Can Your Pulse Rate Tell How Long You'll Live?

Here’s what your pulse rate could be saying about your health!

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0:00 Introduction: Can your resting pulse rate tell you how long you’ll live?
0:30 Studies on resting pulse rate and mortality risk
2:03 How to measure your pulse rate
2:19 What controls your resting heart rate?
3:30 How to strengthen your vagal tone
6:19 Share your success story!

In this video, we’re going to talk about how your pulse rate may indicate how long you’ll live.

There are other better indicators of your mortality risk, such as the CAC test, but you can test your resting pulse rate quickly and easily at home to help check in with your body. Why not give it a try?

Based on a meta-analysis, the risk of mortality from all causes is increased by 9% for every 10 beats per minute of resting heart rate.

For example, if your resting heart rate is 45 beats per minute, this would indicate a low risk of mortality, while 90 beats per minute would indicate a significantly higher risk of mortality.

Athletes tend to have very low resting heart rates because of their physical fitness. Those with coronary artery disease, arrhythmias, and high blood pressure tend to have much higher resting heart rates.

Keep in mind that if you’re on a medication that brings down your heart rate, the indication of mortality may be inaccurate.

One study showed that women with a resting heart rate greater than 76 bpm have a 26% increased risk of heart attack compared to those with a lower pulse rate.

Measuring your resting heart rate is easy. Simply use your fingers to feel your pulse and count each beat for one minute.

What controls your resting heart rate? This has to do with vagal tone—the activity of your vagus nerve and your parasympathetic nervous system.

Your parasympathetic nervous system is the part of your nervous system that is responsible for the “rest and digest” state. It helps your body recover after exercise.

The faster your pulse rate comes down to normal after exercise, the faster your recovery, which indicates better vagal tone.

You can strengthen your vagal tone with…
• Exercise (consistent and regular)
• Exercise recovery (give your body plenty of time to repair!)
• Sleep
• Fasting
• Low-carb diet (Healthy keto)
• Potassium
• Vitamin B1
• Vitamin D
• Lower your stress

Dr. Eric Berg DC Bio:
Dr. Berg, age 57, is a chiropractor who specializes in Healthy Ketosis & Intermittent Fasting. He is the author of the best-selling book The Healthy Keto Plan, and is the Director of Dr. Berg Nutritionals. He no longer practices, but focuses on health education through social media.

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Disclaimer:
Dr. Eric Berg received his Doctor of Chiropractic degree from Palmer College of Chiropractic in 1988. His use of “doctor” or “Dr.” in relation to himself solely refers to that degree. Dr. Berg is a licensed chiropractor in Virginia, California, and Louisiana, but he no longer practices chiropractic in any state and does not see patients so he can focus on educating people as a full time activity, yet he maintains an active license. This video is for general informational purposes only. It should not be used to self-diagnose and it is not a substitute for a medical exam, cure, treatment, diagnosis, and prescription or recommendation. It does not create a doctor-patient relationship between Dr. Berg and you. You should not make any change in your health regimen or diet before first consulting a physician and obtaining a medical exam, diagnosis, and recommendation. Always seek the advice of a physician or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.

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Thanks for watching. I hope this helped explain why your resting pulse rate can indicate your risk of mortality. I’ll see you in the next video.

[SiddhantGoenka.Official]

With exercise and fasting i brought my pulse rate from 72 to 47
All thanks to you, Dr.Berg. You have saved so many lives. 🙏

[kidney]

I've recently found out that elevated rest pulse rate is often a sign of dehydration. even mild dehydration can cause elevated pulse rate.
So try drinking more water and see if it lowers your pulse rate. Especially useful when the climate is hot

[davidjacksonjackson]

As usual great advice from Dr berg, I am nearly 70 years old and my resting pulse is 45rpm, after a workout it does not go more than 65 bpm, I have been on keto and if for a number of years and feel better than could hope for at my age

[dougsrepair]

I recently turned 65 and have just started to watch my overall health. Not that I had been careless, but I always had work that gave me plenty of physical activity. Anything to keep me from losing ground now is important to me. These videos provide great foundational information. Thanks.

[tomstricklin]

I’m a 59 year old cyclist with a family history of heart disease. I became interested in resting pulse rate a few years ago. I got into peak shape, my resting rate was 46. My resting rate now can go below 45. My recovery resting rate is about 53 after I’ve been training. My recovery rate during training drops like a rock. Thank you Dr. Berg.

[j.s.]

Well I've done a self monitoring with my watch.. before going on low carb diet, my HR while resting was 85 bpm..after few months on low carb and IF and nearly keto diet (not strictly keto), I lost 10kg my resting HR went down to 59bpm so does my BP... .now for 6 weeks, I went back on eating everything( including bread and fruits and stopped IF) and kgs started mounting and my blood pressure and HR going up as well..guys obesity and eating the wrong food is killing us.

[miavos]

I'm 71 and my resting pulse varies from 66 to 70. I think it's good for my age!

[ricknelson]

Thank you for discussing this topic. I have been curious about it for some time. My 81yo father and I (59yo), both have a resting heart rate in the low 40’s. We both are not particularly athletic, but we do work hard. While my dad was in the hospital with COVID last January. The doctors expressed concern over his low heart rate and considered giving him a drug to increase it. They changed their minds after discussing it with me and learning that it ran in the family. My father thankfully made a full recovery. All of the males who have passed on my fathers side, lived to their later 90’s.

[MadebyBeebee]

I’m dealing some stressful situations and my heart goes to 182 sometimes for a few seconds and obviously I don’t feel good and try to breath it in and then it goes back to the 90’s. And again that’s because I’ve been dealing for a week with some stressful situation. It’s hard to keep my heart low. But this video helped a lot, mentally anyway. Got to stay strong 💪🏽

[chetmarcotti]

The span of time I have been fasting is about 6 to 7 weeks. I drink plenty of water without overdoing it. Went from 194 to 180 today. Pulse rate is 48. Sleep 8 to 9 hours. I am happy

[johangouws]

I found your videos about 3 months ago and it inspired me to go on the Keto diet and intermittent fasting, purely to eat even healthier.
I do exercise daily, healthy weight but loves sweet treats…. Needles to say after 6 weeks of strict keto I’ve lost 5 kg, sleep 7 hrs a night (use to be 5 hrs for years), resting heart rate of 57 and recovery drop average of 31 beats after 1 min. I’m 66 years old.
Thank you for your clearly explained videos.

[Penguin_of_Death]

Can Pulse Rate Tell How Long You'll Live?

Yes. When it's down to zero you have very little time left. There...that was easy...

[farhanmirza]

Yogis and experienced meditators are also said to have lower heart rates because of the intense breathing exercises they do which stimulate the parasympathetic system(like the wim hoff breathing technique).
Just an extra info🙂

[OurPalawanExperience]

I have been carnivore for 20 months....no meds...67 years old with 20:4 fasting and walk 3 miles everyday. Right now I am on a 72hr fast. My resting pulse rate has been constant at 43 to 50 BPM for months now. So you are correct...I feel pretty good...but before I was in terrible shape and had very bad health problems...your advice over the years on some things have worked for me. Thank you Dr. Berg.

[lornelongmire]

Your videos have really helped me with weight loss. The pounds are melting away with intermittent fasting. I’m doing a 16 to 8 fast. I feel much better. This will be a lifelong lifestyle.

[ellie]

Great videos, nice short and concise, no waffle to get through, just straight to the point and packed with information.
A lovely calm style of delivery too.
I like it!
You've got yourself a new subscriber. 👍

[mackjoe]

Dr your video just shortened my life by watching it.

[Beleeuer]

I have lost 20 to 30 pounds. Stopped over drinking coffee. Now my heart rate can drop to the 50s and 40s when resting. Even during the day when just relaxing. I don't really feel anything except when it drops as I fall asleep and usually when I'm tried. I'm hoping this is normal. I do workout, not to hard, and I jog and walk almost everyday. Been doing this since may 2020.

[victorvelasquez]

a BIG THANK YOU DR. ERIC! your advice is so plain & simple. My pulse is around 55 to 60, so not too bad but my worry is my recovery time after a physical excercise isn't so fast.

[Italijan]

I used to smoke for 3years, my pulse would be around 90-100after smoking a cig and around 80 normal. Now that i stopped smoking my heart rate has returned to ~56bpm. It is usually from 50-60 yeah... Great video thanks!