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The vagus nerve gets a lot of credit - calming anxiety, reducing inflammation, improving digestion, etc. But what does it actually do?In this video, I break down: what the vagus nerve really iswhy its linked to breathing, ice baths, and humming/chanting.where wellness claims oversimplify or misuse real physiologyThis isn’t a takedown of wellness, but more an explanation of what’s actually happening in the body, and why the calm people feel is usually about stress, recovery, and context, not nerve hacks.
By Dr. Maanas SamantThe vagus nerve gets a lot of credit - calming anxiety, reducing inflammation, improving digestion, etc. But what does it actually do?In this video, I break down: what the vagus nerve really iswhy its linked to breathing, ice baths, and humming/chanting.where wellness claims oversimplify or misuse real physiologyThis isn’t a takedown of wellness, but more an explanation of what’s actually happening in the body, and why the calm people feel is usually about stress, recovery, and context, not nerve hacks.