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Jun 2025
1h 52m

Control Your Vagus Nerve to Improve Mood...

Scicomm Media
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In this episode I explain how your vagus nerve—an extensive neural pathway linking your brain and body in both directions—powerfully regulates your mood, digestion, alertness and even certain food cravings, and I explain how you can activate certain vagus nerve pathways to improve your heart rate variability (HRV), a key marker of health and longevity. I als ... Show More
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