What is the Connection Between SVT and a Gluten-Free Diet?

The journey of my chronic health issues and SVT that lead to my self-discovery for long-term healing had a lot to do with my diet.

When I began to work professionally as an SVT Integrative Health Coach, it solidified my belief that diet, digestive issues, and gluten sensitivity were almost always a part of everyone’s root causes of their SVT condition. I witnessed time and again that when people removed gluten from their diet they eliminated or reduced the frequency of their SVT episodes.

This correlation of carrying both an extra pathway in the heart and the predisposition to be sensitive to gluten appears to be quite common. The protein in gluten can create an immune reaction that causes damage to the small intestine, and an inflammatory response that can travel beyond the gut. I suspect that the vagus nerve which originates in the gut and impacts the electrical impulses of the heart plays a role in contributing to SVT episodes as well and is impacted by the inflammatory response caused by ingesting foods that we are sensitive to. There has been no formal research to prove my theory—only my personal experience and professional observations.

Furthermore, the effects of gluten can simultaneously impact many sorts of health problems even if one does not notice the symptoms. The most common SVT co-symptoms experienced by our community include anxiety, fatigue, heart palpitations, bloating, digestive disorders including leaky gut, hives, histamine responses, hormonal imbalance, headaches, POTS and more.

In sum, if you are serious about healing your SVT naturally, without medication or surgery, you must commit to a gluten-free diet for at least six months and get tested at a reputable laboratory to know for sure if you need to avoid gluten and possibly other foods. There is too much at risk for someone managing the physical and emotional impact of a chronic SVT condition. You owe it to yourself to take this advice seriously; you have nothing to lose but a debilitating medical condition!

To support you in this process, please refer to: SVT and Gluten-Free, my eguide, which is focused on the details of transitioning to a gluten-free diet in an easy and delicious way, as well as providing explanations and resources for you to be successful. This can be a valuable resource for you and blood-related family members who may also be gluten sensitive and have other health conditions caused or worsened by consuming gluten.  Get the e-guide here.