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What Exactly Causes Chronic Fatigue Syndrome? Chronic Fatigue Syndrome has been a problem for many women, and for a long time. In fact, women suffer for it far more than men do. The harmful side effects are often seen by many doctors, practitioners and other health professionals all over the world. This condition touches the lives of millions of women that can’t seem to get the proper health care to treat their symptoms. There is a small (but growing) percentage of the population that often goes into depression, riddled with anxiety and unsure of how their lives will unfold daily as a result of this condition. There is, unfortunately, no known cause for the syndrome as yet. Many health professionals…

Acid reflux is a big business. It’s a drug company’s dream come true. Millions of Americans suffer from acid reflux. Many millions more experience the pain of heartburn every day. The medical community would have you believe that only drugs can treat and heal acid reflux disease. This is simply not true – there are natural ways to heal this condition. PPI drugs (proton pump inhibitors), like Nexium, Prilosec, Prevacid and Protonix should only be taken for eight weeks, at most. Doctors are aware of this, but most patients continue to take these drugs on a permanent basis. Unfortunately, there are no studies determining what the long term effects of these drugs are on the human body. PPI drugs actually…

What is vagus nerve and vagal tone? Vagus nerve is the 10th cranial nerve (largest nerve of the body) which has mixed functions (both sensory and motor).  Sensory functions of the vagus nerve include: Signaling the details of sound, taste, sight, and smell from the body to the brain. Whereas motor functions are: Control of different glands and muscles of the body.  Vagal Tone: Vagal tone refers to a parasympathetic activity (branch of the autonomic nervous system) of the nerve inducing relaxational effects by: Conservation of energy Slowing down of heart rate Relaxation of muscles in GIT (gastrointestinal tract) Increasing the activity of glands and intestines. Effects of vagal tone: Vagal tone is very crucial to body functioning and health.…