untermensch1 t1_j67w66u wrote
Reply to comment by frakc in Eli5: if cardio makes the heart stronger by increasing heart rate and blood pressure, why do energy drinks damage it? by CrammedMeat
Could you, please, explain the ways in which the body fights an unnatural heart rate rise that might lead to heart arrest?
frakc t1_j680ou0 wrote
All your organs are autonomous. They rarelly need extra instruction from brains. Heart synapsis are affected by chemicals in energy drinks and treat them as instruction to work harder. Brain detect abnormal heart rate increase and start sending signals to hear to slow down because there is nor reason for wasting energy. Conflicting signals can cause arrhythmia and sever arrhythmia can lead to heart arest. While hear arest is an extreme case, arrhythmia by itself is not something heart should expirience regulary.
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