Did you know that anxiety, fear, worry or stress can cause bloating and digestive problems?
Recent studies show that your brain affects your gut health and your gut ecology even affects your brain health. The communication system between your gut and brain is called the gut-brain axis. There are 100 billion neurons in the human brain compared to your gut containing 500 million neurons!
The vagus nerve is one of the biggest nerves connecting your gut and brain. It sends signals in both directions. Stress inhibits the signals sent through the vagus nerve, causing gastrointestinal problems.
Strengthening your vagus nerve, your longest nerve in your body, is a game changer for your gut and overall health.
Here are 9 FACTS about this powerful nerve bundle:
✔️ The vagus nerve translates between your gut and brain.
✔️ It prevent inflammation.
✔️ It initiates your body's relaxation response.
✔️ It helps you to breathe.
✔️ It's intimately involved with your heart.
✔️ Over stimulation of the vagus nerve is the most common cause of fainting.
✔️ Electrical stimulation of the vagus nerve reduces inflammation and may inhibit it all together.
✔️ It helps you make memories.
✔️ New research has revealed that the vagus nerve may be the missing link to treating chronic inflammation, and the beginning of an exciting new field of treatment for serious, incurable diseases.
Amazing, ha!
Let's start supercharging your vagal tone now with my 9 tips below:
(1) Trust vs fear
(2) Kindness towards self
(3) Connect to your body, breath, nature & move
(4) Slow down
(5) Meditate daily
(6) Don't multitask while eating
(7) Reduce Social Media
(8) Reduce stimulants (e.g. alcohol, coffee, black tea, green tea, chocolate, sugar)
(9) A gut healing diet (high vegetable consumption, seasonal organic fruits, high quality protein, healthy fats [olive oil, avocado, ghee, coconut oil], collagen and bone broth, fermented foods if you are fine with histamines [sauerkraut, kimchi, coconut yoghurt, tempeh, miso], activated nuts and seeds, soaked and sprouted GF grains and legumes)
What are you starting to implement more off?