Vileplume
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10 years of excessive cardio and a year of carnivore/fasting have left me with a low resting heart rate, often dipping into the high 30s when I sleep (my health app sends me emergency heart rate notifications). I reintroduced carbs about 6 weeks ago, and since then have struggled to increase my Apple Watch-derived “Resting Heart Rate,” which I find in the health app on my iPhone. For the past 6 weeks, my Apple resting heart rate hardly budged, hovering around 45 bpm each day. I’d been eating a lot of fruit and orange juice, and had been having digestive problems.
However, just yesterday, I introduced starches into my diet as they are lower fodmap (fructose is a fermentable fodmap). Not only has my digestion improved swapping starch for fruit, but my Apple Watch-measured resting heart rate jumped up into the 60s both nights. How could this rapid jump in heart rate have occurred so quickly? I’ve been feeling fine, just extra thirsty. Confused on if I should view this quick RHR jump as a good thing. It’s still low when I wake up, but jumps up much higher during the day now that I’m consuming more starch.
However, just yesterday, I introduced starches into my diet as they are lower fodmap (fructose is a fermentable fodmap). Not only has my digestion improved swapping starch for fruit, but my Apple Watch-measured resting heart rate jumped up into the 60s both nights. How could this rapid jump in heart rate have occurred so quickly? I’ve been feeling fine, just extra thirsty. Confused on if I should view this quick RHR jump as a good thing. It’s still low when I wake up, but jumps up much higher during the day now that I’m consuming more starch.