{"id":3630,"date":"2019-10-21T13:00:03","date_gmt":"2019-10-21T13:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/radianthealth.us\/2019\/10\/21\/a-normal-heart-rate-and-why-it-matters\/"},"modified":"2019-10-21T13:00:04","modified_gmt":"2019-10-21T13:00:04","slug":"a-normal-heart-rate-and-why-it-matters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radianthealth.us\/es\/2019\/10\/21\/a-normal-heart-rate-and-why-it-matters\/","title":{"rendered":"A Normal Heart Rate And Why It Matters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-874 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/radianthealth.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/heart-rate-resized.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/>How much time do you spend thinking about your heart?\u00a0 Unless you\u2019ve recently had a heart attack or some other heart related problem, the answer is probably \u2018not much\u2019. However, it\u2019s important to understand the basics of heart health if you want to maximize your overall health.<\/p>\n<p><strong>With that in mind, here are the basics:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Opinions vary somewhat on what a healthy, normal heart rate is. Generally speaking, it\u2019s somewhere between 60 and 100 beats per minute, and some experts peg the range between 50 and 70.\u00a0 Slower than that, and doctors will refer to your heartbeat as bradycardia (Slow heart).\u00a0 Faster than that, and they\u2019ll use the term tachycardia (fast heart).<\/p>\n<p>When you exercise rigorously, it will cause your heart rate to increase to 70-80 percent of your maximum heart rate.\u00a0 To determine your maximum heart rate, subtract your age from the number 220.\u00a0 If you\u2019re 40 years old, your maximum heart rate should be 180.\u00a0 70-80\u00a0 percent of this gives you a range of 126 to 144.\u00a0 If your heart rate exceeds this during rigorous exercise, it\u2019s a sign that there\u2019s a problem.<\/p>\n<p>If your heart rate is abnormal, you could see a wide range of symptoms, depending on whether your heart is beating faster or more slowly than it should be.<\/p>\n<p><strong>If you have a slower heartbeat than normal, you may see things like:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Confusion<\/li>\n<li>Dizziness<\/li>\n<li>Lightheadedness<\/li>\n<li>Fatigue<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>If your heart rate is above normal, you may see symptoms like:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Shortness of breath<\/li>\n<li>Tightness in your chest<\/li>\n<li>Palpitations or a fluttering sensation in your chest<\/li>\n<li>Dizziness or lightheadedness<\/li>\n<li>Fatigue<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In either case, it is a cause for alarm and you should see your doctor immediately.\u00a0 Granted, these symptoms may well be caused by something other than your heart rate, but it simply doesn\u2019t pay to take any chances!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-874 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/radianthealth.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/heart-rate-resized.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/>How much time do you spend thinking about your heart?\u00a0 Unless you\u2019ve recently had a heart attack or some other heart related problem, the answer is probably \u2018not much\u2019. However, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radianthealth.us\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3630","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radianthealth.us\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radianthealth.us\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radianthealth.us\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radianthealth.us\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3630"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/radianthealth.us\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3630\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3632,"href":"https:\/\/radianthealth.us\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3630\/revisions\/3632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radianthealth.us\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radianthealth.us\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radianthealth.us\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}