Navaz Habib - Activate Your Vagus Nerve: Unleash Your Body’s Natural Ability to Overcome Gut Sensitivities, Inflammation, Autoimmunity, Brain Fog, Anxiety and Depression

Activate

your

VAGUS NERVE

UNLEASH YOUR BODYS
NATURAL ABILITY TO OVERCOME:

Gut SensitivitiesAutoimmunity

Inflammation Anxiety

Brain Fog Depression

DR. NAVAZ HABIB

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IMPORTANT NOTE TO READERS: This book has been written and published for informational and educational purposes only. It is not intended to serve as medical advice or to be any form of medical treatment. You should always consult with your physician before altering or changing any aspect of your medical treatment. Do not stop or change any prescription medications without the guidance and advice of your physician. Any use of the information in this book is made on the readers good judgment and is the readers sole responsibility. This book is not intended to diagnose or treat any medical condition and is not a substitute for a physician. This book is independently authored and published and no sponsorship or endorsement of this book by, and no affiliation with, any trademarked brands or other products mentioned within is claimed or suggested. All trademarks that appear in ingredient lists and elsewhere in this book belong to their respective owners and are used here for informational purposes only. The author and publisher encourage readers to patronize the quality brands mentioned in this book.

CONTENTS

FOREWORD

I hold a mantra in my heart: The best is yet to come. This statement is particularly true if youve picked up this amazing book, a book that will help you unlock a gift that you have been endowed with from the moment of your conceptionvibrant health.

I cannot help but marvel at how amazing the human body is. It is truly the crowning achievement of the universe. At the center of it all is your cosmic interface, the nervous system. The nervous system helps us interact with the beautiful world around us and maintain great health and balance inside of us. It is truly a treasure that we must honor and leverage to live our best life. Our brain connects and regulates our bodily functions through the spinal cord, peripheral nerves, and an information superhighway known as the vagus nerve.

Its no small feat to regulate the function of over 60 trillion cells 24/7/365, but somehow, its happening at this very moment. Millions of signals are propagating to and from the brain, reaching all the organs and systems in your body, keeping your systems and life in balance. They keep you breathing, digesting, regenerating, repairing, replicating, and regulating. This is all thanks to the vagus nerve.

As we continue to unlock the mysteries of the skies above us and the vastness within us, its hard not to live in a constant state of awe and wonder of the human potential. This is why Im so happy that youre devoted to reading this book. I am certain that Activate Your Vagus Nerve will move you closer to unleashing your best life!

Dr. Habib has done an excellent job sharing how you can claim your most vibrant life by tapping into your inner healing potential. As you navigate the pages of this book, its vital that you apply the knowledge immediately so you can witness firsthand the powerful capabilities you possess.

Abundant health is not for the taking, it is for the making! Activate Your Vagus Nerve will teach you exactly how in a simple, practical, and quantifiable way, but do not let the simplicity of the suggestions fool you. As Leonardo da Vinci said, Simplicity is the greatest sign of sophistication. I can assure you that there is nothing more sophisticated than your bodywhich means that there is nothing simpler to take care of. Isnt that what we are all seeking?

The idea that we have to match the bodys complexity so we can heal it is not only erroneous but unrealistic. We are witnessing the failings of this paradigm within our allopathic healthcare model. Dr. Bruce Lipton, author of The Biology of Belief, refers to this as a cosmic joke. A true health solution must be a simple onethe laws of the cosmos require it.

In these pages you will find powerful, life-changing information. Information that you can immediately apply and share with others. In fact, let me let you in on a little secret. When patients come to The Living Proof Institute (a functional medicine and lifestyle intervention clinic), our primary objective is to apply the information youll read in this book and get their vagus nerves in working order, so everything else we do together works a hundred times better! We refer to this concept as autonomic pairing. Patients with healthy nervous systems heal faster and more completely, and require fewer supplements.

You will be amazed at how your sleep quality, digestion, immunity, blood sugar levels, mood, detoxification, and other bodily functions improve without your taking a single pill or potion. Your key to vibrant health is just a few simple steps away. Trust me; my colleagues and I have helped thousands of people by teaching them how to help themselves. Againno drugs, no pills, no potions, no side effects, and get this, no cost!

In a time where healthcare costs continue to rise, the self-care methods described in this book are of absolutely no cost and only take a few minutes per day. I know it sounds way too good to be true, but its not. Mark my words!

As you will learn, this knowledge has been applied for thousands of years in all forms of Eastern medicine. You might wonder why no one has ever told you about the simple solutions outlined in this book. The reason might shock you at first but it will become quite clear when you start paying attention to the cues all around you.

You see, the allopathic model of healthcare operates under a paradigm that believes your body makes mistakes, that it does not know how to self-regulate, that there is nothing you can do. Using this framework and convincing others (through marketing) that this is the case, millions of people have been duped into taking prescription medications, mutilating their amazing bodies, and poisoning their mindset. This has resulted in skyrocketing costs, increased dependency on drugs, and failed outcomes. The patients body is not viewed as a partner on the healing journey but instead as the cause of illness in the first place. Nothing could be further from the truth.

In the vitalistic model of health, we operate under a completely different paradigm. We believe that all your body parts are required, your body can self-regulate, and you can only be healthy when you abide by the laws of nature. We believe that as a human being, you have an innate healing potential that is more powerful than any intervention known to man. We believe that nothing can heal your body better than it can heal itself.