I posted this on my FB page but thought it might be of interest to some members on here. Hopefully the images come up in order but if not you can easily work out the days I didn't or did drink:
I have a sleep tracker and can’t believe how much difference having a few drinks makes to my resting heart rate.
After a few months the pattern is obvious. I don’t drink many nights of the week and my average HR is around 57-60bpm.
When I’ve been out and had a few beers (only about 4) then the average bpm rises to around 70 or higher! Over 8 hours that’s around an extra 4,800 beats😱
Is my maths correct?.
An extra 10bpm = 10x60 miniutes in one hour = 600 extra bpm
x 8 hours = 8x600 = 4,800
So I guess someone who drinks every night is not only disrupting their sleep pattern but putting extra strain on their heart 💔
For the avoidance of doubt I went out on three of the nights showing here and drank around four pints of lager. The other nights were booze free.
Here ends today’s lesson 🤔