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who took a probiotic with a specific combination of   •  My  article  Pediatrician-Approved Natural
               Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium daily throughout   Remedies for the Flu
               the cold and flu season. This particular combination   •  My   online   course   Everyday  Holistic
               of Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium can be found   Pediatrics  –    the ONLY comprehensive online
               in  Metagenics  Ultra  Flora  Children’s  Chewable   video course of pediatrician-designed, mama-
               probiotic,  Ultra  Flora  Synergy  powder,  and  Ultra   approved natural remedies to boost your child’s
               Flora Balance capsules. The recommended dosage    immune system and get them through their fever,
               for children and adults is ¼ tsp 2x/day, 1 capsule   flu, cold, cough, earache, vomiting/diarrhea, sore
               2x/day,  or  1  chew  2x/day.  Probiotics  are  why   throat and pinkeye  using diet  and lifestyle,
               fermented  foods  pack  such  a  punch,  so  if  your   homeopathy, herbs, essential oils, and acupressure!
               child’s palate hasn’t expanded yet to include a lot of
               fermented  foods,  be  sure  to  give  her  a  probiotic   As a disclaimer, I am not in any way recommending
               supplement  to  keep  her  gut  and  immune  system   natural treatments as a replacement for standard medical
               healthy!  If  you  want  to  know  more  about  which   care  or  vaccination,  but  until  that  time  that  effective
               probiotic supplement is right for your child, be sure   medical  treatments  or  vaccination  for  COVID-19  are
               to  download  my  FREE  Guide to Choosing Your   developed and approved for use in kids and adults, I will
               Child’s Probiotic!                            be using all the tools I have that I know can work for other
              •  Vitamin C  –  Vitamin  C  is  a  powerful  antioxidant   viral respiratory illnesses, like the flu. And you bet if Kenzi
               which assists our ability to ward off and deal with   and Bodi get sick, I will be pulling out my vitamin D3,
               infection. Remember the vitamin C and sepsis study   vitamin  C,  Windbreaker,  Elderberry  syrup  and  VClear,
               above? I have been using Metagenics Ultra-Potent C   OnGuard  or  Thieves  essential  oil,  and  loading  them  up
               because it has added ingredients such as lysine and   with antioxidant-rich foods. For an easy reference, you can
               glutathione which assist in fighting viruses.  download my FREE GUIDE: Natural Remedies to Beat
              •  Vitamin D3  –  There  is  speculation  that  rates  of   the Flu! (This is for the flu, but may have relevance for
               illness  increase  over  the  winter  because  of  the   COVID-19).
               widespread deficiency of Vitamin D. As mentioned    Phew – there you have it. Everything I’ve learned so
               above, Vitamin D deficiency may be one of the risk   far  and  want  you  to  know  about    COVID-19,  and
               factors for sepsis. Studies have shown that people   everything I intend to do for my family, from a holistic
               supplemented with adequate levels of Vitamin D3   pediatricians’  perspective.  We  will  continue  to  learn  as
               during  the  cold  and  flu  season  had  significantly   more research is done, and I’ll be sure to update this post
               lower rates of infection. Vitamin D3 increases our   to share everything I know so make sure you’re signed up
               body’s production of cathelicidin, an antimicrobial   for my newsletter to be the first to know of any updates..
               compound,  to  help  fight  viral  and  bacterial   In the meantime, stay calm but be prepared.
               infections, that I discussed above in the section on   If you found this useful, please be sure to share with
               sepsis.  The  Vitamin  D  Council  recommends  a   anyone you know who could benefit.
               maintenance dosage of 1000IU of Vitamin D3 per   xo Holistic mama doc – Elisa Song, MD
               25  pounds  of  body  weight  (the  dosage  may  be
               higher in people with Vitamin D deficiency, which   Keep Up to Date on the Latest COVID-19 News:
               is epidemic and can be measured through an easy   •  WHO:   Coronavirus   disease   (COVID-19)
               blood test). **Vitamin D3 is one of the supplements   outbreak   https://www.who.int/emergencies/
               that I am “religious” about giving to my kids.**  diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019
              •  Zinc – Zinc is required for the normal functioning   •  CDC  Coronavirus Disease 2019 page https://www.
               of white blood cells. Supplementing with just 15mg   cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html
               of zinc per day in adults has been found to improve   •  WHO COVID-19 Situation Reports: https://www.
               our immune cells’ ability to ward off infection.  w h o.int/em er g en cies/di s e a s es/n o v e l-
                                                                 coronavirus-2019/situation-reports
            If you or your child does get sick…                •  CDC’s COVD-19 travel advisory page https://www.
               If you DO start to feel a fever and cough coming on,   cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/travelers/index.
            remember – it is very likely the common cold, influenza,   html
            or  one  of  the  other  more  commonly  circulating  viruses
            and NOT COVID-19 – so DON’T PANIC. And even if it   References
            is COVID-19, remember that most people appear to have   1.  www.who.int/dg/speeches/detail/munich-security-conference   
            MILD symptoms. If I were concerned that I or my family   2.  WHO COVID-19 Situation Reports: https://www.who.int/emergencies/
                                                                 diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/situation-reports
            had COVID-19, I would still use the same pediatrician-  3.  https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/22221751.2020.1729071 
            approved natural remedies for colds and flu-like illnesses   4.  https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2762028
                                                              5.  https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2761659
            that I detail in these 2 resources:


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