Ray Peat Audio Archive

orn-190917-mr-thyroid — Ray Peat Clip

This curated audio highlight features Ray Peat speaking in the interview orn-190917-mr-thyroid. The excerpt begins at 43:20 and runs for 46 seconds.

What do you know about vasovagal SYNCOPE? An emailer is talking about the vagus nerve gets activated due to stressors. The heart rate slows. Blood pressure drops. Blood vessels in the legs can dilate. The blood pools in the lower part, flowing to the brain and may be nausea and things like that. This lady, Mona, wants to know that what besides the stressor is causing the vagus nerve to react so. There has to be more to it than simply being a response to being hot, emotional, scared when in a normal life setting.