I’ve known Dr. Sheila for years and I always enjoy when we get a chance to chat. She’s an integrative board certified pediatrician and opened one of the first integrative pediatric practices in North Carolina. Our focus today is on setting a healthy foundation for our kids and parents as well.
We’re discussing a topic that I haven’t really gone into a ton of detail on this podcast before. And that is the topic of cellular health. You may have heard the old saying “you are what you eat,” but it may be more accurate to say “you are what you absorb.” We can have the best supplements and diet, but if we’re not actually absorbing and using it, it’s not doing us much good.
How well our body responds to factors like supplements and nutritious foods depends on how healthy our cells are. Dr. Sheila give a fabulous step-by-step guide in this episode for how to set that foundation. This is so important for our kids, but many of these same principles can be applied to parents too. Dr. Sheila is such a wealth of knowledge so let’s jump in and learn from her!
Episode Highlights With Sheila
How she has four kidneys and jokes that if anyone needs a kidney to call her
Setting the foundation before supplements and what this means
How digestion and cellular health come into play for true wellness
Why the cell wall matters and how we often ignore this piece
How to create healthy cell walls
Her order of events for supplements to optimize gut and cell wall health
We get a bump in inflammation when we eat and how she uses this to our advantage
She treats supplements like medication and gauges results carefully
Her timeline for integrative supplementation
Proteins get broken down and absorbed to make up neurotransmitters
The importance of sunshine for kids, when vitamin D supplementation is important and why she doesn’t supplement vitamin D in the summer- we can’t overdose on vitamin D from the sun
Protein in kids and how to help them get enough, and help them digest it well
Nervous system factors that come into play especially for kids
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About Katie Wells
Katie Wells, CTNC, MCHC, Founder of Fit Bottomed Zone and Co-founder of Wellnesse, has a background in research, journalism, and nutrition. As a mom of six, she turned to research and took health into her own hands to find answers to her health problems. fitbottomedzone.com is the culmination of her thousands of hours of research and all posts are medically reviewed and verified by the Fit Bottomed Zone research team. Katie is also the author of the bestselling books The Fit Bottomed Zone Cookbook and The Fit Bottomed Zone 5-Step Lifestyle Detox.
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