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What Your HeartBeat Says About Your Health
Heart-rate myth: high resting heart rate
Popular belief: A high resting heart rate is bad.
Reality: “A high resting heart rate may be genetic; some people have normal resting heart rates as high as 100,” Robert Otto, Ph.D., says.
Still, it is true that a higher-than-normal resting heart rate may be a red flag.
“Thyroid problems often only manifest with a higher-than-usual heart rate,” Martha Gulati, M.D., M.S., says. A high reading may indicate stress, disease, or infection. In athletes, a high resting heart rate may be a sign that they are overtraining.
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