How Heart Rate Variability Might Indicate Your Well-Being
Heart rate variability is a measure of the time between heartbeats, giving a glimpse into the health of your autonomic nervous system (ANS).
STORY AT-A-GLANCE
HRV measures the variations in time between your heartbeats — a function controlled by your autonomic nervous system (ANS)
HRV is typically analyzed using an electrocardiogram, or EKG, which can reveal that something’s off with your ANS
If you have low variation between heartbeats, it may signal that you’re stuck in fight-or-flight mode, …
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