Key points from article :
More important to your health than how frequently you encounter stress.
One potential pathway linking stress to future heart disease is a dysregulation of the autonomic nervous system
Studied daily stress versus heart rate variability – higher variability is better as it reflects the capacity to respond to challenges.
Participants who perceived events as more stressful had lower heart rate variability.
909 participants over eight consecutive days.
The study was published in the Psychosomatic Medicine journal.
