A Deep Dive into Women's Blood Volume and Health

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