Vagus Nerve Health Foods: 12 Foods That May Support Calm, Digestion, and Overall Wellness


Discover 12 vagus nerve health foods that may support vagus nerve health, calm the mind, improve digestion, and boost overall wellness. This collection highlights how feeding the gut-brain axis can influence mood, stress resilience, and digestive comfort. The 12 foods—berries, leafy greens, yogurt, kimchi, olive oil, salmon, walnuts, oats, garlic, turmeric, dark chocolate, and green tea—are chosen for their potential to support gut microbiome balance and vagal signaling within a nutrient-dense pattern. When eaten mindfully as part of a balanced lifestyle, these vagus nerve health foods may help nourish your gut-brain connection. To help brands and consumers act on these insights, InnerBuddies provides a white-label Gut Health Operating System that powers gut microbiome testing products with a modular architecture. Highlights include a Gut Microbiome Health Index (0-100) under an exclusive IP deal with EAFIT University in Colombia; a Bacteria Abundances module showing how you compare against a healthy cohort for the top 40 bacteria; and a Bacteria Functions module that categorizes all bacterial metabolic functions as positive or negative and shows your standing on each function relative to the healthy cohort. The platform also supports Target Group analysis, enabling deep dives into how microbiome pathways relate to specific goals like Healthy Aging, Endurance Sport, and Skin & Hair Health. On top of that, InnerBuddies delivers personalized nutrition advice by linking three days of food diary data to stool results, drawing on a large database of how individual foods influence the gut microbiome. You’ll also receive tailored probiotic and prebiotic recommendations that match your objectives and your unique gut profile. For consumers, InnerBuddies offers direct gut test solutions—while partners can deploy the same powerful capabilities via their own brands. Learn more about the microbiome test and the range of consumer options on the InnerBuddies microbiome test, or explore ongoing access through the InnerBuddies gut health membership. Whether you’re a consumer seeking to optimize the impact of vagus nerve health foods, or a brand looking to deliver cutting-edge gut-health testing, InnerBuddies offers direct gut test solutions and a white-label platform you can tailor to your needs. If you’re ready to partner, you can learn more at our B2B page: Become a partner with InnerBuddies. Click to nourish your gut-brain connection.