I am a fairly healthy guy -- 6ft 3, 163lbs, 8% body fat, taking all the major supplements (e.g., fish oil, magnesium etc), blood pressure varies but is quite low (e.g., 100/60 was my measurement today, yesterday it was 105/74). But my heart rate is alwasy high-normal, varying from 75 to 88. How can I lower my heart rate? I do drink green tea and have the occassional coffee.
High heart rate
#1
Posted 09 September 2007 - 06:43 PM
I am a fairly healthy guy -- 6ft 3, 163lbs, 8% body fat, taking all the major supplements (e.g., fish oil, magnesium etc), blood pressure varies but is quite low (e.g., 100/60 was my measurement today, yesterday it was 105/74). But my heart rate is alwasy high-normal, varying from 75 to 88. How can I lower my heart rate? I do drink green tea and have the occassional coffee.
#2
Posted 09 September 2007 - 10:30 PM
#3
Posted 09 September 2007 - 11:14 PM
meditate
beta-blockers is a HORRIBLE idea
#4
Posted 09 September 2007 - 11:31 PM
beta-blockers is a HORRIBLE idea
My advice was to seek out a docter, worst case he has a heart-condition. I re-read the post and in fact believe that your heart-rate isn't all to bad. I would wait it out for now and maybe try to find any correlation to the caffeine. Obsessing about your heart-rate probably gets it up anywayz. Maybe use some more salt in your diet to get your bloodpressure up?
#5
Posted 15 September 2007 - 05:05 AM
#6
Posted 15 September 2007 - 05:03 PM
your RHR is dangerously close to the tachycardia threshold of 90 or 100 beats/min, I would see a cardiologist ASAP to rule out any underlying problems. Until then, I would highly recommend not taking exercise to the extreme or drinking too much caffeine.any other recommendations are potentially damaging/futile until you rule out major problems via medical testing.
#7
Posted 15 September 2007 - 06:25 PM
The family doctor might be better to start with, as he/she should order some preliminary blood tests, including thyroid levels. The doctor can also give you an EKG, which will show them how your heart is doing in general.
My best guess is it's simply the caffeine raising your pulse, though.
#8
Posted 15 September 2007 - 06:46 PM
#9
Posted 15 September 2007 - 07:17 PM
Drop caffeine, if the pulse isn't better, see a doctor.
#10
Posted 15 September 2007 - 07:26 PM
I would strongly advise first finding out if the high pulse rate is due to caffeine... then check if it's a medical condition, before trying supplements (cayenne pepper) to lower it. You could simply mask an underlying heart or thyroid condition that way.
Drop caffeine, if the pulse isn't better, see a doctor.
Hey, cayenne pepper is one of the best supplements for the heart and circulatory system. Maybe you should research it a little bit. It will DEFINITELY not do any harm.
Dropping the caffeine is the obvious first recourse. Heck, when I am drinking coffee my heart rate climbs to the high 70's as well. I'm into the 60's currently.
#11
Posted 15 September 2007 - 07:36 PM
I don't know, theres probably nothing wrong, and it could be a little bit of stress, caffeine, or whatever else. Make sure you have been resting for 5 minutes before you measure. What I would say though is to check your recovery rate by seeing how fast your pulse drops AFTER a short work out. You can see methods on this by searching on the net.
Bottom line though is that your heart rate is still within normal limits. Most of the people I know have resting heart rates similar to that.
Personally my BP is 90/60 - 100/ 60 and pulse around 50-60bpm during the day. I also drink anywhere from 5-8 cups of green tea per day.
#12
Posted 15 September 2007 - 07:36 PM
I just meant that it's probably unwise to even try it, without first getting to the root of the problem. If pepper did lower his heart rate, he could possibly be masking a serious problem.
Again, I doubt there is any real problem here, but better safe than sorry.
#13
Posted 16 September 2007 - 01:40 AM
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