#224 Dawn Whitten is a Naturopath, Western Herbalist, International Board Certified Lactation Consultant, Researcher and Educator. Passionate about protecting and nurturing the microbiome of the next generation, Dawn has a broad base of clinical experience with a focus on women's health through pregnancy and beyond, as well as infant and toddler health. She has been in clinical practice for 16+ years.

Dawn has been published in the peer-reviewed literature and has contributed to clinical textbooks (Including the Breastfeeding chapter in the soon to be published Advanced Clinical Naturopathic Medicine, Elsevier). Dawn co-coordinates two units within the Evidence-based Complementary Medicine Program in the College of Health & Medicine at the University of Tasmania. She is part of the research team at Probitic.Advisor.com and a clinical director at Goulds Natural Medicine in Hobart.

In this episode we cover:

• Why the first 1000 days of a newborn's life is crucial for shaping long term health
• What sort of health issues are linked to early microbiome disturbance
• How much an infant's microbiome is disturbed when mothers take antibiotics
• The stages of early microbiome development
• How is the infant colonised? Seeding?
• Why breastmilk is the ultimate gardener
• How does the microbiome of formula fed infants differ
• How do we support and optimise seeding
• And so much more

Show Notes

• Goulds Natural Medicine
• Infant Microbiome Online Course
• Probiotics supplements and the breastfeeding infant - Why Not?
• Abstracts from the 19th International Society for Research in Human Milk and Lactation Conference