Heart Palpitations ARE a Stomach Issue

I’ve experienced this and NO Dr had any clue whatsoever. I’ve had to go on a YouTube journey for healing.

I actually got told by a gastroenterologist that the gut is the great imitator and problems in the gut can cause issues all over the body. I already knew this from my own experiences but this was the first time i heard a doctor acknowledge it.

My mother told this to her doctor and was told there was no relationship between the two systems. This was years ago. Just goes to show doctors don’t know what they don’t know and the patients know their own bodies

OMG my father told me this when I was 12. I got skipping in 7th grade. Dad had it. The palpation ALWAYS signaled a GI problem..took me 30 years to NOT be afraid. BLESS you for coming out with this. It is 100% TRUE!

Yep. I was recently in the ER with palpitations that caused me to faint a little - they were happening at the same time of day, after breakfast. The doctors determined it was not a heart issue which is great so then I had to experiment with switching up the morning routine. It turned out oatmeal for me was the culprit. Stopped eating oatmeal. Palpitations stopped. Simple.

Heart palpitations can also be caused by low magnesium.

I told my cardiologist a few times , if I didnt have to eat food , we wouldn't even know each other . I've always thought my palps were tummy related. I gave up on crappy carbs and started eating correctly and they all but disappeared. Thanks for this great video.

Absolutely right. If your stomach is too large or your diet causes it to swell you will get palpitations. This is the voice of experience.

You are so right! Every time I've had heart palpitations, I've had stomach issues, and every time I've had stomach issues, I've had heart palpitations. 100% cause and effect. This should be obvious to modern medical doctors.

I don’t know how I ended up here but I recently got diagnosed with anxiety to explain my heart palpitations, shortness of breath and vertigo. Seems YouTube knows more about symptoms than my doctors

I feel like crying…you literally described everything that happens to me at night, and I was starting tot think it’s in my head , my anxiety (it’s what the ED thought I had going on). Each time I went to get it checked, all tests come normal. I do have a small hiatial hernia and with stress’s it plays up. I notice after these episodes, my stomach starts to cramp really bad too. Thank you because I get all panicky when it happens, and then exhaustion from waking up and not being able to sleep afterwards.

Was on 2 different bp meds for almost 2yrs…after crying to my doctor that something else is going on and I don’t need the meds, he asked if he could change my meds and try a different kind along with an added statin and antidepressant along with a referral to a therapist for stress. A change in diet as made all the difference! To this day, my doctor does not believe me and is “very concerned” about my heart health. I will be seeking a new doctor and maintaining my new diet as a lifestyle. Feeling great these days all thanks to YouTube and persistence in fixing my gut!

I went to a cardiologist fifteen years ago convinced I had a serious arrhythmia. After wearing a holter monitor for several days, the cardiologist determined that I had "frequent non complex pvcs and rare PACs" but that they did not,"except by random coincidence" align with the points where I indicated I was feeling palpitations by pressing the button on the Holter (this meant that a not insignificant portion of the 'heart flutters' and 'skipped beats' I was feeling were not even coming from my heart). He told me everyone had the ectopic beats and it was harmless, but he didn't offer a suggestion for why I was feeling this sensation that didn't line up with my PVCs and PACs. I didn't believe him and spent fourteen more years miserable, stressed and anxious. Last year, I started getting heart burn daily that I could no longer ignore..I changed my diet completely to a very bland diet full of only foods that I know are well tolerated for me. My palpitations nearly completely disappeared after two decades with them (PMS week is still hit or miss). If I go off my eating plan for more than a day or two now, the palpitations come right back. This is why the Holter monitor results didn't make any sense to me, my symptoms were not necessarily cardiac in nature (or, more accurately, not of pathologic cardiac origin) even though I was really convinced they were. I can't believe this is not more mainstream given how many people it affects. Interestingly, I only just recently remembered that I first began experiencing this when I was 16. It'd send me into a panic attack, and my grandmother would always tell me to calm down because I "just needed to move my bowels." As a teenager, I always thought she was just being gross... It turns out that Her experience and wisdom was so much more valuable than I could've appreciated at the time. ❤ An OTC simethicone/Gas-X in situations where you want them to stop pretty quick while waiting to change your diet will do wonders as well.

I remember when I went to my doctor, it was a building with one doctor who owned it, one nurse and a receptionist. He actually listened and cared. Oh those were the days.

Absolutely unbelievable. Yes. Been dealing with this for 15 years. So scary. Three different cardiologists do theCT with contrast to tell me my heart is perfect. Perfect squeeze. No blockage. No calcium. But never mentioned food. Been learning more last couple of years and getting better. I’m 51 now. When I was 40 I literally thought any step would be my last. Everyone kept saying “stop stressing “ it’s horrible

Dr. Sanjay Gupta was talking about this in a video that said it was 8 years ago. He called it the gastro-cardio syndrome.

My palpitations were 100% my heart, 100% perimenopause. Hormones. Had ALL of these exact symptoms and it was progesterone crashing out. In menopause, ALL GONE. Hormones control SO much!

Yes! I have discovered a number of histamin-heavy foods that caused trouble. Lately, I stopped using a probiotica product as well, which might have messed up my gut with histamin-producing bacteria. All palpitations are gone - for now. I hope that I've identified all factors after three years of trouble. I had experienced more palp. while sitting in a chair with a sloppy posture that compresses the chest and gut.

I'm a 67 yo female widowed 9 years. Extremely stressful life, miss my hubs desperately still. Having hard time making ends meet. Now a Realtor hoping to create a situation that will last a few more years. Problem: Money problems and stress lead to bad diet including some alcohol and terrible weight gain (I've always been thin), nearly no exercise. Testing showed me deeply anemic (relieved with supplements). But my heart is what concerns me most. Higher BP than the very low/low normal BP I've had all my adult life and random spasms of wild heart beating and skips that sometimes even awaken me in the night. Been drinking kombucha to relieve my chronic constipation (colonoscopy completely clean 12 mo ago). Neurologically, I'm in full fledged freeze mode - feeling too panicked to do what needs doing professionally. So glad to find this info!!!

In my case heart palpitation increase as I increase carbohydrate, when I eat my normal low carb diet with a Magnesium supplement the palpitations disappear. Apparently a high carb diet restricts the absorption of magnesium.