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Connect with the Hosts! Dr. Charlie Website Instagram Membership  Nurse Lauren Website Instagram Email List Amazon StoreFront E-Book on Natural Remedies Check out our website: https://www.redpillyourhealthcast.com/ Welcome back to Red Pill Your Healthcast! Dr. Charlie Fagenholz and Nurse Lauren Johnson are tackling listener-submitted health questions. This week, we dive into: C-Section Recovery: Supporting healing with red light therapy, top supplements, and bodywork. Baby Spit-Up: What's normal, what's not, and how to adjust mom's diet and baby's gut health. Diatomaceous Earth: Our thoughts on its use for parasite cleansing. Coffee Enemas: The benefits, the process, and why they're a game-changer for detox. Vegetarian Nutrition: Our go-to digestive enzyme and nutrient support for plant-based diets. From postpartum healing to digestive health, this episode is packed with insights to help you take charge of your wellness. Mentioned Supplements & Tools: Shop VerVita Supplements Shop Supreme Supplements Shop Red Light Therapy (Use code Charlie10 for 10% off) C-Section Recovery: Red light therapy, Ther-Biotic Baby, Klaire Labs, MegaSpore, Triosomal Glutathione (Shop all these supplements in Nurse Lauren's Fullscript) Baby Digestion Support: Craniosacral therapy, chiropractic care, dietary changes (dairy/gluten-free), PEMF mat, Cell salts Gut & Detox Support: VerVita Klenz+, VerVita Black Cumin Oil, Scutellaria Supreme, Ver Vita GastroDigest, Thera Supreme   Search full library of our favorite supplements - Lauren's Fullscript: https://us.fullscript.com/welcome/naturalnursemomma Dr. Charlie's Fullscript: https://us.fullscript.com/welcome/cfagenholz Thanks for listening y'all!

Amy Derksen, ND is a former competitive athlete and Naturopathic Physician with a full scope of practice in Washington State since 2003. She did her undergraduate studies in biochemistry and her medical post-graduate training with Dr. Dietrich Klinghardt, MD, PhD for over 2 years. She specializes in working with both Autism and chronically ill patients, including Lyme disease. Dr. Derksen has been involved in teaching various topics with Dr. Klinghardt since 2004, and has also been a speaker at Autism One, LIA, Academy of Comprehensive Integrative Medicine, American Academy of Restorative Medicine, TFIM and Hope to Heal Lyme conferences. She is one of the first Naturopathic Physicians to become a Fellow with the Medical Academy of Pediatric Special Needs, working to broaden her skills for working with autism. She has additional training in PANS/PANDAS, ILADS, mold illness, genetics/methylation, LDA/LDI allergy treatments, peptide therapies for recovery and BHRT. As someone who struggles with an autoimmune disease and recovery from significant post-COVID reactions in 2021 extending to now, she can relate with the frustrations when your body no longer feels like something you have control over. Her typical patients tend to be those who have already seen several doctors and specialists, and who have relatively “normal” labs that don't match with the symptoms they are experiencing. She incorporates a system of testing called Autonomic Response Testing in addition to labs and history to help navigate what can feel like a complicated puzzle of why you aren't getting well.   Resources: Articles and and Web Links  www.holistichealingarts.org https://adventuresinbraininjury.com/bite-guard/ Supplements: Brain fog, fatigue, weakness Acetyl L-carnitine -  Loading dose: 2-3g/day for 1-2 weeks CoQ10 - fatigue 400-800/day Alpha-lipoic acid - fatigue Weakness, tingling, fatigue B1 (Benfotiamine) - Mitochondria 200 mg 2x/day B2 - Riboflavin-5-Phosphate  35mg/day Adrenal cortex - Klaire Labs  250mg/day Vaccine protection   Vitamin A (as retinol) -  Loading dose  100,000 IU 2x day for 3 days (If not pregnant) Vitamin D3  50,000 IU 2x day for 3 days Other Cl mouth wash Baikal Skullcap  Cryptolepis  Artemisia  Sterol 117  Humacel  Xlear  Enovid  Pocket diffuser  Thymogen Alpha 1  TB4-Frag  BPC 157  Famotidine (pepsid) - H2 histamine blocker Histaquel  KPV

The Case:  Evelyn is struggling with digestive issues as well as dental infections, tooth sensitivity and chronic bad breath. She brushed and flossed regularly, saw the dentist regularly, and tried all of the oral health products her dentist recommended She even tried natural toothpaste but nothing helped her teeth sensitivity or bad breath.   The Investigation After meeting Evelyn and learning about her challenges and health history, I knew there had to be other pieces to this puzzle! I suspected that we needed to investigate a few more areas of her oral care and her nutrition.  Understanding the Vital Importance of Oral Health Our mouths are so important to our overall health and often we disregard it. Youn Chang is the founder and CEO of OJOOK, an oral care company with a mission to help people develop mindful rituals that create harmony between the mind, body, and the environment. The concept for the business comes from her Korean heritage where mouth health and spine health are considered the key to vitality.  Philosophically and scientifically, her culture recognizes that the mouth is the gateway for all nourishment to enter the body, it's where digestion starts (with chewing), and is also the first of two microbiomes (the other being the gut) that dictate good health. From this perspective, it's easy to see why oral health is vital to overall good health.  She also shared in this episode that many of the dentists she works with will tell patients to seek medical help when they see things like sores, dry mouth, or other mouth issues because these are often the first signs of deteriorating health.  Oral Health is More than Healthy Teeth We tend to think of oral health as keeping our teeth clean and cavity-free. We focus on going to the dentist and routinely brushing and flossing our teeth. But, Youn points out that the mouth is so much more than just a place for our teeth. Our gums and the inner mouth lining tissue are membranes similar to our armpits and sexual organs. It's a lot more absorbent than our regular skin so we need to be very aware of what we expose it to. When we put things in our mouth that contain chemicals, it is basically an expressway to the bloodstream.  Many conventional toothpastes contain chemicals, color dyes, SLAs, preservatives, endocrine disruptors, sweeteners, synthetic flavors, and even alcohol so we have to be careful what we put in our mouths.  Cautions Around Conventional Toothpaste Youn says the problem with conventional toothpastes is that they focus on cleaning. Our approach to dental care is all about scrubbing our teeth clean (I'm still working on not over brushing!) and sanitizing our mouths. She says that this approach focuses too much on preventing issues that could be caused by bad microbiomes and bad bacteria or food particles, but it doesn't really think of what could happen from over cleaning and over irritating the mouth as an organ. She says the mouth environment has a very delicate balance.  All too often, the focus is on killing the bacteria (which we know from our understanding of the gut) doesn't allow for that healthy balance.  She uses a great analogy in this interview comparing how we treat the cleaning of our teeth to how we approach our skincare.  The Problem with Fluoride-Free Toothpaste There has long been a debate about the use of fluoride and it's impact on overall health. Youn's toothpase does not have flouride but she, and the dentist advisors at her organization, don't discount the value of fluoride for dental health. However, she points out that anyone with a thyroid problem, autoimmune disease or fluorosis should consider the impact of fluoride on their health.  If someone is looking to avoid fluoride for health reasons, they have to be careful with fluoride-free toothpastes because these can leave the enamel of the teeth vulnerable and unprotected. This is why they include a fluoride alternative in their toothpaste formulation.  What is Nano-Hydroxyapatite in Toothpaste Our teeth are made up of 90% Hydroxyapatite. This is what forms the enamel. Nano-hydroxyapatite (nHA) is the same but broken down into nanoparticles so that when you brush with it, it's easier for these particles to adhere to the teeth. This is how the toothpaste is able to remineralize teeth, protect them from decay, and even reduce sensitivity to cold, heat, or certain foods.  Youn says that this new layer of hydroxyapatite also makes the teeth stronger and helps them appear whiter and brighter.  She does caution that you want to make sure there is enough nHA in the toothpaste or it won't do the job. Also, she says to be aware of the use of non-nano hydroxyapatite because the particle are too big to settle into the small holes in the enamel which is how nHA works to remineralize teeth. In addition, the larger particles can be abrasive to the teeth.  Toothpaste Choices for Dry Mouth Many people experience dry mouth but especially those with thyroid issues, pregnant women, cancer patients, and the elderly. Certain medications can also clause the mouth to be dry. This becomes an issue if those with a dry mouth are using regular, fluoride toothpaste because saliva is how fluoride is activated.  Salive is also important to protect and neutralize the acid in your mouth and create a healthy mouth pH.  This is why OJOOK also has sea salt in it's formula. The salt stimulates the saliva. However, it is not just regular salt which could be abrasive on the teeth and tissue of the mouth. They process the salt using bamboo which refines it and add a natural but mild anti-inflammatory element. And, it does this without harming the mouth's microbiome balance.  She also cautions against charcoal for toothcare as it is also abrasive and can impact the mouth pH levels.  Balancing the Mouth's pH The mouth should have a pH of seven which is fairly neutral.  This balance can be affected by eating too frequently, including consuming coffee, carbonated water lemon water, vinegar water and other things that are consumed for the health benefits. One of the interesting things that Youn shared is the negative effect of consuming these types of drinks slowly over time. It doesn't give the mouth time to reset it's pH.  Sugar and the frequency of having sugar in the mouth can also affect the mouth microbiome since bacteria grow quickly in a sugary environment which can produce acid as a byproduct.  A slightly alkaline toothpaste can be helpful but lifestyle (like frequency of snacking or consumption of acidic foods) can also impact the balance of the mouth environment. Turning Routine into Ritual Youn is passionate about creating rituals around oral health. Because we are in the habit of cleaning our teeth first thing in the morning and right before we go to bed, this opens up an opportunity to make this routine more intentional. She points to the science around how our first and last thoughts of the day can transform our mindset. By using the teeth-brushing time to be more mindful, we can shift the way that we are in the world. This is one of her passions.  Happy Ending Evelyn and I needed to address her issues from a whole body perspective. Because she'd been using conventional oral care products containing alcohol and other toxins for so long, we needed to support her microbiome and her liver. First I needed to find out what was really going on so I ran a GI map test (a stool test) and discovered dysbiosis and saw the pattern for SIBO (Small Intestine Bacterial Overgrowth). We addressed these with a gut cleanse using Interfase by Klaire Labs that supports the breaking down of biofilms which are kind of like plaque on your teeth but on your intestines. This is important to do because many of the bugs that cause bad breath live here.  We also used FC Cidal and Dysbiocide to further help restore the diversity of her microbiome. After that, we supplement with high dose probiotics by Orthomolecular and Entrovite which help to replace what was lost during the cleanse and reduce the impact of toxins. To support her kidney and liver health, we also detoxed using KL Support by CellCore.  All of this really helped with her breath. Often breath issue can come from the gut not from the mouth. However, we often treat the area easiest to identify. Evelyn was doing this by using natural toothpaste. This toothpaste had herbs but it didn't have any ingredients to help prevent decay or clean the teeth.   I recommended she try OJOOK and, like myself and many others, she noticed much less sensitivity and better mineralization. And, at her next dental visit, there were no new cavities and interestingly, a lot less plaque too! She was thrilled! If you'd like to try OJOOK for yourself, you can use this link to get a free ‘Intention Toothbrush' at checkout. Eliminating Health Mysteries For Evelyn we were able to find that missing piece of the health puzzle and help her regain her health. Could this be the missing clue for you or someone in your life?  Links: Resources mentioned Thanks to my guest Youn Change. You can connect with her through website or Instagram.     Suggested Products KL Support by CellCore FC Cidal Dysbiocide Interfase by Klaire Labs  Orthomolecular  Entrovite Ojook Toothpaste Related Podcast Episodes: The Dangers of Ignoring your Mouth's Microbiome w/ Dr. Kourosh Maddahi, DDS The Case of Mercury Fillings w/ Dr. Kourosh Maddahi The Case of Tooth Pain Causing Fatigue with Naturopath Dr. Christine Shaffner Thanks for Listening If you like what you heard, please rate and review this podcast. Every piece of feedback not only helps me create better shows, it helps more people find this important information.   Never miss an episode -  Subscribe NOW to Health Mysteries Solved with host, Inna Topiler on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher or Google Podcasts and remember to rate and review the show! Find out more at http://healthmysteriessolved.com PLEASE NOTE All information, content, and material on this podcast is for informational purposes only and is not intended to serve as a substitute for the consultation, diagnosis, and/or medical treatment of a qualified physician or healthcare provider. Some of the links provided are affiliate links. This means we may make a very small amount of money should you choose to buy after clicking on them. This will in no way affect the price of the product but it helps us a tiny bit in covering our expenses.

Do you or someone you love struggle with ADHD and don't know what could help with symptoms associated with it? Are you curious of what the root cause may be? We discuss some possible dietary links and how to alleviate symptoms in this most recent podcast. We also recognize the complexity of both the gut microbiome and ADHD, but we are here to discuss patterns found in recent research. We take a short, but deep, dive into: What may lead to higher incidences of ADHD? What are the biomarkers that research is pointing to higher rates of ADHD? What nutritional steps may help influence lower ADHD rates? What supplementation may be helpful to reduce ADHD symptoms? Will supplementation help increase weight gain? Is supplementation safe? You can find the short, 15-minute podcast at empowerednutrition.health/adhdandguthealth Want to try supplements mentioned in the podcast? No problem! You can check them out here and recieve 10% off! Products mentioned were: Klaire Labs' Ther-Biotic Factor 4, Designs for Health's ProbioMed 50, and Integrative Therapeutics' Pro-Biome 50B Are you struggling to heal and revamp your metabolism? Don't worry! We have recently launched our Lean for Life Membership phase one called “Heal” on where you will be empowered to reverse previous metabolic damage with the assistance of our team of Registered Dietitian Nutritionists. Find out more details here. Enjoying the podcast? Please review the Empowered Nutrition Podcast on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen! Then, send me a screenshot of your positive review to podcast@empowerednutrition.health or a DM on Instagram (empowerednutrition.health). Include a brief description of what you're working on with your health and/or nutrition and I'll send you a free custom meal plan! Interested in working on your personal health goals? Book a free chemistry call to discuss your story and see if we're a good fit here. Love free products? Get a free one year supply of Vitamin D and five free travel packs with your first purchase of Athletic Greens' AG1 nutritional supplement when you visit athleticgreens.com/empowered Do you have questions you would like answered on the Empowered Nutrition podcast? You can propose your questions/ideas here or reach out to me at podcast@empowerednutrition.health I can't wait to hear from you. Enjoy listening! Want to dive deeper into the research studies mentioned in the podcast? You can check them out here: Cenit MC, Nuevo IC, Codoñer-Franch P, Dinan TG, Sanz Y. Gut microbiota and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: new perspectives for a challenging condition. Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2017 Sep;26(9):1081-1092. doi: 10.1007/s00787-017-0969-z. Epub Bull-Larsen S, Mohajeri MH. The Potential Influence of the Bacterial Microbiome on the Development and Progression of ADHD. Nutrients. 2019 Nov 17;11(11):2805. doi: 10.3390/nu11112805. PMID: 31744191; PMCID: PMC6893446. Kalenik A, Kardaś K, Rahnama A, Sirojć K, Wolańczyk T. Gut microbiota and probiotic therapy in ADHD: A review of current knowledge. Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry. 2021 Aug 30;110:110277. doi: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2021.110277. Epub 2021 Feb 6. PMID: Wang LJ, Yang CY, Kuo HC, Chou WJ, Tsai CS, Lee SY. Effect of Bifidobacterium bifidum on Clinical Characteristics and Gut Microbiota in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. J Pers Med. 2022 Feb 7;12(2):227. doi: 10.3390/jpm12020227. PMID: 35207715; P

Thanks to registered dietician Brittyn Coleman , MS, RDN/LD, CLT , this episode focuses on some of the many dietary considerations that may be made in determining what is the best diet so that some people on the spectrum can increase their quality of life. In this episode, we first talk about GI issues discovered in the earlier days of our daughter's autism journey. After thinking that these challenges were properly addressed, we discovered recently that this was not quite the case. We realized the need to add a dietician to our medical team in order to properly address issues concerning the gut, especially in light of an understanding of the gut-brain connection, was important to her development as she continued to age. Brittyn drops many nuggets of wisdom on how families can start learning how to optimally feed the body with neurodiversity in mind. Her website is available here and she is also available on Instagram at @autismdietitian. Earlier on in the episode, references are made to the Cleveland Clinic's explanation of the gut-brain connection, available on their website. Brittyn also referenced the following companies when discussing supplements: Seeking Health , Klaire Labs, Pure Encapsulations and Designs for Health. Not Your Mama's Autism is a Top 25 Autism Podcast, so please share and subscribe. https://blog.feedspot.com/autism_podcasts/https://notyourmamasautism.com/https://www.instagram.com/notyourmamasautism/https://www.facebook.com/NotYourMamasAutism/

Thanks to registered dietician Brittyn Coleman , MS, RDN/LD, CLT , this episode  focuses on some of the many dietary considerations that may be made in determining what is the best diet so that  some people on the spectrum can increase their quality of life.  In this episode, we first talk about GI issues discovered in the earlier days of our daughter's autism journey. After thinking that these challenges were properly addressed, we discovered recently that this was not quite the case. We realized the need to add a dietician to our medical team in order to properly address issues concerning the gut, especially in light of an understanding of the gut-brain connection, was important to her development as she continued to age. Brittyn drops many nuggets of wisdom on how families can start learning how to optimally feed the body with neurodiversity in mind. Her website is available here and she is also available on Instagram at @autismdietitian. Earlier on in the episode, references are made to the Cleveland Clinic's explanation of the gut-brain connection, available on their website. Brittyn also referenced the following companies when discussing supplements: Seeking Health , Klaire Labs, Pure Encapsulations and Designs for Health. Not Your Mama's Autism is a Top 25 Autism Podcast, so please share and subscribe. https://blog.feedspot.com/autism_podcasts/

While many women spend most of their early years trying to avoid pregnancy, what happens when you finally decide you’re ready to conceive...but can’t?  In this episode of You Time, Carley chats candidly with Dr. Zen about the struggles modern women are having with fertility, conception, and postpartum. She shares knowledgeable insight, helpful tools, and her favorite supportive tools for increasing your fertility naturally. About Dr. Zen Dr, Alissia Zenhausern, NMD, commonly known by her patients as Dr. Zen, is a licensed naturopathic physician and the founder of NMD Wellness of Scottsdale, a premier naturopathic private practice in Scottsdale, Arizona where she focuses on women's health, hormones, and fertility.  She believes in educating, inspiring, and most importantly, empowering her patients to take control of their health naturally. You can connect with Dr. Zen on Instagram and learn more about her NMD practice in Scottsdale, AZ. Topics Covered: What is a Naturopathic doctor? | 1:55 Fertility struggle + tips for preparing your body | 5:35 Men play a roll | 9:51 Nutrition and your body | 11:42 Mindset Support | 16:37 Supporting your body after birth control | 24:40 Navigating postpartum challenges | 34:20 You are not alone | 40:06 Wellness is a constant flow | 41:49 Additional Resources: Below you’ll find support tools to help you increase your fertility naturally and support your mind and body through pre-conception and postpartum. Check out Dr. Zen’s favorites: Femometer ovulation test strips to help predict your fertile window naturally Klaire Labs prenatal and nursing formula to support mother and baby Prenatal pro essential packets for optimized pre-conception nutrition Ferticalm app for iPhone and Android Sakara Life plant-based meal program (save 20% on your program with code XOCARLEY at checkout) Additionally, Carley’s picks (plus some extra savings!) are below: Track your basal body temperature and fertility window with the Daysy Fertility Monitor (click here to save $30!) At-Home fertility hormone testing with Modern Fertility (click here to save $10!)

Holistically Speaking is a podcast about holistic health and wellness hosted by Nancy Sacks. Holistic means working with the whole person, including physical, mental, emotional, spiritual and lifestyle. In this podcast Nancy will dive into holistic health, homeopathy, spirituality, quantum healing, natural remedies, and much more. Join as Nancy shares her passion, wisdom, experience, and knowledge to hopefully help you the listener have some of your questions answered. In this episode Nancy goes over the changing of the seasons. In this episode Nancy talks about anxiety and the chemical imbalance that occurs, side effects, symptoms of anxiety, and healthy ways to cope and deal with anxiety in a natural way. Listen as Nancy talks about the mind/gut connection and different excersises, supplements, and breathing techniques to conquer your anxiety and stress! If you balance your bodies chemistry your life will be more balanced. Products mentioned in this podcast;NEUROGFRNeuro GFR: contains a dietary, synergistic blend of 19 biologically-active cofactors that complement the bodys Neuro and Brain functions. It supports the healthy functioning of the brain and nervous system, helping to maintain optimum concentration, attention, learning and motivation.https://holistichavenpharmacy.com/collections/anxiety-depression/products/neurogfrSTRESS FACTORS (60 COUNT)Stress Factors is a blend of nutrients and amino acids designed to nutritionally support an increased parasympathetic response. It is an excellent choice for the nutritional support when you are burned-out, stressed-out and emotionally labile.https://holistichavenpharmacy.com/collections/anxiety-depression/products/stress_factors_60_countNATURAL CALM 16 OZ.Natural Calm - The anti-stress drink; a relaxing magnesium supplement. This product balances your calcium intake and restores healthy magnesium levels which help to prevent muscle cramping, reduce lactic acid buildup and replace magnesium lost during exercise.https://holistichavenpharmacy.com/collections/anxiety-depression/products/natural-calmMAG PLUS ZMA SELECTIs rich in the important minerals that support the anabolic processes of the muscular and skeletal structures in the body.Each capsule of Mag Plus ZMA Select contains about the same amount of magnesium as six medium sized bananas or 1 cups of cooked spinach.https://holistichavenpharmacy.com/collections/anxiety-depression/products/magpluszmaselectCALMDesigned to help promote a feeling of calmness and relaxation during times of stress. CALM provides nutrients that play a role in the synthesis of neurotransmitters, such as serotonin and dopamine with L-Dopa and SAMe. Supports a positive mood by providing nutrients that promote healthy methylation and healthy 5-HT and PDE4 modulation with SAMe and Sceletium Tortuosum. Supports a sense of tranquility by modulating the balance between glutamate and GABA with Cordyceps Militaris, Taurine, GABA, green tea catechins, and vitamin B6.https://holistichavenpharmacy.com/collections/anxiety-depression/products/calmANTI-STRESS DROPSDue to Professional Complimentary Health's policies, only patients who have had a consultation with Nancy are eligible to purchase this product. Once you add the item to your shopping cart, you will be able to see the price.Anti Stress Drops use homeopathy in addressing stress-related problems such as anxiety attacks and exhaustion. This product contains Royal Jelly a milky secretion harvested.2 fluid ounces.https://holistichavenpharmacy.com/collections/anxiety-depression/products/anti-stress_dropsKLAIRE LABS TARGET GB-X MOOD BOOSTING PROBIOTICA specialty shelf-stable probiotic formulation targeted to provide robust gut-brain axis support*Clinically demonstrated to support positive mood.*5 billion CFU (9-strain) blend in 30 single-serving sachets, no refrigeration required. Protected by PROBIOACT Technology for optimal efficacy and shelf-stability.*Hypoallergenic* and non-GMO. Free of the following common allergens: milk/casein, eggs, fish, shellfish, tree nuts, peanuts, wheat, gluten, and soybeans. No artificial additives, colors, flavorings, preservatives, sugar, or salicylates are used. Contains corn.Trusted by healthcare practitioners since 1969, Klaire Labs products are developed closely with physicians and are intended to be used as directed by a healthcare practitioner.*Target gb-X is a specialty probiotic formulation targeted to provide robust gut-brain axis support. It is the first probiotic clinically demonstrated to reduce cognitive reactivity to sad mood, decrease rumination, and diminish aggressive thinking.https://holistichavenpharmacy.com/products/klaire-labs-target-gb-x-mood-boosting-probioticDIGESTIVE ENZYMES ULTRA 180 CAPSDigestive Enzymes Ultra contains a high-strength mixture of vegetarian enzymes supporting enhanced protein, carbohydrate, fat, fiber and dairy digestion and promoting optimal nutrient bioavailability and absorption.https://holistichavenpharmacy.com/products/digestiveenzymesLAZARUS NATURALS CBD TINCTUREMade with Full Spectrum Hemp ExtractChoose from 50mg of CBD per 1ml or 15mg per 1mLVegan and gluten-free with no artificial flavors, preservatives or sweetenersIngredients: Organic Hempseed Oil, Fractionated Coconut Oil, Hemp ExtractCONTAINS: Tree Nuts (Coconut)Hemp oil has < 0.3% THC and is not psychoactive, therefore you don't have to worry about any debilitating high.

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On today’s episode, Dr. Elana interviews probiotic expert, Dr. Leah Linder. Dr. Linder is the science and education manager for Klaire Labs, one of the leading probiotic manufacturers in the world. This episode covers common questions about probiotic types and usage. We discuss how to evaluate the quality of a probiotic and how to choose the best one for various ages and health concerns for mama and baby. Enjoy the listen! You can find us on iTunes, Stitcher or Spotify. We’d love to hear your thoughts on Instagram or Facebook. Topics Discussed: What to look for in a high quality probiotic The best time to take probiotics How to choose probiotics for our infants and children Which probiotics to take while on antibiotics New probiotic to prevent and treat mastitis The link between probiotics and allergies/immune support Difference between spore based probiotics and prebiotics Probiotics to support depression and anxiety Show Notes: Klaire Labs products mentioned in today's episode Target B2, to support nursing mamas Ther-Biotic Infant Powder, to support infants Abx Support, to support those taking antibiotics Target GBX, to support mood Biospora, to support yeast and bacterial overgrowth Biotagen, to support bowel and immune function Dr. Leah Linder’s Naturopathic Medical Clinic Follow Dr. Leah Linder on Instagram The HMHB Weekly Email Series Healthy Mama, Happy Baby Virtual Pregnancy Program Nourish Kids Medicine Kit and Ebook Dr. Elana’s Medical Center: Nourish Medical Center Follow Steph and Elana on Instagram Whole Mamas Podcast Archive Leah Linder, ND received her Cell and Molecular Biology & Biochemistry dual-BS from Fort Lewis College and her doctorate in Naturopathic Medicine (ND) from Bastyr University. Clinician, author, educator and speaker, Dr. Linder has a true passion for the effective use and application of natural medicine. She currently serves as Science and Education Manager for Klaire Labs, and is the owner of a naturopathic functional medicine clinic that focuses on restoring and re-balancing the body to treat chronic ailments. You may learn more about Dr Linder and her work at www.anuhealth.org Please remember that the views on this podcast and website are not meant to be substituted for medical advice, shouldn’t be used to diagnose, treat or cure any conditions, and are intended for general information purposes only.

Research conducted on probiotics’ benefits is growing so rapidly that it’s difficult for anyone to follow completely, according to product developer Jeremy Appleton. N.D., vice president of science and education, Klaire Labs. However, Dr. Appleton enlightens listeners on emerging research on probiotics effects on mood. With Sandy Almendarez, editor in chief, INSIDER, Dr. Appleton covers: • The new class of probiotics called psychobiotics, which have research focused on the reduction of depression and anxiety • The importance of strain when creating probiotic products that benefit mood • Other ingredients, such as phosphatidylserine (PS), acetyl-L-carnitine, short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) and citicoline, that offer complementary effects to psychobiotics.

In this podcast, we take a guided journey with noted professor and neuroscientist, Jane Foster, PhD, as she explains how animal models have elucidated the complexities of the gut-brain axis and role of gut microbes in mood and mental wellbeing. From a sound scientific footing, we join practicing psychiatrist, Scot Bay, MD, as he shares his experience with the integration of a mood-targeted probiotic blend in challenging cases and complex therapeutic interventions. Approximate listening time: 35 minutes. About the Experts Scot Bay, MD, is board certified in adult psychiatry. He was educated at the University of Rochester and New York Medical College. He completed his residency in psychiatry at St Vincent’s Hospital in New York City. Bay specializes in the evaluation and management of mood, anxiety, and thought disorders and has special interests and expertise in psychopharmacology. He has extensive experience with numerous psychiatric medications and has lectured all over the Southeast regarding practical and innovative uses of psychiatric medications. Jane Foster, PhD, joined the McMaster University faculty in 2003. She holds a research appointment with the University Health Network in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, as well as a scientific position with St Michael’s Hospital. Foster is an active researcher with 2 translational networks, The Province of Ontario Neurodevelopment Disorders Network (POND) and the Canadian Biomarker Integration Network in Depression (CAN-BIND). Her research focuses on the role of immune-brain and gut-brain interactions on neurodevelopment, behavior, and brain function. About Klaire Labs Since 1969, Klaire Labs™ has been dedicated to developing clean, efficacious nutritional supplements to ensure optimal outcomes for the most sensitive individuals. It is this dedication to purity, potency, and performance that has guided the development of our legacy formulations including the highest selling professionally distributed probiotic brand in the United States, Ther-Biotic, as well as our novel, indication-targeted probiotic products such as Target gb-X™ (gut brain axis) and Target b2™ (breast and baby). Transcript Karolyn Gazella: Hello. I'm Karolyn Gazella, the publisher of the Natural Medicine Journal. Today, we will be discussing the gut/brain axis as it relates to mood and mental health. I have 2 experts joining me today, researcher Dr Jane Foster and clinician Dr Scot Bay. Before we begin, I'd like to thank the sponsor of this interview who is Klaire Labs. Gazella: Dr Foster, I'd like to start with you and then I'll switch gears and get a clinical perspective from Dr Bay. Dr Foster, how does the human microbiota communicate with the brain? Jane Foster, PhD: The human microbiota actually covers all of the surface of our bodies. However today I'm going to talk mostly about gut microbiota. That's a key component of the gut/brain axis. There are several pathways of communication between gut microbes and the brain. Neural connections are very important. In particular, the vagus nerve, which is a bi-directional nerve that can communicate from the gut to the brain but also from the brain to the body, that includes communication with the immune system and the gut, has a well-established role as a communication pathway between the gut and the brain. The enteric nervous system, which is the mini-nervous system that wraps the gastrointestinal tract, responds to signals from microbiota in the lumen of your gut, and this influences both the host physiology at the level of the gut but also communications with the central nervous system. These neural pathways are important, but there's also humoral pathways that are important. We know, and we have for a long time, that the brain can influence gut function and microbiota through the production of hormones such as cortisol. The interaction between stress and our microbiota is actually where a lot of the work that currently goes on started. But in the past decade we've been learning a lot more about how microbiota participate in bottom-up communication through the immune system and through other systems. But by influencing immune cells themselves or by influencing the immune molecules produced by the peripheral immune system such as cytokines and other molecules, the microbiota can influence this immune cascade signal to the brain. One of the big areas of interest in the field is metabolism. Gut microbiota influence metabolism through the composition and function of gut has been shown to influence things like tryptophan metabolism bot locally and across the body, which may influence mood through modulation of central serotonergic systems. And finally if we think about the microbes themselves, microbes can produce neurotransmitters and their lack of molecules. Although the role of microbiota-produced neurotransmitters might just be in the local area of the gut between microbes themselves and some of the gut tissue, there's a big interest in understanding how these might influence microbiota brain communication. Microbes also ferment dietary fiber, and through this fermentation they produce short-chain fatty acids including things like acetate, butyrate, and propionate. These short-chain fatty acids are important for crosstalk between microbiota themselves and promote healthy gut physiology. Some of the evidence suggests that short-chain fatty acids can communicate beyond the gut, and in the case of propionate it's very important in the portal vein system and communication with the liver. In the case of acetate there's evidence that it can systemically communicate to the brain. Gazella: That's fascinating. Why is it so important for us to understand this complex communication that's taking place? Foster: Evidence from both pre-clinical studies and clinical studies supports a role for the microbiota-brain axis in these communication pathways in both physical and mental health. From the mental health perspective there's several potential benefits for understanding these connections. First, there's a great interest in the potential use of interventions that may target the microbiome, such as probiotics or prebiotics, but also diet and exercise and how these interventions might improve mental health. Second, understanding the molecules and some of the signal transception pathways that mediate microbe/host or host/microbe interaction may actually provide novel targets for drug development outside of these microbiota-related therapies. And finally one of the most interesting things from my perspective is the remarkable interpersonal differences in microbiota composition such that in fact between you and I our differences are in the range of 90% at the level of our microbiota composition. And such it seems that each person's microbiota is their own. This feature is really interesting when we think about heterogeneity and psychiatric illnesses or mental health in general. As the field moves toward more precision medicine approaches where we really do need to identify biomarkers that will help understand how individual biological differences might influencing what treatment might be best for each person. Gazella: You mentioned the research. Can you describe some of the more significant studies that indicate how microbes influence brain function and mood? Foster: Yeah. The foundation for our understanding of how microbiota influence brain function and mood has really come from a long history of animal studies that manipulated microbiota both in early life and in adulthood to show how connections between microbiota and behavior exist and also in these studies identify key signaling systems in the brain that are influenced by the microbiome but include things like our stress circuitry, our fear circuitry, systems that influence anxiety and depressive like behavior. One of the ways that people have taken this animal work and started to think about are these systems actually operating in people has been to actually do the fecal transplant experiments where they've actually taken fecal samples from depressed patients and put them in rodents and demonstrated that rodents that received that depressed fecal sample actually have an increase in depressive-like behaviors and in sometimes anxiety-like behaviors. That just supports this connection between microbes and the behavior, but a small collection of studies so far has also examined the composition of that microbiota in healthy and depressed individuals and shown that there are actually differences in the microbiota composition in depressed individuals when compared to healthy volunteers. A few of these studies have actually taken that a little bit farther and showed a direct association between specific taxa and clinical symptoms and disease severity. If I can just highlight a couple of things about that that really are interesting and the sort of observations that I think will move the field forward. In a study by Chang in 2015 and colleagues, they shed a reduction in a very abundant bacteria called faecalibacterium. A reduction here was associated with an increased severity in depression. What's interesting about that is this is it's an abundant bacteria in healthy adults and a major producer of that short-chain fatty acid I mentioned butyrate. A reduction in this bacterial taxa has also been reported in other studies in depression but also in individuals with gut functional disorders. Suggesting this link between gut dysfunction and mood could be related to some of these key taxa. If I can just tell you one more study that really links the bacteria to the brain is the work that comes of Kirsten Tillisch's group and Emeran Mayer's group at UCLA where they've shown some key taxa in healthy individuals are actually associated with brain connectivity using both DPI and structural imaging and then have also shown that the same taxa might actually be involved in emotional response using functional imaging. These sort of studies really do start to connect specific bacteria to brain function and behavior. Gazella: Yeah. I think it's fascinating. When we're trying to target a microbiome to change the composition, you mentioned that there are some key factors that can influence gut health and therefore hopefully influence brain health. You mentioned probiotics, prebiotics, diet, lifestyle. Can you tell us some more specifics about how we can influence this gut/brain axis connection? Foster: There are several factors that influence the composition and the function of gut microbiota. There's a lot of interest in the field to determine how both genetics and the environment and that interface influence the microbiome and how those interactions might influence both physical and mental health. A key factor that influences the microbiome is genetics. There's a whole series of twin studies that provide evidence for a role for host genetics or the DNA that we inherit influencing your microbiome. The first evidence that showed this was this observation that monozygotic twins that have exactly the same DNA have more similar microbiomes than dizygotic twins but not perfectly matched suggesting that while genetics is an important role other things might also be important. There's extensive literature both in animals and in humans that looks at the importance of genetics but also highlights the influence of these other environmental factors. Some of those are important to consider in mental health. Age, for example, influences microbiota composition and function. Our relationship with our microbiomes happens very early in life as we travel down the vaginal tract and are colonized by the bacteria. The dynamic changes that occur in early life really do influence all sorts of health outcomes, including risk of particular allergic responses, but also potentially mental health. Age-related changes that occur later in life also could have a direct impact on gut health and brain health. Another big factor to consider is diet. There's a direct impact of diet on gut health and brain health but also understanding which specific taxa are influenced by the diet and how the related molecules and signaling systems that influence the interaction between diet, microbiome, and mental health really has to be addressed in a very systematic way. The final factor, I think, that we all know about and pay attention to are the impacts of drugs on the microbiome, the most obvious being antibiotics. There's one large epidemiological study that suggests exposure to antibiotics increases risks of anxiety and depressive disorders, but recent evidence actually shows that both antibiotics and non-antibiotic drugs have direct effect on microbiota composition. The impact of the influence of these different drugs on the microbiome and how that bottom-up mechanisms might influence the side effects or the direct action of drugs is very important. Gazella: What about probiotics? You mentioned prebiotics and probiotics. What role can they play in influencing the microbiome and then influencing mood and brain function? Foster: There's enormous public and scientific interest in probiotics and other psychobiotics as you mentioned such as prebiotics but also naturally fermented foods, which have been around for a long time, to improve mental health. There is extensive preclinical literature that demonstrates benefits of probiotics in mood and brain function. Interestingly within this literature even when it's a challenge in an animal model that has nothing to do with mental health outcomes, the addition of a probiotic tends to improve some of the emotion-related behavior such as anxiety-like behaviors in these animal models. The first evidence to support microbes can influence and probiotics specifically can influence brain function came from a whole series of probiotic studies in healthy adults. These studies administered probiotic cocktails or single probiotics to healthy individuals for a period of usually a month or longer. The benefits included things like reduced inflammation, reduced stress hormones, and improved anxiety and depressive measure, and that's in healthy individuals. A key report in this area that actually launched some of the interest of Dr Bay who we're going to speak to later was a randomized control trial conducted by Laura Steenbergen and colleagues in the Netherlands that showed that this particular probiotic cocktail, Ecologic BARRIER, which is now in the US as Target gb-X, reduced cognitive reactivity to sad mood and reduced ruminative thoughts in those healthy individuals, suggesting again this link between microbes and a benefit on mood. But there's only been to date maybe 1 or 2 but 1 particular randomized control trial by Akkasheh and colleagues in 2016 that showed probiotics administration in depressed subjects reduced depressive scores and was accompanied by reduced inflammation and reduced serum insulin. The field is certainly supporting the hope for therapies such as probiotics and prebiotics influencing mood. Gazella: Perfect. Your last question Dr Foster. When it comes to gut/brain research, what would you like to see emphasized in the future? What more do we need to learn? I would imagine it's a long list. Foster: I have a long list, and in fact the interesting thing about this field is its multidisciplinary nature and that as a neuroscientist in the field I also get the great advantage of associating with microbiologists who have never considered mental health in their research. I think this crosstalk between these different disorders helps us try to define what is a healthy microbiome, which is actually a critical step of the field right now, before we can figure out how alterations in the microbiome influence illness, whether it be physical illness or mental illness. One of the things that I think is needed from a research perspective is actually, particularly in mental health, it's some longitudinal studies so that we can understand how dynamics of the microbiome and perhaps perturbations of it over time influence mental health. And also we need more studies examining the microbiome in psychiatric populations, paying attention to some of these individual differences that we know are emerging that might influence the gut/brain axis's impact on mental health. If I go back to an earlier comment I made, if we think about the field in general and the researchers that have advanced some of our technology, the field's really very interested in functional readouts of the microbiota-host interactions. A lot of studies have looked at the composition of the microbiome. Knowing who's there is just the first step along the path of understanding how these communication pathways impact health. In particular, people are now using shotgun metagenomics to get a more comprehensive profile of what the functions of the microbiome are using genomics to look at the genes that are being expressed and metabolomics in both fecal, urine, and plasma samples to understand what the functional outcome of these different taxa have within our whole system. This is a great advantage to psychiatry because depression and anxiety are really very heterogenous disorders. Understanding how the microbiome and the related signaling systems are linked though, clinical presentations of these disorders is important. What might be very important is understanding using these sophisticated tools, how individual differences in these microbiome readouts or proxies for the microbiome can identify a microbiota-brain signature that might actually allow us to cater treatments to individuals based on their own microbiome and their own depression or anxiety symptom profile. That way the trial-and-error component of treating individuals with psychiatric illness may be improved. Gazella: Yeah. That's a great goal, and it's going to be exciting to watch this area of study as it evolves. Okay, Dr Bay, it's now your turn. Dr Bay, much of your work has focused on psychopharmacology. What prompted your interest in the gut/brain axis? Scot Bay, MD: I've always been looking through the literature for new and interesting developments in the field both to stay current on the latest developments in case you care but also because I had a weekly mental health–related podcast for many years and I was looking for new and interesting topics to discuss on that. Over the past several years I've been seeing more and more articles documenting research studies about the effects of probiotics in mood and also as Dr Foster mentioned even the effects of certain fermented foods in things like anxiety and also depression. That really struck a chord with me because I've always observed that there's a lot of promorbidity between states of anxiety and depression and gastrointestinal disorders. And again Dr Foster very elegantly laid out how the gut and brain are connected, so that always made perfect sense to me that people who have mental health problems are likely as not to have also gastrointestinal issues. It's just one of many ways I think that mental health problems affect the body physically. People with depression but also especially with anxiety almost always have some kind of somatic or physical symptoms that are a manifestation of their disorder. Having gastrointestinal-related symptoms is a very common manifestation of the things that we psychiatrists treat on a daily basis, the depression, anxiety, and other adverse mood states. Gazella: What type of GI issues are you seeing in your practice in people who have mental health issues? Bay: Things like irritable bowel syndrome, which could either be prime persistent constipation or diarrhea or switching from one to the other, bad reflux, gastroesophageal reflux disease, and also other just non-specific functional bowel complaints that may not have a particular diagnosis associated with them but nonetheless affect people's gastrointestinal functioning. Gazella: That is an interesting connection between mental health issues and the GI issues. Were there others that you wanted to mention? Bay: Gastroparesis is another one. It's commonly associated with certain medical conditions especially diabetes but can also be affected by mood. And then there's also the other consideration being many psychotropic medications can affect motility of the intestines, so there's that consideration as well. Gazella: I'd like to talk a little bit about treatment resistance because you have been focusing on psychopharmacology. How common is the issue of treatment resistance, and why is that such a challenge for many clinicians? Bay: Right. I would say the treatment-resistant patients, in other words people who I guess by some definition had failed trials of 4 or more psychotropic medications, this is a very difficult problem because when you have people who don't respond to the normal typical treatments, it's very difficult to get them any symptomatic relief whatsoever. There's only a limited number of treatment alternatives to consider. The other part to that is when people wind up seeing psychiatrists, they've often cycled through several treatments already through their primary care physician. There are too few psychiatrists, so people often don't start their treatment of their mental health problems with us. It's usually started with primary care, so by the time they get to see us they've already struggled to not get any relief with the treatments they've been getting. It's even more difficult by the time that they see us. The way I see it, we have patients who have their experience of their illness and all of them are as unique as their individual DNA, but the illnesses that we treat are not so unspecific that any treatment would be effective. For example, if someone has a bacterial infection it's very cut and dried. You send it for a culture. You know exactly what antibiotics will or will not kill it. You pretty much know what results you're going to get when you give the patient the treatment. But when it comes to psychiatric problems, we just don't have a way of knowing in advance what treatments will work or not. When people don't respond to several treatments, that unfortunately indicates often a guarded prognosis. Another reason why I'm always looking around for other additional ways to help people who don't respond to the standard psychiatric medication treatments. Gazella: That makes a lot of sense. I'd like to switch gears a little bit and talk about probiotics specifically. What are the clinical applications of using probiotics in patients who have mood issues like depression, anxiety, or other mental health disorders? Bay: So far what I've been doing is adding this to the regimen of medications that I have my patients on. Initially what I did was to have people add the probiotic who were already on medication but still having symptoms to see if it would do two things, address their gastrointestinal symptoms and also bring about further improvement in mood. When I first started doing this I had a limited supply of Ecologic BARRIER, which is the version made by the original manufacturer in Netherlands, Winclove. The company was kind enough to shoot me some samples. Initially since I had a limited supply I was just saying let me try this out on the people who are really bad off, maybe chronic, severe, treatment-resistant conditions, very complex regimens of medications, or polypharmacy and see how they respond because they're the people most in need of relief. Sure enough they all saw at least slight improvements in mood, and in many cases very rapid relief from their gastrointestinal symptoms. But since the product is now available in the States and has been for quite some time under the name Target gb-X, I'm expanding that to people who are not necessarily only treatment-resistant as far as their depression and/or anxiety to people who aren't necessarily on complex regimens of medication with polypharmacy, even who may not necessarily have co-morbid gastrointestinal symptoms to see how this would help people. I often get the question as far as another potential applications, I'm not getting support yet, but when I've discussed this with other clinicians I get the question, "Have you ever tried to give this to people to help them get off their psychiatric medication?" I haven't because initially the issue is helping people feel better who are only getting partial relief from their medication. But that's definitely something I plan to explore in the future. Gazella: I definitely want to talk about some of your specific patient outcomes, but first can you please tell us the name again of the product and also tell us why you chose that particular product because there are a lot of probiotic products out there. Tell us the name of the product and why you chose this one. Bay: Right. It's called Target gb-X, and it was originally only available through the original manufacturer in the Netherlands, Winclove. The reason I chose it going back to my always scanning for articles in the mental health field and looking for new developments and seeing the literature about probiotics, the study that Dr Foster mentioned earlier by Dr Steenbergen, that really caught my eye. This is what really, I think, initiated my getting involved in using probiotics in my clinical practice. As Dr Foster explained, Dr Steenbergen and her colleagues found that this particular probiotic helped reduce cognitive reactivity to sad mood and the aggressive negative ruminative thinking that is common in states of major depression even though in the study there were healthy adults, not depressed. That really caught my eye when I saw the article about that study. I said to myself, "Wow. If this probiotic will do that, I need to get some of that and get some of my patients on it because so many of my patients are dealing with symptoms like that." I reached out to Winclove. They were kind enough to respond very readily and quickly. Kind enough to ship me some samples, and when I saw the results in my patients, that's when I realized that this could be very helpful. To get back to your question why this one, the main reason is that because I saw the research study documenting that this particular one had benefits for those types of symptoms that I commonly see in my patients. But then also looking at the specific species that are contained in this particular probiotic, Bifidum bacterium species is one of them, and also Winclove really dialed down to not the specific subspecies in terms of which bacteria they included in their product. I have seen other studies besides Dr Steenbergen's in the literature mentioning probiotics that contained Bifidum bacterium species as far as helping with mood. That's really why I said this probiotic seems to have the species that I've seen in literature can help with psychiatric symptoms and there's a study to back up that it treats symptoms that are common in depressed patients. That's why I said this one definitely has value as far as helping psychiatric patients. Gazella: Yeah. It's always good to use the exact product that was used in the study. I think that's a really important factor. Before I get to the outcomes of your patients, it seems like dosing is always challenging. Do you dose the same with all of your patients and what dose do you typically prescribe to your mental health patients. Bay: Right. The dose that's recommended by the manufacturer is the one that I typically prescribe, which is one sachet it's called, really just a packet of powder, in several ounces of tepid or lukewarm water once a day on an empty stomach. On occasion, I have suggested to patients that if they did not respond to one packet a day to try one packet twice a day. I've made that recommendation in the case of people who have especially severe gastrointestinal symptoms as well as mood symptoms or in people who they only had a very modest response to one packet a day or maybe not much of a response. But the vast majority of the patients that I've had try the Target gb-X have only been taking it once a day, and they have found that very effective. Gazella: Okay, perfect. Describe some of the outcomes you've achieved in your practice using this particular probiotic. Bay: In the original case series that I did when, again, I only had the samples shipped from the Netherlands, there were about 8 patients. They all had very rapid and thorough relief from their gastrointestinal symptoms such as irritable bowel syndrome symptoms, whether that was constipation or diarrhea. One older lady had this chronic severe diarrhea despite being on 2 antidepressants that are notorious for causing constipation. That was especially puzzling, but on the probiotic her diarrhea stopped. I had another male patient with just very, very severe treatment resistant depression. He had tried multiple antidepressants of all different classes of drugs. No relief whatsoever, and he was only able to tolerate a very low dose of a much older generation antidepressant. But also he had chronic, severe, unremitting diarrhea. This man literally wore out his gastroenterologist's office and was not able to get any relief from it. The diarrhea stopped almost immediately upon staring the probiotic. That was amazing, and he was quite surprised, too. These are the types of outcomes that I've seen as far as the GI symptoms. As far as mood symptoms, they were not as immediate or as dramatic, but usually after months, sometimes after 2 months, patients were able to look back and say you know what, I do think my mood is at least somewhat better than it was before I added this. It definitely has been successful as far as bringing about improvement in mood symptoms as well as improvement in gastrointestinal symptoms. Gazella: Yeah, that's great. This as been a lot of great info, and once again I would like to thank the sponsor of this interview who is Klaire Labs. And I would like to thank you Dr Foster and you Dr Bay for joining me today. Foster: Thanks very much, Karolyn. Bay: Yes, you're very welcome. Thank you. It's been a pleasure. Gazella: All right. Have a great day.

Welcome to the Tiny Fit Diva Podcast! Kylene Terhune is your personal Functional Diagnostic Nutritional Practitioner and she’s brought a fantastic guest to the show today. Meet Melody Hartzler, a Clinical Pharmacist and probiotic expert! Today on Episode 27 Kylene and Melody dive deep into allergies, probiotics and supplementation, with extra-helpful information for moms and babies, too! Gut health can require a bit of management to keep strong and balanced. Luckily for children, gut health can be restored pretty quickly because they don’t have as many years of damage to recover from, like some adults do. First, let’s look at what pregnant moms can do for their baby. Studies are showing that mothers who have enough Omega 3s and Vitamin D tend to have children with fewer allergic disorders and wheezing. We know that Folic Acid and Folate are essential, but be sure to find out if you have the MTHFR gene, which would mean that you’ll need to take Methylated Folate instead of regular Folate. Now, once the baby is born we can talk about how to best support the baby’s gut health through either breastfeeding or other great practices. Depending on your situation, you may be planning to breastfeed or you may be planning to use formula. If you can’t breastfeed, rest assured Melody has some super-healthy things you can do for your baby, too. If you’re on the fence, it may be worthwhile to try to breastfeed because babies are born with a leaky gut, (since they need to get proteins absorbed through their gut lining) and breastmilk has Pre-biotics which decrease the risk of allergies and asthma. For Vitamin D for infants and toddlers, you can supplement safely with Gummy Sun Dots which contain Polypodium Leucotomos, a fern extract. For Probiotics for infants, toddlers and women check out Klaire Labs products. Kylene and Melody also discuss possibly correlations between the Lip-and-Tongue-Tie-Connection and other allergies and gut conditions. You can find Melody at https://pharmtotable.life/Follow her on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/PharmtoTable.Life/To see today’s interview check out the video: https://youtu.be/tkekF-yBu2g Don’t forget to download Kylene’s free guide: 5 Steps to Crushing Your PMS which you can find at www.thetinyfitdiva.com  The Tiny Fit Diva Podcast teaches you how to balance your hormones, eat what you want, release the guilt, and have freedom mentally and physically from the restrictive mentality of dieting. Your host, Kylene “The Tiny Fit Diva,” is the right person to help you do it! She is a personal trainer, online health coach, wife, stepmom and a certified FDN practitioner. It’s Kylene's passion to help you achieve and claim your optimum health. Health * Hormones * HappinessEmail Kylene at kylenet@thetinyfitdiva.com

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