
230: Episode One of The Stephen Seiler Podcast: Dr. Seiler and the Heart
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How Body Position Can Change Your Heart Rate
If it's hot outside, then that forces the brain to make some decisions about distribution of blood flow. The heart is super sensitive to that so-called preload and if it doesn't get what it needs, it accelerates. It beats faster to try to compensate because the heart has these two mechanisms of increasing blood flow. So things like body position make a difference.
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