And if all of this sounds overwhelming? Don’t let your heart skip a beat over it, Bhatt says.
Heart rate variability can be helpful or interesting for people who are highly motivated to track their health data.
But, in Bhatt’s view, there are plenty of metrics that are easier to understand – and probably more important – than variability, such as heart rate, blood pressure, weight, waist circumference and cholesterol levels. “Every adult should know those numbers,” Bhatt says, “and most people aren’t even doing that”.
