India, June 22 -- For a healthy person, a normal resting heart rate is between 60 and 100 beats per minute. However, according to Dr Sudhir Kumar, a neurologist at Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad, many healthy and physically active individuals have a resting heart rate (RHR) between 40 and 60 bpm (beats per minute).

Now, your age and general health can also affect the pulse rate, and it varies from person to person. But if you want to achieve optimum health, Dr Kumar believes your resting heart rate should be 40 bpm.

In an X (formerly Twitter) post shared on June 20, the neurologist revealed that he lowered his resting heart rate from the 70s to the 40sand explained why doing so matters.

According to the neurologist, his resting heart rate...