Dr. Leah Lagos - How HRV Can Decrease Anxiety and Balance the Nervous System
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The Impact of Alcohol on Heart Rate Variability
I stopped drinking alcohol probably about a year and a half ago, maybe more than that. I did notice that my HRV was impacted by having alcohol. So is that just because something like alcohol is a suppressant for our system? Is there a correlate between the impact of alcohol in our nervous system? Or what are some of those things actually doing within the heart rate that's causing that decrease or compression of the HRV? It's a great question. The physiological mechanisms by which variables impact heart rate variability have not been fully understood yet.
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