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Can the food we eat affect our heart rate?
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Heart rate: A generic meal may be associated with a small heart rate increase as blood flow shifts volume to the gut. If substances causing additional effects stimulating or suppressing rate are present different changes could be seen.
Answered 2/24/2018
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