Vagus Nerve Optimization – Inflammatory Control to Improved Cognition with Navaz Habib, DC, FMP from the NANP 2024 HEALCon. Take this quiz to earn 1.5 CECs.

Dr. Navaz Habib is the bestselling author of ‘Activate Your Vagus Nerve’ and the newly released ‘Upgrade Your Vagus Nerve.’ He is also the host of ‘The Health Upgrade Podcast’. After graduating as class valedictorian from Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College in 2010, and went on to practice traditional chiropractic for years, until he utilized the power of functional medicine to transform his own health. He is the founder of ‘Health Upgraded’ an online functional health consulting clinic, supporting optimal health by elevating the awareness and function of the Vagus nerve.

Presentation Description:
The optimal function of the Vagus nerve is imperative in controlling inflammation throughout the body, and dysfunction is associated with numerous chronic health conditions. Heart Rate Variability and Cardiac Vagal Tone are great ways to measure Vagus Nerve function with our patients in practice today.
In this session, Dr. Habib will review the Autonomic Nervous System, the physiology of the cholinergic anti-inflammatory pathway, the mechanisms by which dysautonomia leads to uncontrolled inflammatory processes, and the diagnosis of chronic health conditions, particularly in the CNS and gastrointestinal tract.

Learning Objectives:

• Review Vagus Nerve and Cholinergic Anti-Inflammatory Pathway function 
• Understand the function of Tissue Resident Macrophages of the innate immune system and their interaction with the Vagus nerve 
• Review the latest research on Vagus Nerve Stimulation in various chronic conditions and future directions