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April 28, 2025 45 mins

Learn how to stimulate your vagus nerve to heal our gut, stress & more! Tune in.

 

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Product mentions:

Vagustim: https://vagustim.io/products/

 

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Timestamps

00:00 Intro 

00:47 Nervous system & stress

06:10 Dysfunction signs

12:51 Testing

14:12 Lifestyle changes

19:33 Jasmine’s success story

21:34 At-home stimulation devices

30:35 Nutrition

35:01 Probiotics

 

Featured Studies 

📉Depression & Limbic System: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34102346/

📉Amygdala activity, fear, & anxiety: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20525501/

📉Inflammatory Diseases: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37429263/

📉Stress & immune responses: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34496250/

📉Amygdala, fear, & anxiety: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20525501/

📉Adrenaline, cortisol, blood lipidome &  ice bath: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39779795/

📉Cholinergic Anti-Inflammatory Pathway for COVID-19: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33633726/

📉Acetyl-L-carnitine on dysautonomia in Rett syndrome: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16235010/

📉Probiotic therapy & hypertensive women: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32756643/

📉 IBS: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36178333/

 

Heart Rate Variability

📉Depression: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31239003/

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