In today's episode, we're talking about RSV or Respiratory Syncytial Virus is the most common acute lower respiratory tract illness in children under five years of age. It is serious and can be life threatening. Thankfully we can take measures that decrease our child's risk of RSV manifesting in a way that would lead them to being in an emergency situation.

In today's podcast, I go through the following support measures.

• Food
• Vitamin D 
• Probiotics

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In today's episode, we're talking about sugar and blood pressure. What if I told you that added sugars and not salt, may be the white stuff that is messing with your cardiovascular system?

Not only do added sugars promote higher blood pressure but they also increase heart rate and the demand for oxygen by the heart. The constant barrage of added sugars ignites an inflammatory cascade within your arterial walls, causing stiffening and weakening of the inner lining.

If you have high blood pressure issues or if you have a family history of high blood pressure, you don’t want the baggage that comes along with added sugars.

Look at yourself as an experiment. See how you feel when added sugar is not at every meal or not an everyday occurrence.

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In today's episode we're talking about dehydration. A dehydrated state promotes a stress response in the body, decreasing insulin sensitivity meaning it is hard for cells to use sugar as an energy source, this cycles back and creates more stress and more ticked off cells because they can’t perform the tasks they want and need to perform at the capacity they desire.

When cells are stressed because of dehydration cortisol goes up and most of us know what happens when cortisol is consistently elevated as compared to when it is going through its normal rhythm of being high in the morning and low at night.

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In this episode, we're talking about what happens when we eat late at night. Late night snacking via multiple studies has demonstrated to increase fat accumulation and impair fat loss efforts.

If we want to support a healthy metabolism, aim to have dinner at least 2 hours before bed, 3-4 hours is optimal.

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In today's episode, we're talking about how to safely start working out again after giving birth.

First off, don’t rush to get your pre-pregnancy figure back. You created a human and literally birthed a miracle. That's awesome enough!!

Second, if you try to race to get your figure back, your milk supply will likely suffer, your bone structure will suffer, and you'll be fighting your own hormones. This will also increase your likelihood of postpartum depression.

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In today's video I discuss some natural remedies for heartburn. Heartburn is so uncomfortable and unfortunately quite common during pregnancy.

The standard fix for heartburn is tums, ranitidine and omeprazole. You think about all the nutrients like iron, zinc, B12 that are already challenging enough to get sufficient levels of in pregnancy and that before shutting down digestion with an acid blocker.

Acid blockers also disrupt gut bacteria setting mom and baby up for allergies and potential inflammatory issues down the road.

It is essential that we look at other ways of overcoming heartburn and acid reflux to make sure mother and baby have all the opportunity possible to thrive.

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In this episode, we are talking about what we can do now to give our children the best opportunity for a healthy future.

Perfection isn’t our pursuit, but you can give your child advantages you did not have coming out of the womb by taking control of our health today.

During pregnancy a baby is gathering nourishment from stored nutrients and the turnover of the mother's tissues for protein and fatty acid needs. This turnover of tissue is not related to food, alcohol, medication input today, but over the lifetime of the mother.

Eating organic, low processed foods like meat, fish, vegetables, fruit, nuts, seeds, whole sprouted grains, goat products, really does matter! You can't do everything but you can do something.

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In this episode, I'm sharing my wife's pregnancy essentials. She has carried six children to term and currently carrying number seven. Everything I am about to share is my wife's experience.

I am not suggesting you bypass your doctor's orders as we all need to take responsibility for our own health.

Here are Ama's 5 holistic pregnancy essentials:

1. After trying different forms of iron during her pregnancies with no luck and lot of side effects, we finally came up with Blood Vitality. We have used it with the last 3 pregnancies and it has been a total game changer. Getting her iron levels up has allowed her to give birth at home and helped restore her energy.

Blood Vitality - https://drwholeness.myshopify.com/collections/nutritional-supplements/products/blood-vitality-1

2. My wife who is also a naturopathic physician used amino acids to reduce the swelling in her lower legs and ankles. Taking essential amino acids supports the formation of the protein albumin in the liver which serves an important role in pulling fluid out of the tissues and back into the bloodstream.

Elite Fuel Amino - https://elitefuel.net/products/ef-amino

3. My wife's go-to for keeping nausea at bay is a smoothie. This allows her to get her protein in without any repercussions (ie - vomiting). Her last pregnancy we had goat whey, banana, frozen strawberries on repeat. Clean sources of protein are crucial for a mother's wellbeing and the baby's development.

Activ Goat Whey - https://drwholeness.myshopify.com/products/activ-whey?variant=32343748902965

4. Exercise is crucial for maintain blood pressure, blood sugar and overall wellbeing. When we talk about exercise and pregnancy, this is exercise to strengthen your mind and body, to reduce what my wife calls stagnation and sluggishness, especially when you can’t do many of the activities you are used to doing.

If you don’t know where to start with exercise and pregnancy, you can check out @nourishmovelove programing on YouTube, my wife intersperses these workouts during the week.

5. My wife, Ama, will get a lot of tension in her upper back and neck during pregnancy, which leads to tension headaches. So, she goes through scoops of magnesium threonate most days and finds it very helpful at decreasing the tension that builds each day.

As her pregnancy progresses, her ability to get comfortable becomes challenging so she finds taking magnesium threonate helps her body relax so she can get some quality sleep.

Mag Complete - https://drwholeness.myshopify.com/products/mag-complete?_pos=1&_sid=d17348579&_ss=r

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In this episode, we're adding the keystone habit of physical fitness to our routine. Specifically, working out for one day a week for 30 minutes.

Decide on the day and time and barring a nuclear disaster, keep this appointment with yourself. You don't have to make any dietary changes. You don't need to put any energy or willpower into adjusting your eating habits, just focus on working out for 30 minutes.

Exercising once a week for 30 minutes doesn't seem significant, but you are creating a new routine, new life cues, new thought processes that can change your health destiny.

In 6 months, you will not be disappointed that you went for it each week and never missed that non-negotiable 30 minute time slot.

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In this episode, I'm talking to Jenn who is a mom of 7, who's experienced all forms of birth from 4 C-sections to 2 home births after her caesarian births.

She's also a vegan who experienced low iron in her last two pregnancies.

She shares how she increased her ferritin levels with Blood Vitality and the role that diet and lifestyle played in preparing her body for a successful home birth.

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