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Heart Arrhythmias

Electrical signal surging from the cell is a unique phenomenon, which is almost impossible to understand.

It is like an inner clock turned on and off.

But what is easier to comprehend is the emergence of faulty signal in surrounding elements, not supposed to be.

Membrane instability is probably the most important issue here.

Cell limiting membrane is composed to more than 90% of lipids.

Hence, a deficit here plays a crucial role.

In my 40 years practice of medicine, I discovered that the population of industrialized countries is largely deficient in Essential Fatty Acids (EFA).

The large introduction of olive oil in our nutrition 50 years ago had a tremendous impact on health of populations.

Improvement of life expectancy is obvious.

Atherosclerosis is receding.

Some diseases, as for instance the aneurysm of the infra-renal aorta, almost disappeared.

Olive oil is rich in Omegas 9, but poor in other EFA like 3 and 6.

Thus, an insufficient intake of unsaturated fats plays probably the main role in the emergence of cardiac arrhythmias.

It is known since a long time that the prescription of magnesium salts improves the life expectancy.

Here several mechanisms come into play, but most importantly – signal stability of cells.

Muscle cramps in extremities are treated since many decades this way.

Also, a sufficient amount of all electrolytes is crucial.

Calcium comes probably at the second place.

Physicians are prescribing largely vitamin D high dose during the bad season, as a huge deficit in temperate climates is well known.

So much for Calcium and Phosphorus, but Natrium and Kalium should not be omitted.

Also, rare microelements like Zink might be of utmost importance.

Fine mechanisms of regulation of body salt content are disrupted in many people, which is a huge realm of future developments in medicine.

In the Roman Empire legionnaires who were transpiring too much were not allowed for missions in the desert.

The kidneys play the main role otherwise.

While the body Natrium and Chlore content can be estimated by a simple dosage in blood, the Kalium pool is very different, as it is for the most part intra-cellular.

Diuretics deplete tremendously this parameter.

It has been said that the new drugs lowering blood pressure do not need Kalium supplements prescriptions, but to what extent this is true, can still be questioned.

As a matter of fact, the level of our life expectancy arriving very high, has been now stagnating for several decades.

Food and supplements adaptations play here a central role.

One of main alimentary ingredients in this regard is red meat.

Though, it should be mentioned here that this one is for other reasons highly unhealthy (Atherosclerosis).

Beware, Kalium pills are a cause of intestinal ulcerations!

Kalium pills technology with very slow absorption is in the reach of modern pharmaceutical firms.