications and a time for trying other methods. I commend you for trying to stay off of medications. But heart palpitations ARE scary and there is no reason for you to sit and suffer and be constantly afraid that something bad will happen when there are medications that can help you.


Kerri Knox RN Immune Health Queen

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Thank you Kerri
by: Anonymous

Thank you very much Kerri for your recommendations!

I will add the other mineral supplements to my diet as per your advice and will keep you posted about my progress.

All the best!

Lena


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Natural Cure
by: Anonymous

I had palpitaions for two yers, figured out it was several things:

1. 8 to 12 diest cokes per day. When I stopped, it helped. It was caffienne, nutrsweet, or both.

2. Anxiety. I take theanine for that, an amino acid in green tea.

3. Started megadosing Vitamins C (3 grams), E (800 IU), B50, calcium, magnesium, zinc. This took it down to hardly ever palps.

4. Hawthorn berries, but I took at least 4 grams, up to 16 grams at a time. It has zero sides affects, but long time use of herbs is not good,better than meds tho.

5. I now take about 80 pills per day, all vitamins, minerals, amino acids, all natural no presciptions. I am 51, male, look 37. No erectile dysfunction.

hawthorn berries work as good as inderal if you take enough of them.
The battle with heart palpitations continues
by: Anonymous

First of all I'd like to thank everyone, who tries helping me and others who may have the same problem.




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My battle with heart palpitations continues...

Things I've tried so far and the outcome:

1. Magnesium up to 600mg a day - did not help. I've stopped taking it.
2. Fish oil - did not help. I've stopped taking it.
3. Metoprolol 12.5mg twice a day - did not help. I've stopped taking it.
4. Coenzyme Q-10 - helped a little: reduced frequency of heart palpitations. But I still get quite a few of them.

The next things I'm trying are:

1. Multivitamins. Kerry, I couldn't find the ones you suggested in Australia. So I got myself Centrum Complete from A to Z. I take 1 a day. Is this enough?
2. Himalayan Mineral Salt. I use it for cooking instead of normal salt. I also prepared brine solution and take it 1 tsp of it in one glass of water.

Kerri, I have a few questions for you:

1. Taking multivitamins and Himalayan Mineral Salt brine solution together - wouldn't it be too much of minerals?

2. The brine solution that I prepared out of Himalayan Mineral Salt has some pink sediment.
Is it safe to drink the solution with the sediment?

3. The other thing I'd like to try is Hawthorn berries as someone suggested. What would be your recommendation on how much and how I should take it?

I need something that would reduce my anxiety level as I think it's one of the reasons why I'm heaving Heart Palpitations

4. The friend also suggested theanine for anxiety, an amino acid in green tea. Please comment on this.

5. And at last, I heard that taking supplements/minerals for a long period of time is not recommended. How long I can take them for before I should take a break?

Thank you.

Lena
Magnesium. Don't Give Up so Soon
by: Kerri Knox, RN- The Immune Queen!

Hi Lena,

First of all, don't give up so soon on magnesium. You may just have an exceptionally high need for magnesium. 600 mg is NOT a very high dose and you can continue up to 1000 mg and even higher. Read my page on Magnesium Dosage page.


Dr. Carolyn Dean who wrote, "The Magnesium Miracle" personally takes over 1000 Mg per day. She also recommends using Topical Magnesium Gel in addition to oral magnesium if you need to.

Give magnesium another chance and keep going up, even start rubbing magnesium oil into your skin.


Next, I have no idea about Hawthorne Berries. I don't know whether they will help or not.


Next, if you take theanine, it can be stimulating- with or without the caffeine from green tea- so, I really don't recommend it.

Next, I'm not sure where you heard that taking minerals for long periods of time is bad. We NEED minerals, and the people who live where the Himalayan Rock Salt comes from that you are taking, literally drink the white mineral rich water that has tons of minerals in it all of their lives. And they are long lived people.

It is claimed that the highly mineral rich water that the Okinawans drink is one of the reasons that they live a long time. We get such an incredibly small amount of minerals in the foods that we eat, that taking extra minerals is almost a prerequisite for health.

The sediment on the bottom of the saline solution that you are drinking is just minerals. Drink it up, it's good for you.


In Dr. Carolyn Dean's Future Health Now Program she goes into GREAT DETAIL about how to take high dose magnesium. Take a look at it.



Kerri Knox RN Immune Health Queen

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Possibly Potassium
by: Anonymous

I had heart palpitations when pregnant with my last baby. I would also get lightheaded and feel as if I could possibly blackout. I had never had this before, but knew I was lacking in many things, as I had 4 kids in 5 years and nursed them all as well.

Anyway, after some trial and error, in the end, not enough Potassium was the main problem for me. I starting taking a liquid coral calcium supplement that had Vitamin D and magnesium as well. That didn't get rid of it, but as soon as we added a Potassium Supplement to the mix, I had major relief in about a week. Just a thought. I would also raise your magnesium up as previously suggested.
Also wanted to mention artificial sweeteners...
by: Kerri Knox, RN- The Immune Queen!





I also wanted to mention that artificial sweeteners of ANY kind make the heart VERY irritable. MSG as well. These are actually known as excitotoxins and they can very much make your heart go crazy.

Take a look at the book Excitotoxins: The Taste That Kills by Russell Blaylock who writes extensively about the toxicity of these substances and their link to abnormal heart rhythms.

Kerri Knox RN Immune Health Queen

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Functional Medicine Practitioner
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heart palpitations
by: Anonymous

I have heart palpitations too. I have tried atenolol,omega-3,magnesium, and other vitamins, but nothing worked.

Was very frequent until I started walking daily for 30 to 45 minutes a day this really helped me still have heart palpitations but only a little.
Natural suppliments
by: Anonymous

1. Hawthorn berried have been used for centuries for heart issues. They are very safe. I have taken up to 10 grams, with no side effects, and it definitely slows down the heart beat. They are wonderful. Typically 2 to 5 grams stops any heart palpitations for me.


2. Valerian root is another great way to stop the heart palpitations. But only .5 to 2 grams, but it is as safe a hawthorn.

3. Green clay form France has also worked for me, but .5 to 1 gram per day.

4. Theanine is in no way a stimulant. It is a green tea extract. Green tea does have caffeine, so don't do that, only theanine.

5. Try magnesium chloride pills.

Sorry to disagree, but Ive been doing this for over 20 years.

Sorry, my spelling is awful!!
Magnesium, Calcium, Potassium
by: Lena

Hello Kerri,

First of all I would like to thank everyone who participates in this discussion and happy for those who found cure for their palpitations :)

I'm still in the process of finding mine...

A few weeks ago I saw a local naturopath and she gave me a herbal tonic of motherwort, st john's wort, withania, licorice, california poppy seeds. I have been taking it 8ml X 2 daily. In a couple of weeks time since I've started taking the tonic I noticed some changes in me like I now feel some heaviness in my head, quite often I get dizzy and headaches. I also have been experiencing a lot of muscle twitching all over my body. For some reason all the above symptoms came along since I've started taking the herbal tonic. Would you have any comments of the above mentioned herbs?

I read that muscle twitching can be due to magnesium depletion, so I've increased magnesium to 900mg a day (as magnesium amino acid chelate). I've noticed some improvement in palpitations although they are not completely gone yet. Now I'm not sure whether it's the tonic and/or magnesium that are helping.

I also read on your website that calcium should be taking with magnesium. How much of calcium a day would you recommend and should I still take it if my blood test showed that calcium level is normal?

A lot of people also suggest taking potassium. Hence, the same questions for potassium - how much of potassium a day should be taken and should it be taken even when blood results show potassium level as normal?

Thank you in advance.
Frequent PVCs
by: Erik

I have frequent premature ventricular contractions (or palpitations). These come in episodes generally in the early morning when waking up, sometimes around lunch time, and always in the evening before bed and lying in bed. During these episodes that last hours, I'm getting around 40 - 50 PVCs in a minute!

I understand a lot of people say palpitations and PVCs but only get them about 5 - 10 in a minute. Does anyone else here experience similar symptoms to mine as far as frequency and has anyone who have frequent PVCs like this have any relief from supplements, acupuncture, herbs, etc?

I'm going to try magnesium, potassium, and eventually acupuncture.

Note: My PVCs vanish when I exercise! And may stay away for hours while I'm focused and busy, but when I try to relax and sleep, they come right back 40 - 50 per minute!! Thoughts on this?

Thanks,
Erik
pvc's
by: Anonymous

French green clay works wonders for my PVC's which are alcohol and stress induced. If I am not stressed, or drink, I dont get pvc's. Hawthorn berries and valerian root work also. I take four capsules a day of french green clay- the greener the better.
French Green Clay...
by: Kerri Knox, RN- The Immune Queen!

I have not done any research on french green clay for palpitations and know nothing about it, so I can't offer help or advice on it one way or another, but if anyone DOES have research on it, I would be happy to post it here.

Hmmm. I also tried to find a good source of it to put here, but all of the products I found stated that they are 'Cosmetic Grade' which, I assume, would be of a lesser purity or have less quality control than a 'Food Grade' clay.

Anyone with any information about that and/or for a good quality food grade source?


Kerri Knox RN Immune Health Queen

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green clay
by: Anonymous

Well I have read the the greener the green clay is the better. I buy mine form Swanson Vitamins, but I am sure there are as good if not better sources.
Concerned...
by: Kerri Knox, RN- The Immune Queen!

Hmmm. I'm just concerned because the instructions on several of the products ONLY gave instructions on making facial masks and not for ingesting it.

And one of the products (a loose powder) specifically stated that it was "Cosmetic Grade". I just don't want anyone unintentionally getting some impurities that are not intended to be ingested by buying clay that is not supposed to be taken internally.

If there is even a difference, I have no idea. In the case of SOME products, there is definitely a 'food grade' version (for instance Hydrogen Peroxide), but with French Green Clay, there may or may not be and I would definitely be interested in finding out if anyone has any information.


Kerri Knox RN Immune Health Queen

Kerri Knox, RN- The Immune System Queen
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gone
by: Anonymous

well my skips and palpitatons are 100% gone. I ve been on magnesim glycate and magnesium chloride and fench green clay for about three months. I also quit all cafffiene. I am back on caffeine now
Artictle about Taurine/Arginine
by: Anonymous

Please see Elimination of cardiac arrhythmias using oral taurine with L-arginine from George Eby research.


Very impressive. I started on 2 g taurine, 1 g Arginine Supplements with great results for PVC's. I experience
symptoms similar to the person who has them primarily while reclining, although I thought I was experiencing Atrial Fibrillation, vagally mediated. So far the Holter 24 hr monitors haven't found AFib yet.

I stopped using the Taurine/Arginine combo after 5 months of success and was off it for 8 months, but my symptoms returned when exposed to fumes from malfunctioning furnace.

I believe original symptoms started after dental amalgam extraction done without proper protocol... mercury can interfere with enzyme that are Mg based...Taurine can substitute for Mg...further complications lead me to increase taurine/arginine combo to 6g taurine/3g arginine with 900mg/270mg Mg/K split throughout the day...this has kept me stable for a couple of weeks now...

Note: potassium wasting might occur if Magnesium isn't being utilized well, and if Potassium (K) is being wasted, it leads to further Mg wasting (a downward spiral that is tricky to reverse)..the trick is to add Mg back gradually and don't rush the potassium via supplementation, best through diet (also, note: kidney problems necessitate mineral monitoring if you choose to use these minerals.


Taurine/Argininee article cont..
by: Anonymous


If heavy metal toxicity is suspected, get a RBC Minerals/Heavy Metal analaysis (or a Heavy Metal Test Kit-
hope this helps!


Oh, I forgot to add that I use Magnesium/Potassium
Aspartates without much of any gastro effects such as laxative would incur.
Taurine, motherwort...
by: Anonymous

Hi all,

I wouldn't recommend magnesium aspertate, it has aspartic acid and is a neurotoxic. Taurine definitely helps, as does hawthorn (tincture of berries)

Lena, i wouldn't recommend the tincture, among others it has licorice--it raises blood pressure.

Get motherwort and hawthorn berry tincture. Herbs may cause drowsiness but are very cardio helpful. Try experimenting, but don't combine all at once (herbs and non herbs).

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