Protecting your baby’s microbiome to prevent eczema, allergies & asthma. Ep 62 with Meenal Lele

In this episode of healthHackers®, Meenal Lele - medical researcher, author of ‘The Baby and The Biome,’ allergy mom, and founder CEO of Lil Mixins - spoke to me about: 🔹How your baby’s risk of developing allergies, asthma, eczema and even IBS can be linked to the gut microbiome 🔹Major players in microbiome dysfunction: antibiotics, pregnancy and baby care, diet, and environment 🔹The age most food allergies develop in children (it’s younger than you think!) 🔹The only proven method to cut the risk of your baby developing food allergies 🔹How Meenal’s son’s number of food allergies jumped from 8 to 10 following oral immunotherapy 🔹Why feeding nuts, peanut, egg, and other allergenic foods in infant-safe powder forms should not interfere with breastmilk or formula 🔹The clinical studies that support the feeding of allergy-causing foods from the age of four months 🔹What we’re doing wrong when it comes to diaper changing and washing our babies that can harm their immune systems 🔹The biggest mistake we’re making with antibiotics 🔹Why eczema can trigger a chain reaction leading to food allergy and asthma 🔹Probiotics - the key strains with evidence for eczema prevention, but WHEN you take them matters Meenal's company: www.lilmixins.com My review of Lil Mixins Daily Mix: https://youtu.be/8aQEqahz8fk 👉10% DISCOUNT on Lil Mixins purchases using the coupon code healthhackers10 when you click here: https://shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=1924664&u=3282250&m=119623&urllink=&afftrack= When you use the discount code, healthHackers® receives an amount at no extra cost to you. Thank you for watching!👌 To watch healthHackers episodes as videos, head to the YouTube channel: youtube.com/HealthHackers For articles, podcasts, mini clips, health-tech review videos, guest episodes and to sign up for the monthly newsletter 👉 https://healthhackers.org/ Common sense caution: Not personal or medical advice. You know the score - always talk to your own health provider about your concerns.👌