Knowledge bomb:

The vagus nerve is in charge of multiple organs in multiple systems. The health of the nerve mirrors the health of the person. Dr. G talks about how strengthening vagal tone improves inflammation, digestive health, mood disorders and many other imbalances. He gives us actionable tips on how to measure the strength of of vagal tone as well as how to optimize it.

Guest segment:

Nobel prize winner Lou Ignarro and Dr. G talk about nitric oxide. A molecule essential for heart and brain health as well as athletic performance. After discovering the molecule, Lou has became the leading voice in what it is, how it works, and how we can improve it. If you are looking to optimize you brain, heart and performance then listen to this segment!

Special guest:

Louis J. Ignarro is an American pharmacologist. For demonstrating the signaling properties of nitric oxide, he was co-recipient of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

Currently, he is professor emeritus of pharmacology at the UCLA School of Medicine's department of molecular and medical pharmacology in Los Angeles, which he joined in 1985. Before relocating to California, he was a professor of pharmacology at Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, for 12 years. Ignarro has also previously worked as a staff scientist, research department, for the pharmaceutical division of CIBA-GEIGY Corporation in New York.

Ignarro has published numerous research articles. He received the Basic Research Prize of the American Heart Association in 1998. This was in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the advancement of cardiovascular science. That same year, he was inducted into the National Academy of Sciences and the following year, into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Because nitric oxide is indirectly involved in the action of this drug, he is sometimes referred to as the "Father of Viagra".

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