Emotions and Their Impact on the Vagus Nerve with Diane Ducarme

Episode Highlights With Diane Ducarme You have about 100 billion nerve cells in your body and they're all orchestrated by the vagus nerve The vagus nerve was discovered in 1872 in medicine but is still not understood in the Western world Vagus comes from the Latin vaga, which means to wander, and it wanders throughout the body The things that get in the way of the vagus nerve working optimally How emotions come into play here What brain freeze teaches us about the vagus nerve Where Western medicine recognizes the connection of emotions to the vagus nerve Liver toxicity can lead to wakeups from 1-3 a.m. Ways to support the vagus nerve How we can sometimes intuitively avoid foods that are harmful to the vagus nerve Resources We Mention Migraine Test Nectar Health