How To Exercise Your Vagus Nerve To Lower Stress and Inflammation With Dr. Navaz Habib: Episode Rerun

The Root Cause Medicine Podcast

Kate Kresge

Alternative Health, Medicine, 810564, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 581 Ratings

🗓️ 23 November 2023

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of The Root Cause Medicine Podcast, we discuss the functions of your vagus nerve, the difference between your sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems, and vagus tone exercises that help stimulate your vagus nerve to manage and reduce stress. They dive into: 1. What Is the Autonomic Nervous System? 2. What Is the Vagus Nerve? 3. Signs of Vagus Nerve Issues 4. Vagal Tone Exercises Dr. Navaz Habib is a Doctor of Chiropractic, certified in functional medicine, functional range conditioning, and acupuncture. Using a functional medicine approach, he helps people uncover and address health vulnerabilities that negatively affect their energy, focus, and productivity. Dr. Habib is also the author of the book "Activate Your Vagus Nerve" and a Health And Wellness Consultant at electroCore. Order tests through Rupa Health, the BEST place to order functional medicine lab tests from 30+ labs - https://www.rupahealth.com/reference-guide

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0:00.0	Today on the root cause medicine podcast.
0:03.3	Your boss taps you on the shoulder and says, I need to see you in my office right now.
0:07.7	The immediate response physiologically that happens is the pupils dilate.
0:13.1	I need to see what's going on.
0:14.5	I start to sweat a little bit.
0:16.0	My heart rate elevates slightly.
0:17.5	I'm going to shut off my digestion because I need to survive this meeting with
0:21.5	my boss rather than worry about breaking down the food that's happening within, that's being broken
0:26.7	down within my body. These fight or flight responses are very common, but these are required
0:32.7	responses in order to be able to handle stressful scenarios. On the other side of this is the parasympathetic nervous system.
0:40.0	This is what we generally know as the rest and digest system,
0:43.5	but I've added one more very important word, and that is recover,
0:47.3	rest, digest, and recover system.
0:49.3	And so this is the state we should be in about 80% of the time.
0:53.3	This is the, I'm calm, I'm breathing gently,
0:57.3	I'm using my diaphragm to breathe, important that's going to come back later on. I'm very,
1:02.5	like, I'm relaxed. My, I'm not sweating. My heart rate is down. My breath rate is down. My
1:07.8	digestive system is working. My immune system is working, all of these things
1:11.5	are functioning homeostatically in a great balance of homeostasis. Hello, hello, I'm your
1:17.9	host, Dr. Carrie Jones. And today I talk with author and educator, Dr. Navaz Habib, all about your
1:24.8	uber important vagus nerve, what it does, and how to fix it.
1:29.1	Before we get started, though, I want to talk to you about an easy health habit that I use
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