Episode #331: Gut Health and Building a Resilient Microbiome for Healthy, Happy Kids with Dr. Elisa Song

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Gut health is the foundation of your child’s physical, mental, and emotional resilience, and Dr. Elisa Song is here to share the tools every parent needs! In this episode, Dr. Song—an integrative pediatrician, functional medicine expert, and author—dives into the microbiome’s vital role in immunity, mood, and lifelong health. Learn her “3Fs” approach to nourishing your child’s gut health with fiber, phytonutrients, and fermented foods, along with actionable tips to minimize harmful “mischief makers” like artificial sweeteners and emulsifiers.

We also explore game-changing insights on how to restore the microbiome after antibiotics, reduce childhood allergies, and build resilience through vagus nerve stimulation. Dr. Song’s compassionate advice empowers parents to balance modern challenges, like navigating ultra-processed foods, while creating a health-first lifestyle for the entire family.

Whether you’re looking to raise thriving kids, manage picky eaters, or stay informed on the latest in pediatric gut health research, this episode is packed with practical strategies to help your family thrive.

Topics covered in this episode:

  • Building Whole-Child Resilience Naturally
  • Gut Microbiome and Child Health
  • Three Fs for Gut Health
  • Restoring the Gut After Antibiotics
  • Vagus Nerve Stimulation Benefits for Kids

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This episode’s 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, coming May 14, 2024. 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.

 

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