A Pediatrician’s Guide to Healthier, Happier Kids | Dr. Elisa Song & Shawn Stevenson

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In today’s world, our kids are up against a whole host of lot of factors that are threatening their overall health. Our modern environment presents threats like the accessibility of ultra-processed food, repeated exposure to chemicals like pesticides, and the overuse of medications that are harmful to human health in excess. If we want to raise healthy, strong children who can face these challenges head on, we have to help them build resiliency - and that’s exactly what you’re going to learn on today’s show.
Today’s guest is Dr. Elisa Song. She is a Stanford, NYU, and SCSF-trained integrative pediatrician and pediatric functional medicine expert. She’s helped thousands of families get to the root cause of their kids’ health concerns by bridging the gap between conventional medicine and functional medicine. Her new book, Healthy Kids Happy Kids, is a comprehensive, evidence-based guide to whole child health.
In this interview, Dr. Song is sharing so many valuable insights on children’s health. You’re going to learn what every parent needs to know about using antibiotics, how to get to the root cause of common ailments, and how our children’s mental health is influenced by their gut health. Dr. Song is also sharing her five science-backed, foundational behaviors for raising healthy, happy kids. This interview is full of tangible advice that I hope you will use to help your children thrive. Enjoy!
In this episode you’ll discover:
* How Dr. Song got into the field of pediatrics.
* Why our modern environment is hurting children’s health.
* What percentage of antibiotics are inappropriately prescribed.
* How antibiotics affect an infant’s microbiome.
* The ripple effect of antibiotics during infancy.
* How polypharmacy occurs and its impact on overall health.
* Why microbial health should be considered before taking any medication.
* What the purpose of tonsils is.
* How to search for the root cause and avoid a tonsillectomy.
* The different ways gut problems can manifest in the body.
* Why the first 1000 days are foundational to a child’s microbiome.
* How a baby’s microbiome is established.
* The truth about taking daily probiotics.
* How breastmilk promotes a healthy gut microbiome.
* The power of creating microbiome resilience.
* Three things your child should eat for microbial health.
* How to deal with picky eaters.
* The importance of breathing to regulate your nervous system.
* Five foundational things we can do to create healthy, happy kids (and adults!)
* How to take advantage of the stress performance curve and build stress resilience.
* What the most important prescription for life is.
* Which biomarker works in accordance with your gut microbiome health.
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Timestamps:
00:00 - Introduction
01:30 - Advocating for healthy children
08:40 - The inappropriate use of antibiotics
15:30 - The polypharmacy problem
19:40 - The purpose of the tonsils
24:23 - It all starts with the gut
28:50 - Birth and microbiome
37:50 - Cesarian birth and raising healthy children
44:59 - Fiber, phytonutrients, and fermented foods
54:34 - is it okay to “hide” veggies in your kids' food?
1:00:34 - Develop a healthy relationship with stress
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[@snowdriftwood]

Thank you so much for having Dr. Song! I can’t wait to read the book!

[@TheShawnModel]

She is such an amazing human being and expert on the topic. Glad you found this episode valuable. - Sarah (Assistant to Shawn)

[@lisav6583]

Honesty and educate- what a refreshing approach. I will use the ketchup tip. Thank you!!!

[@karinasaarenpaa6693]

Great interview and gives me alot of tips to better approach my daughter about shifting her eating habits and repairing her microbiome..alot of bad habits have been really established and honestly finding it very difficult even to shop at the grocery store for food..because what I see besides the meat and veggies/fruit that stuff down every other aisle just isn't food..

[@TheShawnModel]

Thank you for sharing your experience and perspective! It is definitely a challenging terrain today… but we can create a healthy path forward!

[@shawanalee3752]

Dr. Song is sharing a lot of information. Thanks for sharing 😊

[@TheShawnModel]

Thank you! ♥️🙏🏽

[@pennyblackwell4941]

This was good info but too bad she didn't talk about sugar, cereals, and high-carb foods that raise your blood sugars and then insulin because those are the foods that will damage the gut. But maybe that is in her book.

[@TheShawnModel]

Thank you for sharing 🙏🏽 And, yes, she covers underlying diet problems/triggers in her book.