Probiotics For Kids [VIDEO]
Kids can benefit from probiotics for issues like colic, food sensitivities, eczema and skin issues, developmental issues, behavior issues (ADD, ADHD, focus), sleep (falling asleep, staying asleep), mood and anxiety, allergies, asthma.
We don’t want your kids on this stuff forever. These are just awesome tools to help build a foundation of health for your kids. We want to make sure we’re doing everything that we can to really kick start their life.
We offer a Free 15 Minute Consultation in office or call us at 239-774-5433 to discuss which probiotics are right for you and your family.
Watch our video on Probiotics For Adults
Transcript:
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Dr. Cade
Good morning, guys! My name is Dr. Cade and I am here with Coach Cason. And today we're going to talk kids probiotics. It's such a big topic because Cason and as we talked about in our adult probiotic video, we are more bugs than we are human today. 10 to 1, 10 to 1. Oh, it is wild. It is while so we're going to talk about some awesome products today.
00:00:19:28 - 00:00:41:13
Dr. Cade
We're going to talk about probiotic usage for kids. We're going to really try to clear up some of the confusion and talk about what the best products are out there and what they're going to do for you. So why don't we just start there, I suppose. Let's talk a little bit about symptoms, why somebody would be want to be using these probiotic or probiotics and products and then why don't we talk about the things that can really kind of set us off and put us in a bad position and then we'll jump through our favorites.
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Dr. Cade
Fair enough. Yep. All right. So when we talk about probiotics, why would it be an important thing to use for your family? Well, a lot of the things that we see with kids all the way starting from the beginning is colicky. Colicky kids, fussy kids, tummies that are just tough, whiny kids, kids that are spitting up quite a bit.
00:00:58:00 - 00:01:16:12
Dr. Cade
Right? And we see our fair share of that here in the practice. But other things may include eczema and skin issues. You know, as the kids get a little bit older trying to hit and make sure that we're staying on track with some developmental milestones, maybe maybe speaking, maybe behavior, maybe falling asleep and staying asleep. Maybe you're dealing with some of those issues with your kid.
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Dr. Cade
Yeah. Anything else?
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Coach Cason
Well, my mind goes right to toddler stage, you know, and behavior issues. And we just see this, you know, ADD ADHD, all these diagnosis is thrown out and and the kids just don't seem to have focus. They don't seem to have, you know, proper behavior. I don't know what that means, proper behavior. But they're all over the place, high, low.
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Coach Cason
And and so, yeah, a lot of that goes back to the gut.
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Dr. Cade
It does. Parenting is a big part of that, too, which we'll stay away from today because that's we're still learning every single day. And sleep plays a big role in that. But 100%, the health of the gut is going to dictate the health of the brain and Cason has talked about mood, you know, anxiety, anxiousness. You know, we talked about or I don't think we did yet, but immune system is another big part of it.
00:02:03:16 - 00:02:20:02
Dr. Cade
Allergies and asthma and skin sensitivities, you know, so probiotics are so important. And if you want to learn a little bit more about the adult side of things, you can watch that video there. But specifically for kids, what is what is really some of the big reasons that you know, kids are being put in this position? Well, right?
00:02:20:03 - 00:02:36:01
Dr. Cade
It starts from birth. Right? And the most important dose of probiotics that we can ever get is from a natural vaginal birth. And those rates seem to be going down more than ever these days. C-sections are up. And, you know, it just isn't the same. But it can even start before birth can occur.
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Coach Cason
I think mom is where it comes from right? And dad. But mom primarily. And so what mom is eating, you know, the antibiotics that moms have been on in her life have everything to do with her gut flora. Yeah. And so, yeah, not to mention, you know, the toxic standard American diet.
00:02:55:18 - 00:03:20:09
Dr. Cade
So yeah and it starts so far back so ideally you know if you're looking at probiotics for your child I wish that we would have met you you know in their can preconception kind of phase to get these things handled and done the right way. But last thing I want to touch on before we jump into probiotics, one of the most important things that you hear after birth is again, that skin to skin contact where we're transferring the bacteria from dad and from mom and giving that to a baby again for a baby to just thrive.
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Dr. Cade
Immune system, brain gut all the above. So let's jump into products. So we're going to start with the first one of baby. And this is the gold standard within the industry. This is Klaire Labs. They just actually renamed it. We call it infant probiotics, but now it's baby probiotics. And so in there it's powder. It's 5 billion CFUs.
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Dr. Cade
You got to keep it refrigerated. That stuff is unfortunately pretty fragile. But when we give it to baby, what we always like to say, there's a, there's a spoon in there and you just dump that spoon right in the palm of your hand and you can just put your pinky finger right in baby's mouth to take it right off your finger.
00:03:52:09 - 00:04:09:03
Dr. Cade
That stuff is great. And typically we recommend starting that immediately. Right? And if there is a great gut health for a mom that straps her down, if there's other issues, again, like colic and some of the things that we brought up or skin issues and we'll dose up. So it really just depends, baby to baby, family to family.
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Dr. Cade
Hmm.
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Coach Cason
Interesting. That's so cool. I don't know. I don't know what you know about these babies, but how you get that probiotic into the baby is - it takes some creativity.
00:04:19:02 - 00:04:31:23
Dr. Cade
It takes creativity. That's a great way to put it. But mostly just trial and error. We have tried to feel like a little bit of everything with our own kids with that one. So let's jump up. We're going to get a little bit older and now we're going to move to tablets. And so this is from the same lab, from Klaire Labs.
00:04:31:23 - 00:04:47:27
Dr. Cade
This also needs to be refrigerated. But these are like chewable tablets. And, you know, we like to recommend that kids get on this one as fast as possible after that powder that we just talked about. And the reason why is that there's a huge jump from 5 billion, if you use, again, the strength, the potency, how many numbers of bacteria are in there?
00:04:48:02 - 00:04:58:22
Dr. Cade
All the way up to 25 billion. Wow. So big jump and the price is pretty much about the same. Right? And they're easily crushable. So if you can kind of crush that tablet, I feel like you're getting more bang for your buck. Right?
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Coach Cason
Hey, just to back up a quick question. So the baby CFU unit is lower?
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Dr. Cade
It is 5 billion versus 25 billion.
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Coach Cason
Makes sense as they're as they're growing, getting more bacteria. You're upping it.
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Dr. Cade
Absolutely. And exposed to more stuff, too, as they get a little bit older. Right? Cool. So those are kind of the two gold standard for baby and then for kids. And where that line starts is a little bit blurred. We usually like to start them when they start getting teeth. And some parents, like a little bit earlier, some a little bit later.
00:05:24:23 - 00:05:43:15
Dr. Cade
And then as far as frequency of those things, again, we talked about making sure that that's individualized within the family. And then last thing is maybe a little bit of diversity. Before I handed over to you. Yeah. All right. Is going to be these mega, mega kits. We love this brand, Go Microbiome Labs. It's just fantastic. They are innovators in this space.
00:05:43:15 - 00:05:59:08
Dr. Cade
And this just came out. It is called RestorFlora. But again, it's their kids version of it. And if you want to learn a little bit more about RestorFlora and the bacteria that's there, you can find it in the adult video, but that's great. And then it has like passed the kid test for taste for sure.
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Coach Cason
My my daughter's way picky. She eats those like candy.
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Dr. Cade
Yeah, the ingredients are clean. Like we had them sitting up on our desk and I think we were all snacking on them multiple times a day. So there's maybe or your morning, you'll just go through them fast. That's the downside. But you will certainly be full of good bacteria. So I lied. I'm going to go through one more and this one is actually from the same brands.
00:06:18:24 - 00:06:44:25
Dr. Cade
This is from Microbiome Labs, and these are almost like starburst juice. This is another one that really, you know, pass the kid test and I think definitely passed the adult test, too. And these actually came out again from the same company, maybe just a month earlier. So what we always like talking about with probiotics, again, reference in the adult video is just the diversity and rotating through your probiotics and getting different things and it's even nicer when you don't have to fight with the kids to get them to take some of these things, right?
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Coach Cason
Yeah. And they taste good.
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Dr. Cade
Yeah. Okay. Well, last one's all you. Fulvic and humic acid. What do you got Cason?
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Coach Cason
Yeah, well, we talked about this in the adult video of probiotics, but again, this is minerals. This is a wide variety of minerals. It comes from the earth, from very ancient soil. And so this is, is like a force field for the gut. So you can use this if you know that you're going to eat some food that's not the cleanest.
00:07:12:25 - 00:07:36:17
Coach Cason
Or if if you know, if you're not able to get your kid to eat broccoli and brussel sprouts. This is this is something that will help to protect and line the gut. The guts got this mucosa mucus barrier that is is lining the enterocytes, the cell lining. And so this helps to make a shield, kind of, a force field for that.
00:07:36:23 - 00:08:03:09
Coach Cason
They call it a probiotic. It's not really a probiotic. Right? And what it's made of, but it's minerals and energy and force field to protect and heal and seal the gut. And I think there's some really good research out there with with Dr. Zach Bush. He's got a very similar product to this. Yeah. That that shows how this product helps to heal and and seal the gut.
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Coach Cason
So you've probably heard of leaky gut this product has been shown to to help to seal that leaky gut. So really good stuff.
00:08:10:29 - 00:08:25:20
Dr. Cade
Awesome information, man. I love it. You know, and our philosophy here, I know I speak for myself and for Coach Cason is that we don't want you to be on this stuff forever. These are just awesome tools to help build a foundation of health for your kids. We want to make sure we're doing everything that we can to really kick start their life.
00:08:25:20 - 00:08:42:00
Dr. Cade
Their health is a really big part of that for the rest of their life, right? You know, and, you know, if your kids are struggling with the things that we mentioned in the beginning, food sensitivities, allergies, asthma, add whatever other labels, you know, are coming up, colic, You know, we've got articles on our website, we've got videos on our YouTube channel.
00:08:42:18 - 00:08:54:16
Dr. Cade
And if not, you can always reach out. If there isn't something that you're - you know, if you can't find what you're looking for, just reach out. We'd always be happy to do a free 15 minute consult and just point you in the right direction, whether it's with products, whether it's with, you know, a hot pack on the tummy.
00:08:54:16 - 00:09:10:17
Dr. Cade
I mean, that goes a long, long way. Whether it's some breathing exercises you've had some amazing patient testimonials recently of just people breathing. It's as simple as that. Right? And just kind of shutting some other things down. I mean, it's incredible. But we'd always be happy to do a free 15 minute consult with you and Cason what do you think?
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Dr. Cade
Anything else to say?
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Coach Cason
Well, the gut is the brain and the brain is the gut. So when it comes to kids, I just really think about this is their development. You know, this is how they're reaching those milestones to develop a healthy brain and a healthy gut and a healthy body.
00:09:26:16 - 00:09:32:29
Dr. Cade
So I love it. Yeah, I love it. We can't say that enough. So thank you guys again for joining us. I am Dr. Cade and we're look forward to seeing you again soon.
We offer a Free 15 Minute Consultation in office or call us at 239-774-5433 to discuss which probiotics are right for you and your family.