{"id":12264,"date":"2026-11-11T09:04:00","date_gmt":"2026-11-11T09:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bioprofile.com\/?p=12264"},"modified":"2026-11-11T09:33:51","modified_gmt":"2026-11-11T09:33:51","slug":"what-heart-rate-is-too-low","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bioprofile.com\/en\/what-heart-rate-is-too-low\/","title":{"rendered":"What is a heart rate that is too low? 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That matters, because a slow heart rate can be normal for one person, for example an athlete, while in someone else a slow heart rate causes dizziness, tiredness and shortness of breath.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">2<\/a><\/sup> <a href=\"https:\/\/bioprofile.com\/en\/heart-self-test\/\">The BioProfile heart scan<\/a> gives you an indication of where you stand today when it comes to your heart and blood vessels. The scan is not a diagnosis. It is insight, to see where you stand today and to help you make better choices in your diet and lifestyle. Finding the cause of a slow heart rate is work for a doctor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group bp-blog-takeaways is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">In short<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\n<li>A heart normally beats 60 to 90 times a minute when you are sitting quietly. Below 60 has traditionally been called a slow heart rate, and among healthy Dutch adults only 2 in 100 are below about 50.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">1<\/a>,<a href=\"#bronnen\">2<\/a>,<a href=\"#bronnen\">3<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n\n\n<li>Among 465 elite endurance athletes, the heart rate of 38 per cent dropped to 40 beats per minute or lower, and over 5.5 years this slow heart rate was not linked to more adverse outcomes.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">4<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n\n\n<li>A change in your heart rate together with feeling faint, chest pain or shortness of breath is a reason to call your GP straight away.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">1<\/a><\/sup> The heart scan gives you insight. The scan is not a diagnosis.<\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group bp-blog-toc is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<p class=\"bp-blog-toclabel wp-block-paragraph\">Contents<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\n<li><a href=\"#wat-is-een-te-lage-hartslag\">What is a heart rate that is too low<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#wat-is-een-normale-hartslag-in-rust-voor-mannen-en-vrouwen\">What is a normal resting heart rate for men and women<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#wanneer-een-trage-hartslag-normaal-is\">When a slow heart rate is normal<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#wanneer-een-trage-hartslag-op-iets-wijst\">When a slow heart rate points to something<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#is-een-lage-hartslag-in-rust-een-risico\">Is a low resting heart rate a risk?<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#wanneer-je-de-dokter-belt\">When to call the doctor<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#wat-de-hartscan-meet-en-wat-niet\">What the heart scan measures and what it does not<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#samengevat\">In summary<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#veelgestelde-vragen\">Frequently asked questions<\/a><\/li>\n\n<\/ol>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"wat-is-een-te-lage-hartslag\">What is too low a heart rate<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A heart normally beats between 60 and 90 times a minute when you are sitting quietly, says Thuisarts, the Dutch information site run by GPs.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">1<\/a><\/sup> A heart rate below 60 beats per minute has traditionally been called bradycardia, the medical word for a slow heart rate. The 2018 US guideline on slow heart rhythms draws a stricter line for a problem with the sinus node, the heart&#8217;s own pacemaker: a heart rate below 50 beats per minute, a pause of at least 3 seconds between beats, or both.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">2<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In plain words: below 60 is slow by the traditional cut-off. The guideline only speaks of a problem with the sinus node below 50, or when the heart pauses for longer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"wat-is-een-normale-hartslag-in-rust-voor-mannen-en-vrouwen\">What is a normal resting heart rate for men and women<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Dutch reference values come from 13,354 people aged 16 to 90 from four Dutch population studies. People with heart disease, high blood pressure or diabetes were left out of the analysis.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">3<\/a><\/sup> In men, the typical resting heart rate fell after puberty to about 65 beats per minute and rose again in old age to 73. Only 2 in 100 healthy men had a heart rate below about 50.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">3<\/a><\/sup> In women, the heart beats slightly faster. Across the age groups, the typical heart rate was between 67 and 72 beats per minute, and the lowest 2 in 100 were below 46 to 53, depending on age. Women aged 20 to 29, for example, had a typical heart rate of 67, and 2 in 100 were below 48.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">3<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What this means for you: a resting heart rate between about 50 and 60 still falls within the Dutch normal values for healthy adults. But a small group of healthy people have a lower one. You can find all the normal values by age on the page about <a href=\"https:\/\/bioprofile.com\/en\/normal-heart-rate\/\">a normal heart rate<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"wanneer-een-trage-hartslag-normaal-is\">When a slow heart rate is normal<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For some people, such as younger people and athletes, a slower heart rate is normal and no action is needed.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">2<\/a><\/sup> In a small Australian study, 22 national-level triathletes had an average resting heart rate of 53.8 beats per minute, compared with 72.1 in 7 people who did little exercise: 34 per cent lower. Of the triathletes, 68.2 per cent had a slow sinus rhythm.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">5<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Among 465 elite endurance athletes wearing a heart monitor, the heart rate of 38 per cent dropped at some point to 40 beats per minute or lower, and in 2 per cent to 30 or lower. These slow heart rates, and pauses of 2 to 3 seconds, were common and well tolerated. Over 5.5 years, these slow heart rates were not linked to more adverse outcomes. Both inherited make-up and fitness each played their own part in how low the heart rate dropped.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">4<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In plain words: a trained heart often beats slowly at rest, and in these athletes that slow rhythm was not a sign of a problem. What too little movement does to your body is covered in <a href=\"https:\/\/bioprofile.com\/en\/effects-of-too-little-movement-what-it-does-to-your-body\/\">what too little movement does to your body<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"wanneer-een-trage-hartslag-op-iets-wijst\">When a slow heart rate points to something<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A slow heart rate can cause dizziness, tiredness and shortness of breath. If the heart cannot pump enough blood around the body, this may lead to heart failure or a sudden cardiac arrest.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">2<\/a><\/sup> A related condition is sick sinus syndrome. Two US population studies followed 19,893 people aged 45 and over for an average of 17 years and found 213 new cases. People with the syndrome died more often, developed heart failure and atrial fibrillation (an irregular heart rhythm) much more often, and were many times as likely to receive a pacemaker.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">6<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What this means: the condition is rare, but it weighs heavily when it is there. A slow heart rate that comes with symptoms deserves to be looked at by a doctor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"is-een-lage-hartslag-in-rust-een-risico\">Is a low resting heart rate a risk?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A meta-analysis of 46 studies, together covering more than 1.2 million people from the general population, looked at resting heart rate and death. Every 10 extra beats per minute at rest went with a slightly higher risk of death, and above 80 beats per minute the risk was clearly higher than in the lowest group. From 45 beats per minute upwards, the risk rose steadily as the heart rate went up.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">7<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A US study of 6,733 adults aged 45 to 84 without heart disease, who were followed for 10 years, looked directly at the slow end. Of those who were not taking a medicine that lowers the heart rate, 5.3 percent had a heart rate below 50. That slow heart rate was not linked to more heart disease or a higher risk of death, while a heart rate above 80 was linked to a higher risk of death. Among the 902 people who did take such a medicine, such as a beta blocker or a calcium channel blocker, often used for high blood pressure, a heart rate below 50 went with a clearly higher risk of death.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">8<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What this means for you: in these studies, a slow heart rate without symptoms and without such a medicine did not bring any extra risk. With a medicine that slows the heart, the same low number meant something different.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"wanneer-je-de-dokter-belt\">When to call the doctor<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Call your GP or the out-of-hours GP service straight away if, along with a change in your heart rate, you also notice any of the following: pain or pressure in your chest that does not go away after a few minutes, a feeling that you are about to faint, shortness of breath, confusion, difficulty speaking or a drooping face, or a heart rhythm that suddenly changes and does not settle at rest.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">1<\/a><\/sup> The heart symptoms women report are covered in a separate article on <a href=\"https:\/\/bioprofile.com\/en\/heart-complaints-women-symptoms\/\">heart symptoms in women<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"wat-de-hartscan-meet-en-wat-niet\">What the heart scan measures and what it does not<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The heart scan gives an indication of where you stand today when it comes to your heart and blood vessels, as a starting point you can come back to later. The scan cannot show why your heart beats slowly, and it cannot tell a trained heart apart from a problem with the sinus node. The scan is not a diagnosis. Finding the cause is work for a doctor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"samengevat\">In summary<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this article you read that a heart at rest normally beats 60 to 90 times a minute, that below 60 has traditionally been called slow, and that only a small group of healthy Dutch adults are below about 50. In many athletes the heart beats much more slowly without any harm. A slow heart rate deserves attention when it comes with symptoms or with a medicine that slows the heart, and fainting, chest pain or shortness of breath with a change in your heart rate is a reason to call your GP straight away.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group bp-blog-sec bp-blog-cta is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Measure where you start<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The heart scan gives you an indication of where you stand today when it comes to your heart and blood vessels. What the heart scan measures and what the scan is based on is explained on the scan page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/bioprofile.com\/en\/heart-self-test\/\">Start the heart scan<\/a><\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"bp-blog-ctamicro wp-block-paragraph\">Free, about 3 minutes. An analysis of your answers, never a diagnosis. <a href=\"https:\/\/bioprofile.com\/en\/free-health-check-tests\/\">All health scans<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group bp-blog-sec bp-blog-sec--wash is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"veelgestelde-vragen\">Frequently asked questions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group bp-blog-faq-item is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is too low a resting heart rate?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A heart rate below 60 beats per minute has traditionally been called slow. The 2018 US guideline speaks of a problem with the sinus node below 50 beats per minute or with pauses of at least 3 seconds.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">2<\/a><\/sup> In healthy Dutch adults, the lower limit of normal is about 46 to 53, depending on sex and age.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">3<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group bp-blog-faq-item is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is a normal resting heart rate for a woman?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a large Dutch study, women across the age groups had a typical resting heart rate of 67 to 72 beats per minute, slightly faster than men. The lowest 2 in 100 healthy women were below 46 to 53, depending on age.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">3<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group bp-blog-faq-item is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is a high resting heart rate?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thuisarts gives 90 beats per minute while sitting quietly as the upper limit of normal.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">1<\/a><\/sup> In large population studies, a resting heart rate above 80 already went with a clearly higher risk of death.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">7<\/a>,<a href=\"#bronnen\">8<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group bp-blog-faq-item is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Can high blood pressure cause a slow heart rate?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The sources behind this article do not say that high blood pressure itself slows the heart. Medicines often used for high blood pressure, such as beta blockers and calcium channel blockers, do lower the heart rate, and in people who took these medicines, a heart rate below 50 meant a clearly higher risk of death.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">8<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group bp-blog-faq-item is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Is a heart rate of 40 a problem for an athlete?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In elite endurance athletes, a resting heart rate of 40 or lower was common and well tolerated, and over 5.5 years this slow heart rate was not linked to more adverse outcomes.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">4<\/a><\/sup> Even then, symptoms such as fainting or chest pain are a reason to call your GP straight away.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">1<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group bp-blog-sec bp-blog-sec--beige bp-blog-sec--tight is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"bronnen\">Sources<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"bp-blog-srclead wp-block-paragraph\">Every source below was checked on the day this article was published. The numbering follows the text.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list bp-blog-refs\">\n\n<li>Thuisarts.nl (NHG). Ik heb hartkloppingen, wat kan ik doen? Accessed on 2026-10-13. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thuisarts.nl\/hartkloppingen\/ik-heb-hartkloppingen\">thuisarts.nl<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li>CardioSmart (American College of Cardiology). Summary of the 2018 ACC\/AHA\/HRS Guideline on the Evaluation and Management of Patients with Bradycardia and Cardiac Conduction Delay. 2018. Underlying guideline: Kusumoto FM, et al. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2019;74:e51-e156, doi 10.1016\/j.jacc.2018.10.044. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cardiosmart.org\/news\/2018\/11\/bradycardia-guideline-2018\">cardiosmart.org<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li>Rijnbeek PR, van Herpen G, Bots ML, Man S, Verweij N, Hofman A, Hillege H, Numans ME, Swenne CA, Witteman JCM, Kors JA. Normal values of the electrocardiogram for ages 16-90 years. Journal of Electrocardiology 47(6):914-921, 2014. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jelectrocard.2014.07.022\">doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jelectrocard.2014.07.022<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li>D&#8217;Ambrosio P, De Paepe J, Spencer LW, et al.; Pro@Heart Consortium. Bradycardia in Athletes: Prevalence, Mechanisms, and Risks. Circulation 153(9):616-630, 2026. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1161\/circulationaha.125.076170\">doi.org\/10.1161\/circulationaha.125.076170<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li>Climstein M, Graham KS, Stapelberg M, et al. Electrocardiographic Assessment of National-Level Triathletes: Sinus Bradycardia and Other Electrocardiographic Abnormalities. Sports 13(1):25, 2025. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/sports13010025\">doi.org\/10.3390\/sports13010025<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li>Alonso A, Jensen PN, Lopez FL, Chen LY, Psaty BM, Folsom AR, Heckbert SR. Association of Sick Sinus Syndrome with Incident Cardiovascular Disease and Mortality: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study and Cardiovascular Health Study. PLoS ONE 9(10):e109662, 2014. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1371\/journal.pone.0109662\">doi.org\/10.1371\/journal.pone.0109662<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li>Zhang D, Shen X, Qi X. Resting heart rate and all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in the general population: a meta-analysis. CMAJ 188(3):E53-E63, 2016. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1503\/cmaj.150535\">doi.org\/10.1503\/cmaj.150535<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li>Dharod A, Soliman EZ, Dawood F, Chen H, Shea S, Nazarian S, Bertoni AG; MESA Investigators. Association of Asymptomatic Bradycardia With Incident Cardiovascular Disease and Mortality: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). JAMA Internal Medicine 176:219-227, 2016. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1001\/jamainternmed.2015.7655\">doi.org\/10.1001\/jamainternmed.2015.7655<\/a><\/li>\n\n<\/ol>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group bp-blog-sec bp-blog-sec--tight is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Also read<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group bp-blog-related is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bioprofile.com\/en\/heart-rate-and-fitness-talking-therapy-heart-rhythm\/\">Heart rate and fitness: can talking therapy change your heart rhythm?<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bioprofile.com\/en\/healthy-blood-pressure-american-heart-association-advisory\/\">Healthy blood pressure: why so few people reach it, and the new chart from the American Heart Association<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bioprofile.com\/en\/low-heart-rate-symptoms\/\">Low heart rate symptoms: when a slow heartbeat is normal, what it can point to and when to see a doctor<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bioprofile.com\/en\/palpitations-after-eating\/\">Heart palpitations after eating: what a meal asks of your heart in the first half hour<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bioprofile.com\/en\/effects-of-too-little-movement-what-it-does-to-your-body\/\">The effects of moving too little: what it does in your body, what the large studies show and what a heart and blood vessel scan measures<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bioprofile.com\/en\/heart-complaints-women-symptoms\/\">Heart complaints in women: which symptoms the studies count, and when to contact a doctor<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bioprofile.com\/en\/normal-heart-rate\/\">Normal heart rate: the guidelines, and where the figures come from<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group bp-blog-sec bp-blog-sec--tight is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Written by<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group bp-blog-author is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/bioprofile.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/author-jesse-round-320.jpg\" alt=\"Jesse van der Velde\" class=\"wp-image-4815\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bioprofile.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/author-jesse-round-320.jpg 320w, https:\/\/bioprofile.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/author-jesse-round-320-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bioprofile.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/author-jesse-round-320-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group bp-blog-authorid is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<p class=\"bp-blog-authorrole wp-block-paragraph\">Founder of BioProfile<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"bp-blog-authorname wp-block-paragraph\">Jesse van der Velde<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group bp-blog-authorbody is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<p class=\"bp-blog-authorbio wp-block-paragraph\">Jesse van der Velde has been guiding people to a new body and optimal health since 2006, and has written or co-written fifteen books on nutrition and health. 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