Did you know sweet potatoes, white beans, curd and banana are good for stimulating your wellness nerve? The Vagus Nerve, or the wellness nerve, carries information from the brain to vital body organs and back to the brain. To know how healthy the vagus nerve is, in other words, what your vagal tone is, you need to pay attention to what you put into the body as food. Here we list the right foods for the vagus nerve.
Potassium and Dopamine-rich foods like sweet potato, potato, white beans, curd, broccoli and banana are suggested. Probiotic bacteria in food can also improve Vagal Tone. A healthy vagus nerve keeps several diseases like depression, anxiety, digestive disorders at bay.
A DIY health bar
Health bar: The sugar-free bar which is good for you
Ingredients:
100 gms walnuts
100 gms almonds
100 gms cashew nuts
100 gms soft dates
2 tbsp cocoa powder
3 tbsp virgin coconut oil
¼ tsp salt
Procedure:
- Grind all nuts into fine powder and mix cocoa powder
- Mash dates
- Mix mashed dates, coconut oil and salt
- Mix nuts powder and mashed dates in a big bowl
- Press into a springform pan and place in a freezer to harden it for an hour
- Use hot knife to cut the health bar in perfect shape and serve it
De-Stress at the end of a tiring day with these simple yogic exercises:
- Pinch your eyebrows 5-6 times using your thumb and index finger
- Roll your eyes 5-6 times clockwise and then anti-clockwise
- Squeeze your eyes tight and then open them wide. Repeat this for 10-15 times
- Hold your ears and move them clockwise and anti-clockwise
- Move three fingers from the jawline to chin and massage your cheeks. You could keep your mouth open as you do this
- Open and close your jaw 8-10 times
- Open your mouth and move your jaw side-to-side 8-10 times
- Rotate your neck. Breathing in take your head back and breathing out touch your chin to chest
(The write-up has been compiled by Sri Sri Ayurveda expert Nisha Manikantan, with inputs from Ayurvedic cooking expert Kaushani Desai and Yoga instructor Mayur Kartik)