The Diving Reflex and its Impact on Metabolism and Weight Loss
Have you heard of the diving reflex? Drugs and diet supplements stimulate the sympathetic nervous system. That’s not healthy because they increase your heart rate, blood pressure and respirations along with increasing your metabolism. Those top three can cause some serious problems.
Imagine you’re walking along a frozen lake and you fall in. What happens to your heart rate? Do you think it goes up? You might think so because it is a fight-or-flight response, and you’re going to use up all your oxygen and you’re going to die.
Instead, you have something called the diving reflex. If you fall into icy cold water, your heart rate slows down, but your metabolism increases. So we have the best of both worlds. A decreased heart rate, with an increased metabolism.
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