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#353 6 Questions To Ask Your Pediatrician Before Antibiotics with Elisa Song, MD
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This week on The Less Stressed Life Podcast, I am excited to welcome back Dr. Elisa Song who is an integrative pediatrician. In this episode, Elisa tells us about her new book Healthy Kids, Happy Kids which is an evidence based guide to raising healthy kids in our modern world. Elisa bridges the gap between conventional and holistic pediatrics and delivers a clear roadmap to help kids thrive.
Loving this episode? Check out Elisa's other episode Anxiety in kids, antibiotic use, and self regulation for kids
KEY TAKEAWAYS:
- What is the state of children's health today?
- What are the most common ways our kids' microbiomes become disrupted?
- What should every parent or practitioner know about antibiotics?
- What are 6 questions every parent should ask their pediatrician before starting their child on antibiotics?
- Most important question to ask: is this antibiotic really necessary?
- Advice for post antibiotic microbiome recovery
ABOUT GUEST:
Dr. Elisa Song, MD is a Stanford-, NYU-, UCSF-trained integrative pediatrician, pediatric functional medicine expert, and mom to 2 thriving children. She is the author of the Healthy Kids Happy Kids: An Integrative Pediatrician’s Guide to Whole Child Resilience. In her integrative pediatric practice, Whole Family Wellness (www.wholefamilywellness.org), she’s helped 1000s of kids get to the root causes of their health concerns and empowered parents to help their children thrive – body, mind, and spirit – by integrating conventional pediatrics with functional medicine, homeopathy, acupuncture, herbal medicine, and essential oils. Dr. Song created Healthy Kids Happy Kids (www.healthykidshappykids.com) as an online holistic pediatric resource to help practitioners and parents bridge the gap between conventional and integrative pediatrics with an evidence-based, pediatrician-backed, mom-approved approach.
WHERE TO FIND:
Website: https://healthykidshappykids.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/healthykids_happykids/
WHERE TO FIND CHRISTA:
Website: https://www.christabiegler.com/
Instagram: @anti.inflammatory.nutritionist
Podcast Instagram: @lessstressedlife
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@lessstressedlife
Leave a review, submit a questions for the podcast or take one of my quizzes here: https://www.christabiegler.com/links
NUTRITION PHILOSOPHY:
- Over restriction is dead; if your practitioner is recommending this, they are stuck in 2010 and not evolving
- Whole food is soul food and fed is best
- Sustainable, synergistic nut
I have a few spots left for the farm to table business retreat I’m hosting in a couple months in Bozeman MT--
Where we'll rejuvenate, realign with vision & values, pursue our zone of genius, improve all business relationships (w self, money, coworkers, clients/customers), and plan for less stress in 2025. https://www.lessstressedliferetreats.com/mountainretreat
365 episodes
Manage episode 422149028 series 1510077
This week on The Less Stressed Life Podcast, I am excited to welcome back Dr. Elisa Song who is an integrative pediatrician. In this episode, Elisa tells us about her new book Healthy Kids, Happy Kids which is an evidence based guide to raising healthy kids in our modern world. Elisa bridges the gap between conventional and holistic pediatrics and delivers a clear roadmap to help kids thrive.
Loving this episode? Check out Elisa's other episode Anxiety in kids, antibiotic use, and self regulation for kids
KEY TAKEAWAYS:
- What is the state of children's health today?
- What are the most common ways our kids' microbiomes become disrupted?
- What should every parent or practitioner know about antibiotics?
- What are 6 questions every parent should ask their pediatrician before starting their child on antibiotics?
- Most important question to ask: is this antibiotic really necessary?
- Advice for post antibiotic microbiome recovery
ABOUT GUEST:
Dr. Elisa Song, MD is a Stanford-, NYU-, UCSF-trained integrative pediatrician, pediatric functional medicine expert, and mom to 2 thriving children. She is the author of the Healthy Kids Happy Kids: An Integrative Pediatrician’s Guide to Whole Child Resilience. In her integrative pediatric practice, Whole Family Wellness (www.wholefamilywellness.org), she’s helped 1000s of kids get to the root causes of their health concerns and empowered parents to help their children thrive – body, mind, and spirit – by integrating conventional pediatrics with functional medicine, homeopathy, acupuncture, herbal medicine, and essential oils. Dr. Song created Healthy Kids Happy Kids (www.healthykidshappykids.com) as an online holistic pediatric resource to help practitioners and parents bridge the gap between conventional and integrative pediatrics with an evidence-based, pediatrician-backed, mom-approved approach.
WHERE TO FIND:
Website: https://healthykidshappykids.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/healthykids_happykids/
WHERE TO FIND CHRISTA:
Website: https://www.christabiegler.com/
Instagram: @anti.inflammatory.nutritionist
Podcast Instagram: @lessstressedlife
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@lessstressedlife
Leave a review, submit a questions for the podcast or take one of my quizzes here: https://www.christabiegler.com/links
NUTRITION PHILOSOPHY:
- Over restriction is dead; if your practitioner is recommending this, they are stuck in 2010 and not evolving
- Whole food is soul food and fed is best
- Sustainable, synergistic nut
I have a few spots left for the farm to table business retreat I’m hosting in a couple months in Bozeman MT--
Where we'll rejuvenate, realign with vision & values, pursue our zone of genius, improve all business relationships (w self, money, coworkers, clients/customers), and plan for less stress in 2025. https://www.lessstressedliferetreats.com/mountainretreat
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