127. It's Cold Season! Holistic Ways to Strengthen Your Kids (and Your) Immune System, Gut Microbiome and Vagus Nerve with Integrative Pediatrician, Dr. Elisa Song, MD

Mommy's on a Call - Holistic Health & Wellness for Modern Moms, Work-Life Balance, Self-Care Habits, Entrepreneurship, Mindful Parenting

Dr. Elisa Song, MD is an integrative pediatrician, pediatric functional medicine expert, and mom to 2 thriving children.

In her integrative pediatric practice, Whole Family Wellness, she’s helped 1000s of kids get to the root causes of their health concerns and helped their parents understand how to help their children thrive – through 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 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 approach.

In this episode, Dr. Elisa and I chatted about

• The foods her children eat for lunch and how to avoid so many snacks - especially carb-loaded snacks
• How to prevent “hangry” children and get off the sugar rollercoaster
• What is integrated pediatrics? What does holistic medicine really mean?
• The side effects of using antibiotics in children, but what you can do in tandem to help reestablish a healthy “gut bugs”
• How to nourish your microbiome - especially your gut microbiome and what will help it stick and grow to improve your gut
• What foods you can add into your kids diet to help increase fiber intake
• The importance of the mind-body connection and the vagus nerve
• Which is the true first vs. second brain?
• What are the easiest switches you can make to help improve your gut microbiome? Her list of the top 4 “mischief makers”
• How our thoughts and psychological stress actually can change our gut microbiome and even our vaginal microbiome
• Exercises to strengthen your child’s vagus nerve “muscle” and ways to take “mindful moments” with your kids
• Tips to starting your morning off peacefully

Follow Dr. Elisa Song at

• Website:
  • Healthy Kids Happy Kids
  • Whole Family Wellness
• FB: @drelisasongmd
• IG: @healthykids_happykids
• YT: @drelisasongmd

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