Ramesh Rao's Quantified Self San Diego Presentation at QSSD1

1. Calit2@UCSD
Ramesh Rao
California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology
University of California, San Diego

2. Heart Rate Variability for Ubiquitous Quantification of
Health and Wellness
The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will
instruct his patient in the care of the human frame,
in diet and in the cause and prevention of disease
Thomas A. Edison - 1903
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3. Most organs are
regulated by
Parasympathetic and
Sympathetic Nervous
Systems
Liver is an exception?
Erection vs. Ejaculation
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bookshelf/br.fcgi
?book=neurosci&part=A1394

4. Influences on the Heart
http://www.medpedia.com/news_analysis/283-
Project-IVLine/entries/28775-A-Quick-Guide-to-
ECG
http://www.nuclearcardiologys
eminars.net/autonomic.htm
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http://www.dantest.com/usersguide.htm

5. Balance of Power: Heart Rate Variation
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
8 Asanas in 90 minutes: RR between .6 and 1.6 seconds
13.1 miles of running:
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RR held steady at .36 s for 150 minutes

6. HRV in Frequency Domain
Parasympathetic Influence seen at mid
and high frequency
Sympathetic influence low and mid
frequencies
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7. Entanglements of the Heart: Thoughts and
Breath
Four, Six
Wisdom
Breath
6 Cycles per minute
Breath, baroreceptor rhythms in synchrony
Let the
Universe
Breathe You
Mantra, … produces a state where the organism vibrates at the 7
rate … in tune with the energy and spiritual state, … contained
within the mantra

8. Entanglements of the Heart
Sound, Meaning, Patterns and Breath
Monkey Brain
Ra Ma Da Sa
Sa Say So Hung
Akaal Hari.
Apaal Hari…
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11. Entrainment
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12. Reinventing Diet: 80% Vegan, Raw,
+Fish Oil, Whey Protein, Non-Fat Yogurt
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High Fat (mostly nuts): 160% DV
High Fiber (fruits and Vegetables): 145% DV
Balanced Protein

13. Refining a Run
Empty Stomach
Energy Gels
Endura Optimizer
Mashed Potatoes

14. Retraining Metabolism: Exercise, Yoga
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15. Privacy-Knowledge Tradeoff:
Looking through the Google Lens
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