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Katie: Hi there and welcome to “The Wellness Mama Podcast.” I’m Katie from wellnessmama.com and wellnesse.com, that’s wellness with an E on the tip. And this episode is all about fevers, coughs, snot, ear infections, a number of the issues that we is likely to be encountering in our youngsters this time of yr. I’m right here with Dr. Ana-Maria Temple who’s a board-certified pediatrician who’s been treating youngsters for over 18 years, and he or she’s been transitioning to a holistic method and has modified hundreds of youngsters’s lives.
She’s actually well-known for her in depth expertise within the remedy of eczema and autoimmune illnesses, however on this episode, she shared some actually sensible ideas for coping with minor sicknesses at house, issues from what to do in regards to the flu, why to not fear a few fever typically, the distinction between inner and exterior warmth and impact on the physique, how honey generally is a superior treatment for cough, a few much less well-known therapies for issues like cough, congestion, and ear an infection, together with craniosacral remedy, the humidity consider getting over sicknesses rapidly, and her moist sock methodology. When you’ve got not heard of this, it’s for getting over sicknesses rapidly, and I’m positively going to strive it with my youngsters if anybody will get sick this winter. You’ll study all of that and much more on this episode. She is so enjoyable to speak to. I realized rather a lot. I took notes. These are all within the notes at wellnessmama.fm. Let’s be part of Dr. Temple.
Katie: Dr. Ana-Maria, welcome again.
Dr. Ana-Maria: I’m so excited to be right here.
Katie: I’m excited to speak with you. And we’re gonna go deep on some related subjects for this time of yr. However earlier than we bounce into that, I’ve a notice in my present notes that your first pet was a rooster and one thing uncommon occurred to him in your birthday. So, I’d love to listen to that story a little bit bit.
Dr. Ana-Maria: After I was little, I grew up in Romania. And in Romania in 1975, you didn’t actually have, you understand, pets, per se, however I obtained a rooster and his identify was George. And I assumed it was the best pet ever. Till my birthday, I’m sitting at my desk in my room and I’m trying exterior my window, and I see my dad with an axe grabbing my rooster and he chopped his head off to which my mother responded like, “We’re making soup to your birthday celebration.” And that was my first expertise with my pet who turned soup on my birthday. Evidently, I didn’t eat any soup that day.
Katie: Wow. Yeah. That appears like loads of feelings all wrapped in a single.
Dr. Ana-Maria: It’s a little bit tough. Just a little tough in Romania.
Katie: Yeah. How was it rising up in Romania? And when did you come to the U.S.?
Dr. Ana-Maria: So, I used to be born in ’73 and we got here to the US in 1984. So, we lived below full communism and we had the complete immersion expertise. We didn’t know something higher or something completely different, so we simply lived our life. And after we got here to the U.S. we realized all of the issues that we didn’t have. For instance, while you went grocery buying, the grocery shops are…the cabinets are empty. And also you go to the shop and possibly they convey bread that day and you need to go within the morning to get your quantity and also you come again within the afternoon along with your quantity and also you line up to your quantity, and that’s the way you get a loaf of bread. And it was like one loaf of bread rationed to every family. And so they did the identical factor for meat, identical factor for butter, for cherry. So, I keep in mind sitting in strains for hours till we obtained our two sticks of butter. Once we got here to the U.S. and we went to the grocery retailer and there was, like, 4 sticks in a single container and there have been like a whole bunch of containers on a retailer shelf, my mother cried. She was, like, overcome by the quantity of meals that’s in the US.
Katie: Wow. That positively places it in perspective for these of us that grew up right here. And I feel within the U.S., we now have the other downside. There’s a lot availability of so many hyper-palatable meals that we now have to be extra acutely aware of it. That’s unbelievable, although. Thanks for sharing that.
Dr. Ana-Maria: Positive.
Katie: Effectively, I do know now that you’ve a lot experience in so many alternative areas, however I assumed it could be actually related this time of yr to go deep on some sensible instruments for households, particularly dad and mom with youngsters as we hit that point of yr when there simply tends to be extra sicknesses on the rise, particularly in kiddos, which I do know is a part of the event of their immune system and it’s going to occur, however there are issues we will do on the pure aspect that helped make that course of a little bit gentler on them. So, there’s loads of instructions we will go. However I feel I’ve obtained some notes on actually cool ones and concepts which are possibly exterior even the norm of holistic or integrative observe that oldsters can do at house. And I’m excited to delve deep on these. So, I assume to begin broad, let’s form of delve into the concept of flu. I do know it’s a virus, so it’s not one thing we will completely keep away from. It’s clearly not one thing antibiotics are going to repair. However that stated, there are issues we will do to assist it’s extra snug or to run its course extra comfortably. So, let’s begin there.
Dr. Ana-Maria: Effectively, you understand, when viruses come and invade our physique, they’ll trigger loads of havoc. And one of many issues that we all know as we’ve skilled not too long ago with the completely different viruses is that our nostril begins operating. And the explanation that occurs is as a result of the physique is producing loads of fluid to mainly wash out the viral particles. The wetter the within of the nostril, the tougher it’s for the virus to catch, maintain, and seize, and invade.
Then we now have our coughing mechanism. The coughing may be very protecting. It helps us throw out the invading particles as nicely. We regularly go like, “Oh, my gosh, I’ve a cough and, due to this fact, I’m already sick.” I’m like, “No, really, that’s at first it helps our physique eliminate it.” After which, you understand, while you get teary eyes and your eyes are watering, that can also be further fluid that the physique is placing out, to not point out the fever that comes, which might be a scariest a part of parenthood. We all know once I had little youngsters, I imply, the considered my youngsters having a fever would ship me right into a coronary heart assault. However I knew even once I was working towards conventional drugs that fever is the physique’s manner of defending us. And if we perceive why fever protects us, we’re much less more likely to bounce on the treatment prepare which, as a result of we’re panicked as dad and mom as a result of we expect, you understand, febrile seizures and we expect mind injury. So, like, oh, my gosh, we obtained to guard the youngsters. So, we attain for drugs.
However the way in which I normally inform dad and mom I’m like, “Hear, after we turn out to be uncovered to a virus, so it’s sitting on the market, any individual coughs in our face, the virus and his 50 associates attempt to invade our physique. And so they use our physique as a photocopy machine as a result of the virus can’t dwell by itself.” It can’t simply dwell on the desk for days and months. It has to make use of a human physique as a number and makes use of us as a photocopy machine.
When our physique sees this occurring, it turns up the thermostat and will increase the fever. Once we improve the temperature within the physique, the immune system acts quicker, extra effectively and produces extra antibodies, that are the preventing cells to eliminate these copies of the virus. And as I stated, it turns off the copying machine. So, let’s say stated virus and his 50 associates made 200 copies of themselves, you let your little one have a fever. Now the physique has mounted hundreds of antibodies and is ready to overcome these virus particles in about 24, 48 hours, and your little one’s chilly, flu-like sickness lasts for 3 to 5 days. Now, we’re panicked,, so we attain for our fever reducers or we do all these different issues. What occurs is we scale back the thermostat. Once we scale back the thermostat, the immune system slows down, it’s not as environment friendly, and it activates the photocopy machine, so now the virus is having a subject day and it’s photocopying himself. It’s like going throughout the workplace Christmas celebration after they’re photocopying their tushies.
So, it’s photocopying themselves. Now you may have thousands and thousands of particles. So, inside 48 hours, the physique has now been invaded by thousands and thousands of viral particles, and the individual’s immune system is poking alongside barely attempting to make a dent in it. Now your little one’s sickness lasts one week, two weeks, six weeks as a result of we haven’t given the physique the possibility to struggle. So, that’s my primary tip, is when your little one has a fever, actually do nothing. Hydration, relaxation. However we’re at all times like, “Okay. Effectively, we received’t use conventional fever reducers. However let’s use one thing else that diminished the fever.” And I’m like simply make the kid snug and let it trip. The human physique is aware of learn how to struggle for itself. We simply have to depart it alone as a result of we’re too hyperreactive to the whole lot. Should do, should do, at all times, particularly with regards to our youngsters as a result of there’s nothing tougher than watching our kids undergo.
Katie: I positively agree with that. And I can perceive why dad and mom would need to flip to the fever reducers as a result of they could be a pain-relieving as nicely. And while you’ve obtained a child who’s obtained achiness or no matter, it’s so uncomfortable for them. Nevertheless it’s wonderful to me the way it’s, like, the extra we study in drugs, the extra it tends to return to what my grandmother at all times knew.
And it was, you understand, eat some hen soup and let the children watch a film even when they don’t usually get screentime and wrap them in cozy blankets and simply give all of them the fluids and hydration. It may be so exhausting as a mother or father to look at your child undergo that. However I feel that’s such an necessary reminder, is the physique is aware of what it’s doing. And that was so useful to listen to you clarify the length that, like, despite the fact that short-term, they is likely to be a little bit extra uncomfortable with out these ache relievers, long run, they’re gonna recover from it way more rapidly. It looks as if particularly in youngsters, are there instances and locations after we do want to fret a few fever or is it… I do know it’s the overwhelming majority of circumstances, it’s higher to let it run its course. Are there any instances after we do should be extra alert or anxious a few fever?
Dr. Ana-Maria: Effectively, positive. We’ve… This recommendation is for teenagers that don’t have thermal regulation points, which is main neurological situations. Youngsters that don’t have vital seizure issues, these youngsters, you could communicate with their physician. When your little one… The most important concern is folks will say, “Effectively, the fever has been at 105 for 3 hours, due to this fact, we’re gonna have mind injury.” Right here’s the factor, a standard mind won’t enable the physique to hold a fever that’s going to wreck itself. It simply doesn’t make sense. Why would the human physique injury itself? It doesn’t.
Once you hear about folks having mind injury from excessive temperatures is from being left in a automotive in the summertime or for being exterior on the seaside with out safety. It’s exterior warmth. Internally, the physique will defend itself. And in case your little one has had febrile seizures otherwise you’re panicked about febrile seizures, you really… All many, many medical research have proven that irrespective of how a lot Tylenol Motrin you’re taking or across the clock otherwise you rotate, it’s not gonna forestall it. I normally, am okay with fever reducers at evening when the kid can’t relaxation comfortably. Sleep is so necessary for the immune system. So, you’ve executed the whole lot you may, and now they’re a screaming mess they usually can’t quiet down. I do enable for fever reducers at nighttime, and likewise in kids that simply refuse to drink something they usually’re in peril of dehydration as a result of we don’t wanna have that both. So, in these two particular cases, I work with the dad and mom to decrease the temperature and make the kid extra snug so they might relaxation higher they usually don’t get dehydrated.
Katie: And it looks as if youngsters’ our bodies particularly are so good at figuring out and, like, spiking that fever early if we don’t intervene with. It looks as if if something adults don’t. We’re not nearly as good at getting fevers despite the fact that they’re nice for us, it looks as if youngsters are simply naturally nice at that and particularly I used to have Hashimotos and my physique temperature was naturally decrease. And so I knew if I sickness approaching, like, my fever wasn’t gonna spike as a lot as I’d have appreciated it to. So, not that I’d suggest this for kids and I’m not medically recommending it in any respect. However I’ve typically, if I really feel an sickness approaching, will go get within the sauna to really assist my physique facilitate that warmth. Is that for adults solely? I do know I’m not gonna suggest that for teenagers. Is that really useful for adults? When you elevate your physique temperature a little bit bit externally, can which have the identical impact?
Dr. Ana-Maria: I really subscribe to the identical therapeutic administration that you just simply stated, not for the youngsters, however for adults. When you can go right into a scorching tub that, clearly, is gonna be with low chlorine. When you go into your bathtub with Epsom salts, when you’ve got an infrared sauna or sauna, I completely suggest that. I do the identical factor. I am going cook dinner myself as a result of I’m externally elevating my physique temperature. It really works like magic on a regular basis. At all times watch out in kids as a result of their physique floor ratio may be very completely different than us. They will dehydrate a lot rapidly. Now, that’s an exterior warmth that might doubtlessly hurt them, so that you don’t wanna do this. However sure, in adults and older teenagers, that could be a fabulous therapeutic possibility.
Katie: And the Epsom salt baths, not even a brilliant scorching one however only a regular Epsom salt bathtub, I really feel like is a superb consolation measure for teenagers in the event that they’re having the achiness. When mine begin getting that, I’ll stick them within the bathtub with Epsom salt and a few natural tea and simply allow them to chill out whereas that appears to assist them a minimum of be extra snug whereas they’re going by means of that fever course of.
Dr. Ana-Maria: Completely. And that’s the magnesium within the Epsom salts. The magnesium is a easy muscle relaxant and it helps the interior. That’s why it really works for constipation, it really works for migraine complications, and, sure, for the achiness that comes with chilly and flu with an natural tea. I imply, that’s simply magic.
Katie: What about with regards to coughs as a result of that’s one other one which tends to make youngsters fairly uncomfortable. And I do know as a mother, my coronary heart goes out to my youngsters after they’re coughing or simply, like, so depressing they usually’re laying there like, and it’s so unhappy. What are some issues we will do naturally? I do know that there are all these over-the-counter cough medicines and, like, you attempt to keep away from these each time attainable. We haven’t really ever had to make use of them in our home. What are a number of the cures you suggest for serving to calm the cough down or is that one other factor we let run its course?
Dr. Ana-Maria: Cough will be so distressing. Oh, my gosh. The nighttime cough, and the nighttime is normally when the coughing begins and nobody’s sleeping, so my dad and mom are available in, they’re like, “Please assist us instantly.” So, some easy issues for cough for kids over the age of 1, honey is a superb, fabulous treatment. In truth, I used to be a part of a research that recruited all these youngsters to check honey versus widespread cough drugs from over-the-counter and confirmed that honey was far superior than another issues over-the-counter, the bathtub that we talked about.
And one factor that, you understand, comes out of the medical literature that lots of people don’t find out about, and enjoyable truth, loads of research come out of Romania is definitely salt room remedy, which is named halotherapy. So, halo is Greek for salt. And it has been proven in folks that have recurrent bronchial asthma, recurrent coughs, COPD, or different persistent lung infections that while you go sit in a salt room for about 40 to 45 minutes, you may have a major enchancment in airway clearance and in loosening of the cough particles and higher respiration. In truth, the research was executed in kids that have been on low to medium dose inhaled steroids due to their bronchial asthma. And after they got the salt room remedy in parallel with their inhaled steroids, they confirmed that that they had much less coughs, much less sick days, and higher train endurance and higher airway stream than kids that simply had inhaled steroids and no salt room remedy. And that’s as a result of the salt particles that deposit on the airway lining and draw water out of the physique and into the airway which thins the mucus, which makes you cough it out. Coughing out the junk is one of the best ways to eliminate all of the bacterial viral particles, useless cell tissues, and get them out of your system.
Katie: That’s so fascinating. Is there any strategy to facilitate that at house if somebody possibly isn’t near a spot with the salt room? Can we use… I do know there’s salt inhalers now. I maintain salt blocks in my sauna for that cause. However are there another methods we will facilitate that at house?
Dr. Ana-Maria: I scoured the literature with salt inhalers and the info just isn’t nice. The info is significantly better for the salt rooms. The salt inhalers, use it with warning. Once more, it’s some price to the entire thing. Can it damage you? Relying should you’re not utilizing it accurately could make you cough extra, however once more, that’s extruding extra of the… So, I’m a little bit bit anxious as a result of I’m not getting… I don’t have as a lot knowledge as in a salt room the place the human physique can really soak up as a lot salt as wanted versus the salt that you just’re really spraying in any individual’s face.
Katie: Gotcha. What about… I do know I’ve seen loads of the, like, saline nasal rinses really helpful for teenagers fairly a bit. In truth, there’s even, I feel, one which has Xylitol that some dad and mom use for biofilms with the tonsils. I do know it’s not the identical factor, however can these be useful while you’ve obtained that form of congestion stuff occurring?
Dr. Ana-Maria: Oh, completely. A saltwater nostril spray is unbelievable as a result of now you’re getting the salt, you’re getting it deeper. You’re really rinsing the sinuses as a result of as we stated, when the virus enters our nostril, the drier it’s, the extra possible it’s to penetrate and invade. Once we can maintain it good and moist particularly with a saline spray. In truth, that’s considered one of my preventive measures. I’m like, wash your arms and spray your nostril while you come house from college and earlier than you go to high school to maintain the whole lot shifting. Additionally, we normally get sinus an infection as a result of the whole lot will get caught within the sinuses and a saltwater spray has a pleasant job of shifting stuff by means of. And actually, the nostril spray you’re mentioning has Xylitol and grapefruit seed extract. And so they even have proven in scientific research in petri dishes to really reduce COVID invasion into the physique, which is fairly superior. And they’re attempting to get FDA approval for emergency. That’s not occurred but. However they’re operating research to see the way it really can forestall viral invasion into our tissues.
Katie: That’s superior. I do know I’ve at all times…that’s at all times been considered one of my strains of protection once I journey simply earlier than occurring airplanes or in airports, locations I’m not usually, I’ll simply do this earlier than and after. And I’m but to, you understand, knock on wooden but to get sick anytime I’ve executed that. Similar factor with, you talked about honey. I’m additionally an enormous fan of propolis. There’s like a throat spray with propolis for teenagers and it appears to appease their throat, however there’s additionally so many cool antibacterial properties in propolis. Are there another, like, pure merchandise like that that you just flip to as house cures?
Dr. Ana-Maria: I like propolis. I’ve it in my bag as nicely that’s, like, subsequent to my saline nostril spray. The 2 of them, my youngsters suppose it’s unbelievable. And different issues with cough, I imply, I am going again to the immune system. I do suggest elderberry, vitamin D, zinc, vitamin C, and probiotics as immune system bundle to form of increase up the immune system and eliminate the stuff. However typically, I maintain it fairly easy.
Katie: Yeah. Particularly with youngsters, I really feel like we will overcomplicate it a lot. And their our bodies are so unbelievable. I feel that’s been a recurring theme with just about any pediatrician I’ve ever interviewed is, like, you understand, 90 plus, typically 99% plus of issues with youngsters will resolve on their very own. As dad and mom, we need to assist them, however generally the issues we do really sluggish them down as a result of their our bodies are so wonderful.
Dr. Ana-Maria: They’re so wonderful. I’ll let you know one of many issues that’s, like, a recurrent factor in our clinic is, like, the reward of time. Any individual will name in on a Saturday morning in a state of panic and I give them a few issues that we talked about and I used to be like, “I’ll see you on Monday and we’ll deal with this horrible factor.” And by Monday, they’re like, “We’re wonderful. We’re nice.” And it’s just like the reward of time. Just a bit bit. Don’t do an excessive amount of. I so agree. We attempt to do the whole lot. We’re grabbing issues from over-the-counter. We’re getting the newest treatment. We’re googling the whole lot and attempting to throw it on to the children. And I’m like the children are similar to, “Simply let me have my fever. Give me a little bit salt spray. Possibly put me in salt room. Give me some hen noodle soup.” By the way in which, that’s really studied within the medical literature. Hen noodle soup has super immune system properties to assist lower the length of your widespread chilly. And retaining it easy and giving it time.
Katie: Yeah. I feel that’s actually the important thing to all of it’s… However, you understand, my youngsters don’t actually watch TV a lot. And after they’re sick is the one time that I’m like, “You understand what? Right here’s an inventory of flicks. Let’s get you all cozy and a blanket and a hoodie and a few heat socks and a few tea and you’ll sit right here and watch TV as a lot as you need.” And their our bodies heal so quick that always that’s a really short-lived course of to start with.
What about congestion-specific? As a result of I do know this time of yr, loads of youngsters will simply have that runny nostril or be congested and that may intervene with sleep and positively with play. Are there any ideas particular to coughing or it’s not in congestion if possibly even they don’t have a fever, so possibly they’re not acutely uncomfortable, however they’ve simply obtained that congestion occurring?
Dr. Ana-Maria: Yeah. So, in congestion, clearly, the issues that we simply talked about for the cough, however one trick that lots of people don’t find out about is a moist sock methodology. And it sounds so weird, however the way in which you do it, and truly my teenage youngsters are… My youngsters are previous. And so they’re like, “Please, let’s do that moist sock methodology as a result of I’ve a congestion.” So, the way in which it really works, you really need only a scorching bathtub and also you want a bucket or a bowl of water with ice cubes, a pair of cotton socks, and a pair of wool socks. And the kid takes a shower or the grownup, you’re taking a pleasant heat bathtub, you get the physique heated up ,not too scorching, however you get it heated up. And then you definitely take as you dry them after the bathtub and you’re taking the present pair of socks. You permit it within the water with ice cubes so it’s tremendous chilly. You wring them out and you place the chilly socks onto the ft of the kid that simply got here out of the new bathtub and you place these on and then you definitely take wool socks which are dry and you place them on high of that. Then the kid will get in jammies, you wrap them up in a blanket, and we’re going night-night. Go away a blanket…one other pair of jammies by the aspect of the mattress in case they escape right into a sweat in the midst of the evening. However what occurs is that I’ve been fascinated.
I’ve been utilizing this trick in my clinic for now three years. And everyone is like, “However what’s the methodology? How does this work?” As a result of it really works 90% of the time. It’s unbelievable. And the explanation the way it works is definitely on the identical premise as, like, folks that do the chilly plunge, which, by the way in which, I’d die. However as an alternative of doing the chilly plunge, you simply do it to your ft. Once we go into a chilly plungey ice tub, what occurs is the physique vasoconstricts, which implies we’re shutting down. And when the physique goes…it feels prefer it’s below assault, it begins making cytokines. And I do know in COVID, we’ve heard about cytokine storm and we’re all freaking out. Cytokines are our associates in a certain quantity. So, while you get into this chilly state, the physique releases cytokines, that are potent inflammatory cells that we want, which stimulates the immune system, which will get the chilly out of there. You are able to do this simply along with your ft as a result of we now have all these nerve endings within the backside of our ft, which make our ft… In Chinese language drugs, there’s a complete research referred to as reflexology and all they do is they really use your ft with the intention to heal your organs. So, we use the ft as mainly the door to the soul, if you’ll. And you may simply put the ft in there to launch the cytokines.
One other factor that occurs is while you go from a really heat to a really chilly surroundings, it creates like a pump as a result of in a heat surroundings, the vessels dilate, which implies open up, while you go chilly surroundings, they shut down, which implies they, like, squeeze tight. So, the opening and shutting factor really causes our lymphatic system to maneuver higher as a result of our lymph nodes, we’re masking lymph nodes from our head to our toe, however there’s no pump to the lymphatic system. It simply drains in its personal manner. And when it will get clogged up, it takes us longer to recover from an sickness. When we now have this scorching chilly state of affairs creates a pump that will get the physique shifting higher, it additionally hastens your coronary heart as a result of it’s attempting to…it’s below assault. And the extra blood that’s circulating, the extra we remove the toxins out of our physique and the extra oxygen we convey in all places. So, this little tip is nice since you’re not gonna submerge a younger little one into a chilly bathtub, however you may put their ft in chilly moist socks. After which by the morning time, all of the socks are dry each time.
Katie: That may be a new one. I’ve not heard of that, nevertheless it makes a lot sense. And it strains up with a tip I inform folks as a result of I do chilly remedy rather a lot. I like the chilly plunge. However due to all these blood vessels in your ft and your arms, should you’re not sick, I discover that’s the factor that will get folks particularly in the event that they’re new to the chilly is your ft and arms really feel a lot sooner. And so far as should you’re , like, you’re doing chilly plunge for weight reduction advantages, for example, and never for getting over an sickness, the arms and ft are simply further painful. There’s not likely a lot fats in your arms and ft. So, you’re not getting the profit there. So, I discovered that sporting neoprene scuba socks lets me keep within the chilly plunge for a lot longer due to this very same factor. So, it’s form of the inverse of what you’re saying. When you wanna keep within the chilly plunge longer while you’re not sick, put on neoprene socks, however use that to your benefit with youngsters. It is a good tip. I’ve by no means heard this one. So, so excited that you just simply shared that and hope my youngsters don’t get sick anytime quickly, but when they do, I’ve a brand new factor in my toolkit to strive. That’s superior.
One other factor that appears to be actually widespread this time of yr is ear infections. And I’ve loads of my very own theories about this, particularly when, you understand, chilly and flu season, nevertheless it sarcastically at all times tends to begin proper after Halloween and extra sugar consumption after which this complete, like, cascade of consuming sugar for 3 months straight.
However that apart, there are many ear infections proper now. They appear to extend this time of yr. They’re additionally, it appears to be one of many issues the place antibiotics are most prescribed, despite the fact that a minimum of the literature I’ve learn says that the overwhelming majority of them should not ones that want antibiotics. So, they’re additionally actually uncomfortable for teenagers. So, when our youngsters come house with an ear an infection, what are a few of these first-line of protection issues we will do?
Dr. Ana-Maria: Ear infections are about to hit an all-time excessive this time of the yr. And also you’re proper, it begins after Halloween, there’s a complete correlation with sugar. And enjoyable truth, when we now have about 100 grams of sugar in a single sitting which is one bottle of Coke or a slice of cake, your immune system slows down, nearly shuts down, if you’ll, for as much as 5 hours. That is why youngsters get so sick after birthday events. And such as you stated, right here we go, it’s Halloween and Thanksgiving and Christmas, so, it’s a sugar extravaganza.
Different issues that we all know have an effect on us, processed meals and dairy, dairy being an inflammatory meals for lots of people thickens the mucus. When your little one comes house and has the ear… Normally, the ear ache occurs at nighttime. And the explanation that’s, your little one is congested, has loads of boogers, they lay down at evening, and all of the fluid from the face really results in their eustachian tubes, which is the ear tubes, and that stress and that fluid causes loads of ache in the midst of the evening, so that they get up screaming.
After all, fever occurs at evening. Fever occurs at evening as a result of that’s when the immune system is most awake. And when the immune system is most awake, that’s after we’re gonna generate our fever and our protection. Anyway. So, in the midst of the evening after they get up, then we’re in an entire panic, so within the morning, we’re speeding to the physician. The physician says, “Oh, my gosh, the ear is crimson. And so they have some fluid or pus. And now we want antibiotics.” And also you’re like, “Oh, my gosh, completely.” Effectively, it seems that the American Academy of Pediatrics of their coverage assertion says that kids over six months of age have an 80% probability of getting over their ear an infection with none antibiotics. That doesn’t imply that we’re gonna let the youngsters be in ache, however what which means is, like, nicely, it doesn’t imply that we gotta take antibiotics instantly. This recommendation just isn’t for teenagers which are tremendous sick or laying round, they’re excessive fever, they appear terrible. That’s not what we’re speaking about. We’re speaking in regards to the teen who has 101 fever, is enjoying however often complaining of an ear ache, or my favourite, the children that haven’t any signs, they’re simply actually stuffy, however on examination, we discover ear infections.
So, for ache, garlic oil drops, which really I do know that you just’ve blogged about and talked about, the garlic oil drops are a extremely nice treatment to assist ease the ache. The following factor is a saltwater spray that we talked about within the nostril to clean the nostril and suction the boogers out. Different issues, danger elements for ear infections are gonna be our pacifiers, smoking, bottle-feeding, the way in which you maintain the bottle for the child. These issues are identified to be within the high class, in fact, daycare as a result of they’re uncovered to all this stuff.
However there’s one factor that not many individuals speak about within the remedy for ear an infection, and that’s cranial sacral remedy, which has been round for a very long time. That is nothing new. And it was developed, you understand, within the 1800s by an osteopath and it didn’t catch a lot on then as a result of what he stated was like, “Oh, the explanation we’re gonna do that remedy, as a result of we will transfer the cranium bones.” And that was like that’s loopy discuss. When you’re mature, how was your cranium bone shifting? It’s not. Effectively, then one other 50, 75 years later, one other physician of osteopathic drugs was like, “No, no, no. There’s a manner that we will do light stress on the cranium and the bones within the face and the backbone and it helps improve the motion of the cerebral spinal fluid.” And the motion of the fluid really helps transfer, shift stuff out as a result of in our physique, we’re created of water, of power, proper, of various chemical substances or completely different molecules, however the whole lot is in movement. We’re at all times… Our physique is repeatedly in movement even while you sleep.
So, this fluid, and particularly if we consider our face, the place does nearly all of the viruses and micro organism come into our physique from, our face? All the pieces is our nostril and our eyes and our mouth. The place does meals come? In our face. So, the whole lot that we… Not the whole lot. However loads of stuff that we settle for into our physique is available in our face. And after we are… That is clogged up. Our sinuses are clogged up. Possibly your terminates, which is the issues inside your nostril, possibly you may have nostril palates, possibly your palate is a little bit off, possibly your tonsils are massive, your adenoids are massive. That causes an obstruction, which might result in ear infections.
And cranial sacral remedy, which I really noticed it in motion with my daughter who two years in the past she was 18, horrible sinus an infection, like, the sort, like, enamel damage, you lean ahead, and your face is falling off. And he or she was like two weeks in. She comes house crying from college, she’s like, “Please give me antibiotics.” And I’m like, “No antibiotics for you.” So, we went to a cranial sacral therapist who did this particular manipulation and inside an hour, she felt her sinuses open up, she felt effervescent in her face, her ears have been much less stress, her headache obtained higher. We had to return a few extra instances. And he or she was in a position to overcome a extremely terrible sinus an infection with none antibiotics. And over time, I’ve seen so many sufferers in that route. And since they’re in a position to open these station tubes, manipulate the areas in your face, we’re in a position to transfer the fluid, and now the micro organism can simply get out of there.
Katie: Is that this the factor that’s out there in most areas now? Like what ought to somebody search for? Simply Google craniosacral sacral remedy?
Dr. Ana-Maria: Yeah. A variety of instances, you’re like, “I had no concept that was round us.” I’m like, “Yeah, since you by no means regarded for it.” As a result of should you put like, “What are some cures for ear infections?” that by no means comes up. Not that I’ve ever seen. However should you put craniosacral therapist, there’s loads of of us that do it individually. And now, really, we now have a number of areas, a number of bodily remedy firms on the town who take insurance coverage who provide cranial sacral remedy.
Katie: That’s superior. Are there any at-home variations of that? I do know, clearly, you’ll should be a educated craniosacral therapist to try this particularly, however can, like, even simply light therapeutic massage of the top and neck be useful whilst a consolation measure?
Dr. Ana-Maria: Yeah. Really, there’s YouTube movies that present you, when you’ve got loads of ear stress, learn how to manipulate your eustachian tubes with a unique stress in your ear lobes in a particular manner for a particular length that really will open up. And you are able to do that in your kids, you are able to do that on your self. A variety of of us that go to craniosacral remedy, they go as soon as, and the therapist exhibits them what to do at house and offers them loads of instruments, so then you definitely don’t should go like 1000 instances. However sure, there’s really YouTube movies that present you learn how to lower stress inside the eustachian tube.
Katie: That’s superior. And I do know only for, like, a consolation perspective, when my youngsters have had ear ache out, they like once I simply, like, gently therapeutic massage across the ear and even, like, the edges of the neck and down, which appears to assist form of that draining. Or making, like, form of the concept of the salt once more, placing some salt in a sock and heating it up, after which placing that heat salt on their neck or on high of their ear appears to assist possibly draw a few of that fluid as nicely. However I feel the craniosacral tip is big, particularly as a result of it could form of cease that cycle. Since loads of youngsters are inclined to get form of in a cycle of ear infections, it looks as if as soon as they begin getting them, it may be extra recurring. Do you see that as nicely, like, as soon as youngsters get ear infections, they’re extra vulnerable to ear infections?
Dr. Ana-Maria: Yeah. And right here’s a enjoyable truth. It’s really in… They did a research the place they put half the youngsters on antibiotics instantly, after which they put… They did the watchful ready within the different half. And the half that didn’t get antibiotics, that they had much less recurrent ear an infection, much less tubes, much less persistent points. And the children that obtained antibiotics instantly, that they had extra ear infections, extra tubes, the surgical procedure to eliminate ear infections, and extra persistent infections. And that’s as a result of when you turn out to be on the antibiotic prepare, it impacts your intestine microbiome, such as you talked about on a regular basis. After which the extra we have an effect on the intestine microbiome, the extra resistant micro organism we develop in our our bodies, after which with each chilly, increase, the resistant micro organism simply jumps in. Additionally, as a result of we didn’t focus on why did they’ve an ear an infection within the first place? Did we loosen up any clogged stuff? Did we cope with their anatomy? Did we cope with their immune system? So, we didn’t… Once you’re not coping with a root reason behind their ear an infection, the physique simply is aware of chilly ear an infection, chilly ear an infection. And the cycle simply goes on and on and on.
Katie: And we talked a little bit bit about sugar consumption already, however are there another issues… I do know that there’s gonna be a component of generally issues simply go round extra simply. Within the winter, we now have much less sunshine, we’re not exterior as a lot. All these issues. However understanding that there are issues we will do to assist form of keep away from this course of earlier than it begins. What are some useful ideas for fogeys that may assist, like, both scale back the probability of getting this stuff or make them much less extreme that we will do preventatively earlier than we get them?
Dr. Ana-Maria: Effectively, lots of people discuss in regards to the viruses and handwashing. Clearly, it’s essential. We’re very completely happy that handwashing is now a pattern. However one of many issues we don’t speak about that not solely is it chilly within the winter, however the humidity drops considerably within the winter. The air turns into very dry. And we see the rise in chilly and flu is within the wintertime and everyone normally affiliate it, “Effectively, it’s simply chilly and we’re indoors.” Which is true, however the one undeniable fact that has been uncovered by a superb scientist from Harvard and likewise from Yale is that humidity performs an incredible function in each prevention and resulting in the problem. So, what do I imply by that?
When we now have low humidity, in our physique, we now have these little hairs within our nostril, you understand, the hairs that develop extra while you become older. I don’t perceive. However anyway, while you’re youthful, we now have hairs inside our nostril and inside our ears and inside our lungs, they’re referred to as cilia, they usually transfer up and down after which they get the mucus out. In dry air, the cilia turn out to be much less lively. They turn out to be extra pokey. And so they’re much less in a position to take away the particles within the mucus.
Additionally, when it’s dry, the airway cells should not in a position to regenerate or heal themselves as simply as while you’re in a moist surroundings. And one other loopy factor, and that is all present in lab research with rats to verify on how humidity impacts the airway. In low humid environments, the cells can’t discuss to one another. There’s a cell sign referred to as interferons that the cells use to speak with each other. And in low humidity environments, the cells can’t transmit the interferons between the cells, thus lowering the communication which results in extra irritation and an infection.
So, a stunning woman referred to as Stephanie Taylor from Harvard who was a working towards doctor for 20 years after which she was like, “One thing just isn’t proper.” Then she went and obtained a grasp’s in structure, as you do, as a result of she was actually eager about how buildings are created and constructed as a result of she actually felt that there was one thing to the air humidity. And based mostly on all her analysis, she discovered that in hospitals, the primary cause for transmission of infections was not handwashing, was really the humidity, the indoor humidity proportion in hospitals that led to extra transmissions of viral and bacterial sicknesses that you just catch within the hospital. She took it one step additional and labored with Mayo Clinic the place they really went to a preschool setting they usually took half the school rooms in a preschool and put humidifiers. After which within the different half of the school rooms, no humidifiers.
Within the classroom with humidifiers, there was a two-thirds discount in absenteeism from flu, chilly, and viral sicknesses as in comparison with the classroom the place there have been no humidifiers. And so now they’ve executed a lot analysis they usually’ve discovered that the candy spot for humidity within the wintertime to stop chilly and flu and assist you to recover from your chilly and flu quicker is between 40% and 60% as a result of lots of people are like, “Oh, my gosh, but when we now have humidity, then we’re gonna have mould.” And I dwell in Charlotte, North Carolina, which is a moldy holy city. And so we’re all paranoid about mould. However mould doesn’t develop at 40%. Proper about 58% is after we begin seeing mould. So, there’s now these fabulous humidity displays you may have in your home and it tells you precisely what the humidity is and guarantee that is between 40% and 58%. And then you definitely get a humidifier that’s not gonna develop mould. And that can assist and also you run it by means of the wintertime in your school rooms, in hospitals, in your house, and you will note a major discount in chilly and flu transmission this time of the yr, particularly with the massive holidays coming round.
Katie: I’m actually glad you introduced up the mould piece as a result of that was gonna be a query I had for you. And I do know lots of people are rightly involved about mould. So, simply to ensure I heard that proper. It’s between like 40% and 50%, you’re positively wonderful for mould. It’s over like 58% is when that threshold is?
Dr. Ana-Maria: Sure, right.
Katie: Okay.
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What about important oils being form of subtle within the air? I do know a few of these launch humidity as nicely. Does that accomplish any of the identical factor or would you like a particular humidifier for this?
Dr. Ana-Maria: Effectively, right here’s the factor. When you’ve got your humidity monitor, you may really verify and see in case your diffuser is definitely placing out sufficient humidity to your world as a result of that additionally relies on the place you reside. When you’re gonna dwell within the northern climates, you’re gonna in all probability be drier than should you dwell within the South. Within the south, we in all probability have extra humidity than the north.
So, beginning out with what your humidity is in the home and seeing if the present system you may have in your home is definitely offering you with ample humidity earlier than you exit and purchase one thing else. Aside from that, I can’t remark as a result of, you understand, important oil diffusers relies on the scale of them, relies on the scale of the room, relies on the air flow within the room. So, that’s why I’m like, you understand what? You get this Accu… Accuride is the factor. I’ve no affiliation with it. The Accuride monitor is 10 bucks on Amazon. You could have it after which it offers you, like, in real-time what the humidity in your home is.
Katie: That’s superior. I’ll guarantee that’s linked within the present notes as a result of I do know… I keep in mind as a child, I obtained strep rather a lot once I was little. And I keep in mind my dad and mom had a humidifier that they might placed on in my room, however we lived in a really dry space. And it’s not one thing I’ve ever actually considered now as a result of I dwell in a extra humid space. However I’ve seen because the air has gotten cooler these final two weeks, that I discover how a lot drier it’s and my youngsters are like, “My lips are chapped.” And in order that makes a lot sense particularly within the winter why we’d be noticing that distinction.
Dr. Ana-Maria: Yeah. After which by the truth that it’s really one of many explanation why we’re seeing such a spike in viruses. And what I actually love about this data is that it places the facility again in our arms as an alternative of like, “Oh, nothing we will do. It’s winter. We’re simply gonna get sick.” I’m like, “No. You’ll be able to really enhance your indoor air high quality that can assist you struggle the chilly and flu and also you’re not one other statistic.”
Katie: That’s superior. Separate of the humidity, are you a fan of diffusing any important oils only for the consolation measure or to assist? I do know that individuals say, like, eucalyptus will help with the respiration. Do you utilize any of these?
Dr. Ana-Maria: I do love important oils. I feel they do play an enormous function in all completely different sorts of issues to your complications, to your sleep, for leisure. However I do use eucalyptus and I do use peppermint in sure ages. You gotta discuss to your supplier and ensure you use the correct dosage for you and your loved ones and just remember to’re not delicate. However sure, they’ll do an enormous profit in enhancing your immune system and likewise serving to clear your airway.
Katie: Superior. After which what about any… Are you followers of any of the cures or dietary supplements for teenagers as form of preventative whether or not it’d be vitamin C or is it higher to… Do you, like, focus extra on the meals aspect of this? Like one factor I do with my youngsters is we drink lemon water each morning simply because it helps with hydration after sleeping and likewise as a result of it’s obtained that little little bit of vitamin C which I do know remains to be a small quantity. However something like that that you just suggest both from meals or from dietary supplements that may be useful?
Dr. Ana-Maria: I’m an enormous meals is thy drugs form of physician as a result of, you understand, in dietary supplements… Hear, I like my dietary supplements. They’re superior. They’re the brand new fabulous pattern. Nonetheless, Mom Nature has already supplied us with wonderful nutritional vitamins and minerals in our meals. And consuming the rainbow is likely one of the ways in which it’s your every day multivitamin, if you’ll. And one of many issues that I at all times do on my social media, we speak about plant factors and do contests on what number of crops you will get into your food plan. I’m not saying you need to be vegan, however the extra crops that you may get, the extra minerals and nutritional vitamins. And vitamin D is a tough one to get as a result of it’s winter now, we will’t be exterior, we dwell in a polluted world and blah, blah. However right here’s one meals that’s actually excessive in vitamin D. I do know everybody’s been ready for it. It’s sardines. And it’s a troublesome one as a result of in the US, sardines should not our primary meals, however I’ll let you know in Romania, in European international locations, sardines are wonderful. It’s the highest vitamin D meals and lowest mercury fish that you may have. It additionally offers you vitamin E and Omega III. So, increase, powerhouse to your immune system. But when not, you may actually do a vitamin D liquid or complement, be certain it doesn’t have any meals coloring in it. And if it’s in oil, it’s gonna be simpler than it’s in a capsule.
I like zinc. Zinc is superior. Zinc, in fact, we discover it in fancy meals like liver and oysters. We’re very bougie in my clinic. All the children should eat oysters and sardines. However that’s very excessive zinc meals which are very useful for the immune system. Clearly, they’re dietary supplements. Vitamin C is superior. The primary meals for vitamin C is definitely guava, adopted by crimson peppers. I’ve one little one of mine that simply eats crimson peppers, like, they’re going out of favor. I’m like, “Effectively, he’s good with vitamin C.” However you will get your Vitamin C. And right here’s the opposite factor. Once we get our nutritional vitamins from meals, we now have to get it in a lot much less portions than after we get it from a capsule as a result of Mom Nature is in symbiotic relationship with our physique. And our physique is aware of learn how to get the vitamin C from crimson peppers. It’s having a little bit tougher time getting the vitamin C from a complement particularly… We don’t know. Not all dietary supplements are created equal. Once you’re in search of vitamin C, I recommend that you just be certain it’s liposomal. Once more, it’s surrounded by fats, which can assist the absorption of vitamin C. In any other case, further vitamin C, you simply pee it out.
And naturally, when we now have a food plan wealthy in vegetables and fruit, that helps us with probiotics and that signifies that the vegetables and fruit feed the microbiome, that are the micro organism that dwell in our intestine as a result of, enjoyable truth, within the grownup physique, three to 4 kilos of our weight is definitely micro organism weight in our guts. So, we gotta feed these dangerous boys as a result of they’re…60% to 80% of our immune system lies in our intestine and the micro organism in our intestine are accountable for how robust our immune system is. And so they actually prefer to be fed vegetables and fruit, despite the fact that your style buds won’t, however they do. And I’ll use elderberry this time of the yr or the opposite one which I exploit elderberry. I want a neighborhood elderberry. If you can also make it at house, that’s superior, if not, discover an individual that makes it as a result of native particularly with native uncooked honey is superior than another gummies that you may get from, you understand, a complement firm.
Katie: We’re massive followers of elderberry in our home. And I like that you just talked about sardines as nicely. I’ve written about this. And folks push again, I feel, due to the style. However I’m like, really, should you can study to like them, which is a factor as dad and mom we inform our youngsters, you understand, “Maintain attempting. Your physique will study to like it.” Hey, it really works for grownups too. Nevertheless it’s cheap in comparison with all different kinds of seafood. It’s really an total cheap protein supply. And I’ve seen, like, simply making that my default lunch, sardines with, like, both I’ll chop up pickles or cucumbers or salad or no matter or make, like, tuna salad however with sardines, such a simple change. You get all that protein, such as you stated, all these nutritional vitamins, and you’ll study to like it over time.
Dr. Ana-Maria: You understand what I inform folks as a result of they’re, like, open… When you by no means eat sardines, you open the can of sardines and also you see the useless fish and if we’re gonna be trustworthy, they’re simply useless carcasses in there. Okay. Effectively, don’t eat the entire can. Simply get a chunk out of it. So, I like the tuna fish concept as a result of should you’re making tuna fish salad, you may simply get, you understand, an inch of sardine and mush it in along with your tuna fish salad. You received’t even understand it’s there. It’s simply visually you’re like, “Oh, my God, it’s a useless carcass.” And I’m like, “Okay. Effectively, your salmon was a useless carcass too, so is the hen, you understand, however you don’t visualize them in a can, so then it’s a little bit completely different.” However yeah, begin off small. Tiny little bites. Similar to I inform my small folks, tiny little bites and over time, your style buds modify.
Katie: Yeah. And nice for fogeys to begin with as a result of I really feel like, you understand, youngsters do a few of what we are saying, however they discover extra of what we do. So, if we do it, then our youngsters usually tend to strive it as nicely or a minimum of in my home. Anytime I put meals on my plate, my youngsters usually tend to eat that meals than no matter they have been consuming.
Dr. Ana-Maria: Effectively, in my home, as a result of my husband was my greatest problem as we went by means of our wellness journey, each time I’d put one thing new on the plate, the children would look down and they might have a look at him instantly and I used to be like, “Make a face. Go forward and simply make one face as a result of I’m gonna lunge over this desk.” As a result of they knew. They’d know if dad makes a bizarre face and that is bizarre and we’re not consuming it. So, my first order of enterprise was engaged on the hubs with the intention to get the children to eat a extra different food plan.
Katie: Did that get higher over time? I do know I hear from loads of ladies who’re like, “My husband is my hardest one with regards to maintaining a healthy diet.”
Dr. Ana-Maria: No. He’s so superior now. He’s now writing my eczema e book as a result of he’s like, “Oh, my gosh, I’ve seen such modifications in our household and in sufferers and stuff. I’m an entire believer.” So, yeah, my man now eats like 30 plant factors a day, full rainbow food plan. I imply, his fast-food days have been lengthy gone, despite the fact that he nonetheless complains about it generally if we’re gonna be trustworthy. However, yeah. No. He’s a complete convert.
Katie: That’s superior. And that’s a complete one other dialog about eczema, however positively curious to proceed that in some unspecified time in the future as a result of that’s one other one I hear from loads of dad and mom about. However within the curiosity of respecting your time immediately, I do know you’re additionally busy and in observe immediately. The couple of questions I like to ask towards the tip of interviews, the primary being, if there’s a e book or quite a lot of books which have profoundly impacted your life, and if that’s the case, what they’re and why.
Dr. Ana-Maria: So, two books that everybody has to get is “Fiber Fueled,” which is a e book that speaks in regards to the energy of crops. It’s written by a gastroenterologist, Dr. Will… Okay. I’ve to learn his identify as a result of I can’t keep in mind. Dr. Bulsiewicz. I kill that identify. No. It’s Dr. Will. It doesn’t matter. Simply Google “Fiber Fueled.” It’s an incredible e book that tells you in regards to the energy of crops and all of the science behind the facility of crops. After which the second e book is “Sugarproof.” “Sugarproof” is by Dr. Michael Goran. And he goes manner deep into sugar and the way sugar impacts kids’s our bodies and the way it impacts the mind. I’ve realized a lot wonderful science from each of those medical doctors. And it goes into only a completely different manner of how meals heals us and the way meals can damage us.
Katie: Fascinating. And any parting recommendation you wanna go away with the listeners immediately that we haven’t touched on?
Dr. Ana-Maria: The one factor that we talked about a number of instances throughout our podcast immediately is de facto simply having the…give the youngsters the tincture of time and let the physique do its factor. Have the religion and confidence that the whole lot that you just do every single day is that after they do get a illness or an sickness, their physique will have the ability to overcome it with the instruments it already has. Don’t attempt to do an excessive amount of. Much less is greatest with regards to acute points in a chilly and flu season.
Katie: Good. And I do know I’ve hyperlinks that individuals can discover particularly your programs that contact on a number of the issues we’ve talked about immediately. However the place can folks discover you on-line in the event that they wanna continue learning from you?
Dr. Ana-Maria: So, I made… On Instagram, I do tons of free recommendation. And on YouTube, I am going grocery buying as a result of, oh, my gosh, meals has turn out to be such a complicated, troublesome to navigate journey. So, I am going to Costco, and Goal, and Walmart on my YouTube channel and present you the way to buy various things. We’re doing Thanksgiving this month. And to make your life a little bit simpler, I put collectively a holistic pediatric handbook the place I do subjects from A to Z from cough to pimples, constipation, diarrhea, vomiting, you identify it. I provide you with all of the holistic ideas so you may have it in a helpful dandy format that we’re repeatedly updating with the newest data and the newest knowledge that I’m discovering.
Katie: Superior. I’ll put that hyperlink within the present notes as nicely. I understand how busy you might be as a working towards doctor. Thanks a lot to your time immediately. I positively took notes and I realized a number of actually sensible issues I’ve by no means tried. And hopefully none of us should, however the odds are a few of us will. So, thanks a lot for sharing.
Dr. Ana-Maria: Thanks a lot. This was nice.
Katie: And thanks, as at all times, to all of you guys for listening and sharing your most useful sources, your time, power, and a spotlight with us immediately. We’re each so grateful that you just did, and I hope that you’ll be part of me once more on the subsequent episode of “The Wellness Mama Podcast.”
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