Worldwide, healthcare costs $9.5 trillion annually. If it were a country, it would be the world’s third largest economy. And it is in trouble. Healthcare, in it’s current form contributes nothing to an economy, because it it reactive, dealing with health issues as they happen. With aging populations, healthcare costs are increasing at an unsustainable… Continue reading What is healthy?
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Using HRV for recovery
Athletes use HRV extensively to measure their state of recovery. The basic rules that we suggest for taking reliable health readings every day are identical to those that athletes adopt for recovery: Take readings daily, preferably first thing in the morning; The pulse rate for the reading should be as close as possible to the resting… Continue reading Using HRV for recovery
The science of breathing
Heart rate variability is integral to the science of breathing. As we breathe in, our heart rate accelerates. As we breathe out, it decelerates. That produces the variations in the interbeat interval that we call heart rate variability. Breathing is almost unique among the bodily functions. It can be voluntary or involuntary with each controlled… Continue reading The science of breathing
The HRV Health subscription plan
HRV Health has introduced a subscription plan for our more advanced features. The basic heart rate variability services remain free for users. The services which require a subscription are: ECG readings; Followers and following; Recovery including Poincaré plot; The ECG readings consume extraordinarily amounts of storage, and with some users abusing this, it has become… Continue reading The HRV Health subscription plan
Improving your numbers: the athlete’s guide
Fitness technology can be incredibly powerful and deliver better results…or it can be a complete waste of time and money. The difference lies in understanding how to make it work for you. To get the most out of heart rate variability, follow these five simple and effective tips and watch your fitness transform from the… Continue reading Improving your numbers: the athlete’s guide
HRV and recovery
HRV Health’s primary focus is general health. That said, we have an increasing number of users who are athletes, and obtain valuable information for their training from the HRV data. Athletes place stress on their bodies, and it is this stress, if properly directed that makes them fitter and stronger. An important component of training… Continue reading HRV and recovery
HRV and ageing
Age is a disease. That’s Dr David Sinclair’s point. It has all of the symptoms of a disease, and the only reason that it’s not classified as a disease is because everyone suffers it. So, how does it work? Cells are allocated to certain tasks within the body at birth. During life, they die… Continue reading HRV and ageing
Sleep, health and HRV
Doctors often prescribe sleep as the remedy to illness. It’s true that sleep is critical in the prevention of Alzheimers Disease[1]Sleep: a novel mechanistic pathway, biomarker, and treatment target in the pathology of alzheimer’s disease?, various cancers, diabetes, hypertension[2]Overanxious and underslept., pneumonia[3]A prospective study of sleep duration and pneumonia risk in women., heart disease and… Continue reading Sleep, health and HRV
Letter to the Swiss Federal Parliament
I have regularly expressed my concerns over the unsustainable rise in the cost of health insurance in Switzerland. One of my first articles was about Switzerland’s healthcare problem. So I wrote a letter to our members of parliament. Each letter was personally addressed to the recipient. This is what it said: The cost of health… Continue reading Letter to the Swiss Federal Parliament
Alcohol and HRV
The effect of alcohol can be clearly seen in the HRV metrics after a heavy night of drinking. The impact is astonishing. Although the RMSSD numbers drop dramatically, they do bounce back after a couple of days. That may give the impression that avoiding heavy drinking is the solution, and that moderate consumption is fine.… Continue reading Alcohol and HRV