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Tuesday, June 18th 2024 at 3:00 am

Originally published on www.blushield.com
If you're familiar with the biohacking movement that's rapidly growing in popularity, you know that modern technology is becoming very impressive. Moving beyond just using technology to improve worldwide communication and automate many tasks to save us time and energy, forward-thinking innovators are discovering and inventing ways to utilize technology to become more informed about our state of health, and to improve it in many ways.
One of the most fascinating innovations bridging technology and health are the various types of health trackers available. They are usually wearable devices with highly sensitive instrumentation that can read and interpret the continuous fluctuations in various health biomarkers, including our sleep cycles, body temperature, resting heart rate, blood oxygen levels, and a particularly complex biomarker known as heart rate variability (HRV).
This article will focus specifically on the topic of heart rate variability, as it's an incredibly complex measurement that requires a thorough understanding to be able to interpret accurately. Once you know how to read it, you can access a treasure trove of information about how your own personal health and well-being is affected by many internal and external factors on an hourly, daily and long-term basis.
What is heart rate variability?