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Why does my heart rate increase significantly after eating?
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Maybe it does: When you eat a big meal, you divert blood to digestive tract where it's most needed. Your heart responds by pumping more blood. It has 2 ways to do this: increase its stroke volume and increase its rate. If you have heart disease and can't increase your sv, the rate will have to increase. If you're healthy, most likely your observations were random and not consistently reproducible.
Answered 12/29/2022
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Eating: When you eat, there is a shift of some blood flow to the intestines to aid digestion. This can cause some heart rate increase.
Answered 8/17/2013
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