Hey, this is Amanda, women's health dietitian. And I'm Emily, nutritional therapy practitioner.

And this is the RU menstrual podcast, where we help you navigate the confusing world of women's hormones and teach you how to have healthy periods.

Each week, we will be diving into a different topic on women's health and sharing our perspective using nutrition, female physiology, and metabolic health.

Our goal is to help you wait through conflicting health information and empower you on your

healing journey.

We hope you enjoy it.

In this episode, we are covering an important topic for the healing journey, and that is

the Vegas nerve. I'm joined by Amy Brannon. Amy is a co-founder of Nuvana and was the company's

chief executive officer in its startup phase. She currently serves as chief revenue officer, focusing on marketing sales

and the customer experience. She's devoted to optimizing wellness and mental health through neuroscience

to fight the devastating health effects of stress-induced illness. Amy is a registered nurse with over 20

years experience in hospital-based health care. She served both in clinical and leadership roles in

ICU and invasive procedural areas. Amy holds a BS in nursing and a BS in psychology from the

University of Central Florida. I'm very excited to have you here today with me. Amy, the goal is really

just to kind of go through what is our vagus nerve. You know, how can we support it and get people to start thinking about

this topic? So thank you for being here. Thanks, Amanda. I'm super excited. I think it'll be a fun

conversation. So do you want to, people know your background, right? It's like you're, you are a nurse

for a really long time. What made you focusing so much on the Vegas serve? I know you have the BS in psychology, so I'm sure that has something to do with it.

Yeah, it actually, it winds up just being convenient that I have that background. When I met one of the surgeons that I worked with at the hospital for years, he had invented numerous medical devices.

And his brother, also a physician, was using something in his pain practice that actually

targeted the vagus nerve.

So it looked like that's what was happening.

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