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

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