The heart usually beats between 60-100 times a minute, but thisrate can change depending on the person’s habits and surroundings.If someone is on medication or exercises regularly, the rate mightdrop to 55 beats per minute. If the heart rate is over 100 beatsper minute, it might have to do with anything from diet, to stressand anxiety, to high fever. Heart palpitations are either rapidheartbeats, or slow pounding ones.In the case of good diet and exercise, slowing down heartpalpitations may require a conscious effort to relax. An electricalcurrent runs through each human heart, and the normal path oftravel for this electric can be disrupted by stress, bouncing itagainst the heart walls and causing quicker, harsher beats. Heartvalves can become stickier when stress is greater, causing thebl