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by PaulDavisThe1st 64 days ago
If your resting heart rate is lower without any drugs, it indicates that your heart can cause sufficient oxygen to be delivered to your organs with less effort than if it were higher. That can be caused by a variety of things (including stroke volume, capillary dilation and general obstruction (or not) of blood vessels). These are all good proxies for general health.

Drugs lowering your resting heart rate do not indicate this in the same way.

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You think being n a Sauna is not a drug (effectively)?