Do Certain Foods Trigger PVC's?

[ARHMOM]

Hello!

I am new to this forum and new to PVCs.  I began having them in April (5 months post partum).  I have seen 2 cardiologists and had all of the tests run--all "nomal" results.  I am a very anxious person and HATE to feel the skipped beats so I have been taking Propanolol (and I know the anxiety only makes them worse).  I would like to be "med free" so I am working on finding out my triggers.
I have cut out caffeine, alcohol, etc. and I am also trying to see if there are any foods that may trigger them.  My doctor said that sometimes peppers can cause them???  I ate something with jalepenos last night and I definitely noticed an increase.
Do you all have any other foods or food groups that you avoid?  Also, any books or web sites where I might find more information on preventing these?  I need all of the help I can get.  
Thank you so much--this web site has been so beneficial to me!  :)

[racketball]

For me the triggers are primarily

heavy meal
acid reflux
caffeine
wheat
sugar
high carbs

Dealing with all the above has been challenging, but has really helped!Sometimes, I just have no clue!!!
Good luck-it's not east

[jackylam]

Thanks for sharing Cvan. Luckily my PVCs have improved greatly in the past few days. It only lasted like 2 weeks to me so I considered myself the lucky one.

Yes these irregular heartbeats are really annoying. I hope you can kick them away forever too!

[cvan1980]

I have noticed there are times in my life when the PVCs are more frequent.  There was a spell when I had a lot of diet sodas and those seemed to bring them on.  I don't have a problem with coffee, so I think it is the artificial sweeteners in the soda.  I also believe that there could be an allergy factor to it, because I used to have a really bad problem with allergies and sinus troubles, and it seems my SVT happened more frequently then, and I couldn't hardly take anything for allergies because even the meds seemed to trigger it.  Finally I had surgery to alleviate the swelling in my nose and sinus cavities, everything drained out, and I found a medicine that worked for me.  Everything settled down.  

Now I am on a different birth control because the one I was on before was making my appetite rage out of control.  The BC I'm on now seems to be causing heartburn, which is a trigger for me.  It seems if I eat ANYTHING I get heartburn.

I'm also noticing that for me any time I have had a particularly bothersome episode of SVT, it tends to be when I'm either stressed, excited, exerted, along with a quick change in position, like bending down quickly, or bouncing up and down.  My first episode happened while I was just laying in bed as a teenager.  I was too scared to even get up and move... I thought I was dying.  Then a year or two later I was cleaning my fish tank and going up and down the stairs to get supplies for that, then bent over to pet my cat and boom.  Had an episode that lasted for hours and went to the ER.  During those days a small town ER didn't really do anything for it but monitor me.

Other times that it happened:  At the beach while jumping up and down in the waves, talking on the phone with a friend and bending over to pick something up, at the grocery store when I was tired and dehydrated, after cross country skiing, getting into bed (bending over to lay down), and the latest time was when I was just laying and I quickly flipped over onto my left side to show my husband something on my tablet.  That was the episode that landed me in the ER.  Now that sounds like a lot of times, but I've been getting these things for over 15 years now and I'd say they happen maybe once or twice a year on a bad year.  Sometimes I've gone a couple of years without having them at all.

Personally I think I do pretty well with not having PVCs if I am exercising a lot and eating healthy.  I am admittedly not in the best shape lately.  I have gained about 25 lbs from my ideal body weight so there is more pressure on my stomach, gas, heartburn, etc.  I recently started working out again, doing the 30 day shred.  I occasionally get a PVC or two while doing the cardio portions of that, but those are decreasing the more I do the workout.

Oh and I also find that I have more PVCs when I'm actually coming down off of coffee, not while the caffiene is still in me.  I find that they become more bothersome if my heart rate is slow, not fast.  I feel like I'm almost more prone to an episode of SVT if my heart rate is really slow when I get a flutter.

[jackylam]

Great day today. I feel my PVC are getting less frequent and it seems the magnitude are less strong compared to the past. Actually the change happened yesterday.

So far I have made the below changes since the first PVC 2 weeks ago:

- magnesium supplement daily
- Co-Q10 supplement daily
- all round vitamins/minerals supplement from Centurium daily
- cut carb
- cut cokes
- cut coffee
- cut alcohol
- discovered acid reflux and taking Pantoloc daily
- banana daily
- changed from drinking distilled water to mineral water

I can feel that I am improving!!!

[jackylam]

Just back from hospital after a body check. I have acid reflux due to lax OG junction. Potassium level is ok. So I guess my PVC is mainly due to the stomach as it happens more often after eating. I am given Pantoloc but I wanna switch to Zantac as PPI will drive PVC as well...

[jackylam]

Creative60, I found out PVC actually slows down alot when I lie down with my upper body elevated. Is this related to GERD?

But for Prilosec, I read something in another forum that prolonged using in this pill may delpete magnesium and caused PVC. One member there mentioned stop taking Prilosec for 2 weeks and completely cured his PVC.

http://www.skippinghearts.com/forum/f1/acid-reflux-pvcs-2896/index4/