What foods should we eat and avoid to reduce our risk of atrial fibrillation? Atrial fibrillation, or Afib, is the most common clinical arrhythmia, meaning an abnormal heart rhythm, affecting millions of Americans and recognized as a global public health problem due to its “significant burden” of death and disease resulting from stroke, heart attacks, and heart failure. Is there any particular diet that may help prevent or treat it? Recently, we learned what not to eat. Low-carbohydrate diets are associated with increased risk of developing atrial fibrillation for a variety of reasons. First,...