My new book is here on Amazon: Optimize Your Heart Rate: Balance  Your  Mind and Body With Green  Space

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You might think that diet and exercise are the best ways to avoid a heart attack. 

And yes that research is well understood. But this another way.  This is to be aware of the environments that can either help or harm your heart.  Do you know that your heart is under attack every day by hidden threats that you cannot see  in your environment?  This is what my new  book Optimize Your Heart Rate is all about. In it I tell the story of my life-long friend Leslie’s sudden cardiac arrest at the age of 63. I want you to know what Leslie didn’t know. By the end of the book you will know how to use green space and your own heart rate numbers to:  avoid these hidden threats, protect your heart, know when your heart is in danger and what to do about it. I wrote this book so that what happened to Leslie does not happen to you—so that you can live your best life possible. 

9:09     Why nurses use resting  heart rates 
10:59   What low and high  resting heart rates  mean for you
13:00   Is heart  rate data from wearables reliable?
14:00   U of C smart phone heart rate apps compared  to gold standard ECG.
15:15  A  patient care revolution 
17:00 Stanford study, Dr. Snyder,  resting  heart rate, your  early warning system
18:31  Your resting  heart rate in  green space

For peer reviewed research on how your time spent in green space can change your mindset, balance your nervous system and your heart rate please go to verlafortier.substack.com and check out my books Take Back Your Outside Mindset: Live Longer, Stress Less, and Control Your Chronic Illness and Optimize Your Heart Rate: Balance Your Mind and Body With Green Space