While most break-ups lead to angst and heartache, one man has managed to scientifically prove that he is better off without his ex.

Reddit user johnnybags has shared the results of an activity monitor that appear to show his heart rate dramatically decreasing throughout the month in which his girlfriend moved out of their house.

He took to the internet in the early hours of Monday morning to share a screen grab from his Fitbit, a wearable device that tracks and records your sleep patterns, movement and heart rate.

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Redditor jonnybags has shared the results of his activity monitor which appear to show his heart rate dropping from 75 to 61 beats per minute throughout the month in which his girlfriend moved out of their house

According to the device, his heart rate dropped from 75 beats per minute to just 61 over a period of 30 days - suggesting the break-up has made him calmer and more relaxed.

'So my girlfriend moved out,' he explained in a post that has been viewed more than 400,000 times in just nine hours and drawn hundreds of comments.

The chart shows a dramatic spike at the beginning of the month, followed by a relatively steady decline.

Reddit user MattimusPrimme joked: 'I'm guessing that little spike halfway through is her coming back because she forgot to take her things.'

'So right you are,' the original poster replied, later returning to the thread to confirm that they had indeed broken up and the woman in question was now his ex-girlfriend.

Scubawookie wrote: 'That's what peace looks like.'

WellAdjustedOutlaw said: 'Well, at least you have the data to prove you're better off without her!'

Another user joked: 'At this rate you'll be dead in four months.'

When one user asked: 'I'm confused, are you happy or sad?' johnnybags responded: 'Couldn't be happier.'

Fitbits can help track and record your sleep patterns, movement and heart rate

Some used the post as an opportunity to dole out relationship advice.

One wrote: 'Gather around young Redditters, let me explain this as a man of experience.

'The first hump were the days leading up to the breakup with the peak being D-Day (dump day).

'As soon as she left the room the fear and panic slowly left his body over the next 10 days.

'Then, peak 2. Its sudden, she shows up without warning.

'But amazingly you don't hit the pre-breakup freakout levels because you know you're now free. You tell her to GTFO. You wave bye-bye and slowly return to normalcy.'

Responding to his comment, one Redditor wrote: 'Cleans cuts are a great way to get rid of a toxic relationship. Wave bye... and don't look in the rearview mirror. Slowly life will return to normalcy, or better than normal.'

And when another person asked: 'That stressful, huh?' johnnybags responded sarcastically: 'You could say that.'

However, one doctor suggested that there may be more to the Fitbit results than meets the eye.

Dr Jerome Ment, a consultant cardiologist at Spire Parkway Hospital, Solihull, explained: 'There are many things that may affect heart rate including activity, drugs, temperature, genetic factors and heart disease itself.

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'Stress or anxiety may cause transient rises in heart rate but this is usually transient rather than sustained.'

In January, an Israeli man made headlines when he was dumped by his boyfriend over the phone - and unbeknownst to him, his Fitbit captured the exact moment

According to the device, Koby Soto's average resting heart rate was 72 beats per minute that morning (when he was calm before the news), and sharply rose to 88 beats per minute when he took the call around lunchtime.

The screenshot from his device - which costs around £100 - showed that the 28-year-old heart rate was high for the rest of the day. It even reached up to 118 at one point but returned to a calmer level that night.