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

Sun Nov 9, 2025, 08:31 PM

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people who are prone to atrial fibrillation think that is a good thing, then have fun.

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

Drink coffee, I do every morning............... Lovie777 Sunday #1

Yes! Yes! Yes! wolfie001 Sunday #5

Me, too! And I have AFIB! rsdsharp Sunday #13

Fables about coffee. Jacson6 Sunday #2

Mormonism? wolfie001 Sunday #4

Mormons & coffee rustbeltvoice Sunday #19

I would research the research and find out... ananda Sunday #18

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

Didn't help me hermetic Sunday #7

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

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

LOL BWdem4life Sunday #10

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

I had to look up PAC Skittles Sunday #16

I have it and Turbineguy Sunday #28

I have MVP Skittles Sunday #29

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

it's hard to keep up Skittles Sunday #17

Why just say coffee? SidneyR Sunday #20

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

Ehhh....not so much Bayard Sunday #22

They also had more heart attacks. progressoid Sunday #27

Yay!!!! FoxNewsSucks Sunday #30