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BWdem4life

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10. LOL

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Sun Nov 9, 2025, 03:55 PM

Nov 9

The only time I ever had my heart paddled back into rhythm was after drinking some alcoholic drinks with Red Bull in them. Pretty sure caffeine is not really good for the heart.

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Coffee may protect against irregular heartbeats [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Nov 9 OP

Drink coffee, I do every morning............... Lovie777 Nov 9 #1

Yes! Yes! Yes! wolfie001 Nov 9 #5

Me, too! And I have AFIB! rsdsharp Nov 9 #13

Fables about coffee. Jacson6 Nov 9 #2

Mormonism? wolfie001 Nov 9 #4

Mormons & coffee rustbeltvoice Nov 9 #19

I would research the research and find out... ananda Nov 9 #18

Coffee's like the Ever-Ready bunny wolfie001 Nov 9 #3

Whatever, DEcaffienated coffee helps/prevents HEARTBURN/acid reflux. elleng Nov 9 #6

Didn't help me hermetic Nov 9 #7

I cannot function without my coffee every day. I must be addicted... CTyankee Nov 9 #8

It sure doesn't work that way with mitral valve prolapse. LudwigPastorius Nov 9 #9

Caffeine is a stimulate known to increase the heart rate. lostincalifornia Nov 9 #24

LOL BWdem4life Nov 9 #10

like a lot of things, it's probably not the caffiene Skittles Nov 9 #15

cutting way back on caffeine helped my PACs. I never totally gave up coffee, just decaf or half caf joanbarnes Nov 9 #11

I had to look up PAC Skittles Nov 9 #16

I have it and Turbineguy Nov 9 #28

I have MVP Skittles Nov 9 #29

If true, this would be of no help to me. 3catwoman3 Nov 9 #12

In the last week I heard melatonan will kill you and sleeping on your doc03 Nov 9 #14

it's hard to keep up Skittles Nov 9 #17

Why just say coffee? SidneyR Nov 9 #20

Doc took me off coffee 30 years ago. piddyprints Nov 9 #21

Ehhh....not so much Bayard Nov 9 #22

It has been know for years that coffee can cause ectopic beats, and increases the heart rate and contractilty. If lostincalifornia Nov 9 #23

This girl who had a heart condition died from drinking a cafinated lemonade at Panera. lostincalifornia Nov 9 #25

I like the word "MAY". I have a coin that does the same think 50% of the time. lostincalifornia Nov 9 #26

They also had more heart attacks. progressoid Nov 9 #27

Yay!!!! FoxNewsSucks Nov 9 #30