Chest Pain & Summer

There are sometimes I think I am having a heart attack during a flareup. As for being better in winter and worse in summer I have to say that I'm the opposite. I think though that it's because my diet is better in summer( I love my fresh leafy greens straight from the garden). In the winter I tend to eat alot of things like soup and not alot of stuff with any substance. In winter I can look back and see exactly what set me off most of the time while in summer I usually can't pin it down.

The only thing I find different in Summer months is diet or possibly activity level. In the winter I tend to make more comfort meals - pot roast, roast chicken, vegetable soup. In the Summer, we grill out a lot, eating fresh corn, etc. I can have it, but in moderation. Our entire schedule just seems busier - from our calendar to being more active, since daylight is longer.

Personally, I'm more a hermit, Winter-loving type person. LOL Give me a good snowstorm, a roaring fire and movie (or favorite TV show, such as Lost....need I say more!) and I'm very content. My gut probably is content too.

Hubby and I live in Ohio and I often joke when we retire that I want to move north. Not south - LOL! I should have learned to snow ski, I love Winter so much. he he

Could that be it - the business of Summer and fresh Summer-like produce? You did mention leafy greens.....that could be one component for the change(s) you've noticed.

Mary/Marsky

Low Potassium can also mimnic a heart attacl............

Thanks for all of your input

I can see how seasonal dietry changes could easily upset the mechanism.

I can't really attribute this to me though due to being on such a limited diet already and eating the same few things all year round.

The only different thing I can think of is I recently tried adding the odd apple to my diet. Fruit wise I only eat banana's and I fancied trying a bit of variety. But I only had 2 over the course of a week & peeled. I klearnt yuears ago not to ever eat apples with their skin on! Surely they won't still be wreaking havoc on me though

Apples are a no-no for me. Give me gas. Apple juice gives me bad gas and D. After all, apples are a natural laxative--and that's found in the juice, not the peels.

They seem to be okay for most people cooked though. Just avoid them raw, as well as any fruit with a lot of acid. Which is pretty much everything else but bananas!