Important Vagus Nerve Nonsense Compliments of Western Medicine

September 8, 2020 Paula Youmell, RN

Image from this article: https://www.thecut.com/2019/05/i-now-suspect-the-vagus-nerve-is-the-key-to-well-being.html

I have been teaching about the vagus nerve for years, sharing this post and the post I wrote on how I discovered this vagus nerve healing fun, before vagus nerve - yoga science research was becoming more mainstream.

Recently, I learned some interesting information in regards to the vagus nerve and western medicine. Someone I love had a spell that medical people refer to as a vagal response. Have you ever heard the term "vagaled out."
When the spell was first happening, I checked for the obvious
-stroke check first and when I was clear that was not the issue... I quickly checked heart rate and heart beat strength. Heart rate was way down & thready feeling, person feels like they are going to faint, and loss of color in the face. So I knew we were most likely dealing with a vagus response.

Slow Health Education, Slow Healing

August 30, 2020 Paula Youmell, RN

In 1986, The Slow Food Movement Began In Italy. This Was A Movement To Reclaim Cultural Food, The Art And Healing Benefits Of In-Home Cooking, And The Sustainable Farming Of Whole, Real Food Grown Locally. This Was A Grassroots Effort, That Is Now Globally Strong, To Reclaim Food From The Corporate Strangle Hold.

It is time to put this same grassroots action into our health care system.
Health care in this country, right now, is really just about disease management: how can the medical system suppress your ill health symptoms just enough to keep you functioning and somewhat happy.
Our current health care is not about actually restoring true vibrant health OR about true prevention of illness.
True prevention would teach you proper healthy care of the body, the real way to nourish the body with food, and actually prevent you from succumbing to degenerative lifestyle diseases.

Skip Excuses, Find A Way!

October 23, 2016 Paula Youmell, RN

We Intuitively Know When Something Needs To Change In Our Lives; Something Needs To Shift.

Self Healing begins with making change; shifting habits in our daily lives.

Make the shift; create the change you need, you crave, now. Skip making more excuses.

Try these life changing steps:

You Do NOT Need Me

July 3, 2016 Paula Youmell, RN

But that's ok 'cuz I have Lily...               and we need each other! — **But that's ok 'cuz I have Lily... and we need each other!**

You read that correctly. You do NOT need me.

Your body will heal simply by switching to a whole food diet.

May I refer you backwards to a previous post: Longevity Recipe

The Sun Radiates Life Into Everything!

April 18, 2016 Paula Youmell, RN

Some Of The Sun's Awesome Gifts:

warms us every day even when we can't see the glorious sun (When you lift the corner of the cloud, the sun is ALWAYS shining."Eli, my 14 year old at 8 had figured this one out!), this solar warmth drives weather patterns
stimulates photosynthesis
stimulates Vitamin D production in your skin and many other living being's skin as well. Vitamin D is needed for bone health, skin health, mood health, immune health (think cancer, MS, metabolic disease-diabetes, & auto-immune disease prevention)
promotes the production of melatonin so you can sleep well every night and the production of serotonin so you fell happy & energetic during the day

The list of the sun's contributions to human and planetary health is a very long one. Without the sun... we would not be here; everything would not be here! It is time for some Common Sun Sense.

5 Reasons Chewing IS A Most Important Part Of Eating & Digestion

March 29, 2016 Paula Youmell, RN

The story is that engaging those pearly whites in the chew process is the most important initial step you can take for the health of your digestive tract and your bodaciously beautiful body cells. Think how many people chuck food into their faces at break neck speed, chomp on it 5-6 times, and then swallow large chucks of food.

Pay attention the next time you engage in eating a meal. Are you a chewer or a chunk swallower? All these years picking on cows for their endless "cud chewing" and it seems they had it right all along.

Get Chewing Your Cud People And Here Is Why:

1. Chewing begins carbohydrate* digestion: which prevents reflux as you are revving up the digestive tract with your chewing. The more you chew your food, the more messages are sent to the gut to get the digestive juices flowing.

Natural Health Education Blog

We Intuitively Know When Something Needs To Change In Our Lives; Something Needs To Shift.

Some Of The Sun's Awesome Gifts:

Get Chewing Your Cud People And Here Is Why: