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This episode was generously sponsored by the Canadian School of Natural Nutrition: https://csnn.ca

About the episode:

What should we be feeding our teen athletes? How important is it that they fuel up with the right food and the right nutrients? In this episode, we invited Dr Kirk Gair to discuss not only what foods help and hinder child athletes, but also how nutrition helps prevent complications from head traumas like concussions. Dr Gair explains how nutrition helped him overcome his own ADHD and Tourette’s as a child football player, the top nutritional suggestions he gives to every single one of his patients - especially those who experience head injuries, and how to help your teen buy into nourishing their brains with healthy foods. He also explains how he helps his athlete patients enhance their performance and their healing using lasers.

Bio - Dr Kirk Gair:

Dr Kirk Gair graduated with honors from Southern California University of Health Sciences in 1999. In addition to chiropractic training, he is also trained in functional medicine and neurology, which he now combines with the low level, non thermal laser therapies he has been pioneering since 2004. Dr Gair is truly an expert in sports medicine and has treated Super Bowl and World Series champions, gold medalists and world record holders, as well as state and national champions. He has published 2 papers on laser therapy, trains doctors internationally, and is currently the principal investigator in a new type of laser. He practices near Pasadena CA, and can be found at LaserChiropractic.net

www.LaserChiropractic.net
https://www.facebook.com/laserchiropractic
https://www.facebook.com/groups/drgairpatients

About our Podcast Network:
The EcoParent Podcast Network helps busy families live a healthier, greener lifestyle. Our host experts are imperfect, real, busy parents just like you who share ways to lower our collective carbon footprint and practical strategies that make a difference to your family’s health, the planet and to our children’s future. We offer raw, honest conversations and actionable advice in the following six areas: pregnancy & birth, pediatric wellness, kids nutrition, healthy home, beauty, and parenting. Join us and get inspired to live a more sustainable, healthy life!

About the Feeding Families Podcast:
No matter where you are, if you’re a parent I’m pretty sure you and I want the same thing - to build strong mental and physical health in our kids and set them up for a bright future. In our episodes, we break down the nuts & bolts of kids’ nutrition and bring you inspiring food stories and practical strategies so you can overcome real-life food challenges shared by parents everywhere. We want you to leave our episodes with more clarity, new ideas, inspiration, and unwavering confidence in the food decisions you make every day.

About your Host (Jess Sherman MEd, FDN-P, RHN):
Jess is a Family Health Educator and mother of three focused on nutrition for brain health and resilience in kids. She uses her training as a certified teacher, Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioner, and Holistic Nutritionist to improve the lives of children with learning differences, anxiety, ADHD, autism and mood disorders by helping their parents uproot hidden stress and nourish them deeply. Her book, Raising Resilience, and her online resources - Calm & Clear Kids and the Resilience Roadmap - have reached families all over the world.

www.JessSherman.com
www.RaisingResilienceCommunity.com
instagram.com/Jess.Sherman_RaisingResilience

To learn how Jess helps families minimize symptoms of ADHD, ADD, anxiety, moodiness and set their kids up for strong health, development, and resilience visit: https://www.jesssherman.com/coaching

Partnerships:

Audio magic on this episode was performed by Carlay Ream-Neal.

This episode was edited by Emily Groleau.