Posted by honeybee on June 9, 2006, at 16:37:21
In reply to does anyone get short of breath if they eat too, posted by saturn on May 1, 2006, at 22:02:02
Yep, Saturn, I do. Postprandial tachycardia, of a sort.
Once the first fair bit of it's in my belly, I notice that my heart rate climbs. Since I also know that I have an usual sensitivity to these kinds of things, I've told myself that I'm not allowed to actually see what the bpm is, but I notice it.
From what I understand, it may be a hemodynamic response. Once the sugars are released into the bloodstream, they lower blood pressure, hence, the elevation of heart rate. Paying attention to it has actually nearly set me off into anxiety attack land, as well, but that's just my reaction, because I'm super fearful of my heart rate being elevated (which, fittingly, it nearly always is, as nervousness begets nervousness). Anyway, I think the heart rate elevation is fairly normal. But most people aren't sensitized so much to it, so wouldn't notice.
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