Resting heart rate dropped to 55-60 after peating.

wolfy

My resting heart rate dropped from 90-100 to 55-60 after starting the ray peat diet.

Should I be concerned?

Maybe a lowering of stress hormones

Do you feel like life is on slow motion? Happened to me before too?

dan.dominic

@wolfy Did you massively increase your fat or protein consumption compared to before?

GreekDemiGod

How were you feeling at 90-100? How is your thyroid status?

yerrag

@wolfy

There is a great degree in difference in how people view of Peating. What does your Peating consist of?

This drop in resting heart rate is huge though, and since Ray Peat, in general, considers a higher heart rate better, all other things being equal.

But Ray also considers context being key. And you can give us an idea of your context to help us determine why your heart rate dropped so much. It's hard to tell now, as it's hard to tell whether the drop is a good thing or not.

cs3000

@wolfy yeh not immediately worried but can be a sign of things not functioning well, especially if paired with low temp after eating , 1 aim is HR ~ 80-90 bpm paired with core temp. unless you have an enlarged heart from a lot of exercise often making up for the fewer beats (but can also be from lower t3 there too). low heartrate often comes from low mitochondria respiration probably as theyre not consuming as much oxygen (so adapt to pump less around),
idk what changes could be causing without some context , could be upping salt lowering adrenaline and revealing it , could be measuring before when you had an infection , could be a change involving less t3 production, can be a temporary window of t3 starting to work, etc

"Using a small dose of T3 normally causes an increase of temperature and pulse rate, but in these people who are in an extremely adrenergic state, the T3 causes both the temperature and heart rate to decrease, as it restores metabolic efficiency. Then, as the stress state disappears, the thyroid supplements will gradually begin to bring the metabolic rate, temperature, and pulse up to normal. "

wolfy

@questforhealth yeah everything feels slower, it's the exact opposite of before I started where I felt like the days were slipping by, I actually felt boredom because I felt like I had time.

wolfy

@dan-dominic no I lowered my fat consumption a lot, I kept my protein the same though.

wolfy

@GreekDemiGod I felt terrible at 90, i was extremely anxious and exhausted.

wolfy

@GreekDemiGod I haven't measured by thyroid hormones after peating

wolfy

@yerrag
Well when my heart rate was super high, I felt really anxious, I was tired all the time, and I've experienced a lot of chest pain.

I basically had permanent tunnel vision, headaches, my tummy constantly hurt, and constantly felt short of breath.

Now I feel really energetic, I can wake up in the morning without issues, I can actually do sports now without being scared I'm going to pass out.

I also don't feel cold anymore, which was a really big problem for me before.

wolfy

@cs3000 well, I'm almost never cold anymore, and I've been seriously exercising for 8 years now, so I guess I have a big heart, idk I've never measured my heart, not sure how I would.