Burn it Nutrition Podcast · Joseph Navarro Fitness, Nutrition, Ketogenic, Paleo, Keto, Diet Coach

Ep186: The Pulse Cure: How Your Heartbeat and Wearables Reveal the Hidden Stressors That Shorten Your Life W/ Dr. Torkil Færø

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Three or four drinks can keep him stressed for five or six hours.

Joseph Navarro starts with a simple question. The guest answers by linking low HRV to stress and to a body that has less left for immune work. That idea stays at the center. He says low heart rate variability can show up alongside familiar illnesses like colds, respiratory infections, and UTIs, and he extends the same pattern toward heart disease, cancer, Parkinson's, and dementia. The conversation keeps moving toward the everyday. Wearables like Garmin watches become useful because they show how the body reacts in the graph right away. Food is the clearest example. A small, low-impact meal may barely move the graph, while a larger meal will register as a real shift. He makes the point plainly. A Caesar salad is the kind of choice he treats as light on the system, while chili can become a strong stressor that lasts for hours. The host stays curious. He keeps asking how people should think about these patterns when they are trying to understand their own bodies rather than chase a perfect score. The guest answers in a practical way. The thread is not about one magic number, but about noticing how stress and food show up together in the data. The episode also circles back to where listeners can learn more. He mentions his website, thepulsecure.com, and says where to find him on Instagram and LinkedIn. Navarro closes by thanking him and the audience. The whole segment keeps its warm, conversational shape while making a technical topic easy to follow.

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Wearables make stress and food effects feel concrete and easy to track.

This episode frames low heart rate variability as a marker of strain, suggesting that stress can leave the immune system with less to work with and extend beyond routine illness into wider health concerns.

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When your watch starts explaining your stress for you.

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