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Could drinking a small vanilla shake on an empty stomach increase heart rate? sugar? rhr normally low 60s now 78.

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Heart rate: When you eat, some blood shunts to the intestine to faciliatate digestion. In some people this can be associated with an increase in heart rate.

Answered 2/15/2015

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Not usually: It may be the effect of the environment.....the person with whom you were having the shake.

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