Bonus Ep | Dawn Whitten | The Infant Microbiome
Episode description
#224 Dawn Whitten is a Naturopath, Western Herbalist, International Board Certified Lactation Consultant, Researcher and Educator. Passionate about protecting and nurturing the microbiome of the next generation, Dawn has a broad base of clinical experience with a focus on women’s health through pregnancy and beyond, as well as infant and toddler health. She has been in clinical practice for 16+ years.
Dawn has been published in the peer-reviewed literature and has contributed to clinical textbooks (Including the Breastfeeding chapter in the soon to be published Advanced Clinical Naturopathic Medicine, Elsevier). Dawn co-coordinates two units within the Evidence-based Complementary Medicine Program in the College of Health & Medicine at the University of Tasmania. She is part of the research team at Probitic.Advisor.com and a clinical director at Goulds Natural Medicine in Hobart.
In this episode we cover:
- Why the first 1000 days of a newborn's life is crucial for shaping long term health
- What sort of health issues are linked to early microbiome disturbance
- How much an infant's microbiome is disturbed when mothers take antibiotics
- The stages of early microbiome development
- How is the infant colonised? Seeding?
- Why breastmilk is the ultimate gardener
- How does the microbiome of formula fed infants differ
- How do we support and optimise seeding
- And so much more