Full Transcript Welcome and Spring Flare Overview 0:00 Hey team, welcome back to the eczema kids podcast. 0:03 If your child's exima is flaring right now and you feel like you're doing everything right and You've cleaned up their diet and your outside more and Your 0:11 doing your best to be healthy and their skin is somehow worse. 0:15 I want you to hear this. 0:16 It is not random It's not that what you are doing isn't working and it's that your is just sensitive and have to deal with it forever. 0:25 There's a big reason that this is happening right now because spring, if you're in the Northern Hemisphere, spring is the season that is supposed to feel 0:35 fresh and healing, but it's actually the most stressful season on the body. 0:40 You've got the pollen in air and the grasses in here, and you've histamine rising, you got immune system working overtime that Seasonal shift is a challenging 0:51 immune time for everyone, but if you've noticed, maybe you caught a cold recently and my goodness, the weather has been so crazy. 1:00 I'm in Denver, it was 90 degrees today in March. 1:05 There's that. 1:05 That's not doing our immune system any favors because it's going bonkers thinking, what am I supposed to be doing right now? 1:12 And at the same time, our body's job in spring is to clear everything that was built up over the winter. 1:18 So if your child is flaring right, now this is not a coincidence and spring, is just a high load season on the body. 1:27 And today I'm going to walk you through exactly what's, going on and how to feed your kids during the season so their skin can start to calm back down 1:36 instead of spiraling further. 1:37 Let's get into it. 1:38 Is your child struggling with itchy nights and endless flare-ups? 1:41 I'm Andrea McHugh, mom of four and host of Eczema Kids. 1:45 Here you'll find natural solutions that actually work so you can heal your childhood eczemat without steroids, without the overwhelm and finally see calm,
Skin Comfort Trio Introduction 1:52 healthy skin again. 1:53 Lets get in to it! 1:55 Team, if your child's skin is flaring right now, I want you to start the Skin Comfort Trio. 2:00 That's what I used when my own kids were in the thick of severe, severe eczema, bleeding head to toe, skin just peeling off by the pound, 2:09 not sleeping, no smiling, now walking. 2:12 They were up all night itching when their skin was red and inflamed. 2:16 This is what started to do and that's when I started implement what's now known as the skin comfort trio and it made all the difference in the world. 2:27 First, we started getting a little bit more sleep every night and then longer and longer stretches. 2:32 And then some smiles were brought back to their day to day. 2:35 Then I could set down my baby for longer periods because she wasn't itching herself raw. 2:42 It helps calm the skin so that their body can actually start to heal. 2:46 Its not the full solution, but it gives their skin a break and that matters much more than you think. 2:52 You can grab the Skin Comfort Trio along with all the other non-toxic organic eczema healing products at examakids.com or you can follow the link in the 3:01 show notes. 3:02 Okay, I want to talk about what's actually happening during the springtime because we're circadian beings and we are 100% connected to the environment
Why Spring Triggers Eczema 3:12 and what is going on outside of our windows and doors. 3:16 And so I want to zoom out because if you don't understand what's happening inside your child's body right now, you'll keep reacting instead of responding. 3:25 In Ayurveda, spring is traditionally a heavy, damp, congested sort of season. 3:34 Like, let's think about what is happening on the outside or what should be happening. 3:38 Outside during this season, the snow is melting and the ground is wet. 3:43 And then things are moving again. 3:47 That same thing is happening inside the body. 3:49 Everything that was stored and stagnant in the winter starts to melt and move. 3:53 Then you layer in modern life. 3:56 The pollen is everywhere. 3:57 Kids are outside more. 3:58 Hooray. 4:00 Histamine levels rise and the immune system gets hyper activated. 4:05 And then we add in one more layer because kids with eczema have already a sensitive immune and a reactive gut and body that is overwhelmed systemically. 4:17 So now we have environmental load, internal clearing, and external sensitivity. 4:23 And that's a lot for a little body that is already in such a compromised state. 4:29 When the body can't process all of that efficiently, it pushes it out through the skin. 4:34 And that's when you see more itching and more redness and random flares and reactions to foods that were fine before. 4:42 Or it just seems like they're more reactive in general. 4:45 And then parents get confused and they think, what changed? 4:49 And where did I go wrong? 4:51 The answer is the season changed. 4:53 I mean, everyone is experiencing this. 4:57 immune shift during every season change when it changes from winter to spring though specifically because of all the things that I just said is asking 5:05 our bodies to adapt to a lot and unfortunately if you're experiencing eczema you just don't have the resiliency you don' have them mitochondrial energy 5:17 to combat that shift. 5:19 So for right now, just while you're experiencing eczema, but it gets better because you can heal it naturally and then this won't be an issue anymore. 5:28 But this is where I want you to shift your thinking because most families respond to this in one of two ways. 5:35 They either clamp down harder on food when they start to see their child flare or they loosen everything because they're just overwhelmed and it doesn't 5:41 feel like anything they are doing is actually working anyway. 5:45 And neither of those solves the problem at all, because the problems isn't the food, it's the body that's overloaded. 5:52 So instead of, what else do I need to remove? 5:55 I want you to think, how can I support my child's body best right now?
How to Support the Body With Food 6:00 Because when what's happening on the outside and what is happening inside don't match, they don' mesh, that is when symptoms show up, 6:07 when they intensify. 6:09 So while food isn't the whole story, not in the slightest, it's also one of the biggest levers you have during this season because digestion is already 6:20 tied to immune function and histamine response and inflammation. 6:24 And when the digestion gets overwhelmed, everything backs up. 6:28 So what we're doing with food right now is making it easier for the body to keep up, so spring, is not the time for extremes. 6:37 And it's also not time the for raw foods. 6:40 Raw everything, especially. 6:41 Just not too much raw food, right? 6:44 Not cold things. 6:45 If you ask the body to digest cold, raw, foods, you're asking it to expend more energy than it has. 6:54 Then these little bodies already have, if they're experiencing eczema and their body is working so hard to keep their skin barrier, 7:02 intact and safe, and just by serving warm cooked food, you're doing the stomach acid such a service. 7:11 The request on the body is so much less, just my cooking, by just serving things warm. 7:17 So we want to do that during this heavy cold season. 7:20 and we don't want to overdo on super heavy meals that sit in the gut. 7:26 No, this is the season where traditionally it's a little lighter in meat, especially red meat that's little heavier in vegetarian proteins like beans. 7:37 We want to lighten the load, but certainly without underfeeding them. 7:42 So what this looks like with real food, because I want make this super practical, cause I know you're feeding kids with, 7:48 real preferences. 7:49 And I do the same every day and I did the the while two of them were suffering from severe, severe eczema. 7:55 But my go-to meal for this time of year is khichri. 7:59 It's warm, it's simple, its easy to digest, and it is incredibly calming for the gut. 8:03 If your child is flaring or things feel out of control, this is such a good reset meal. 8:08 Its commonly baby's first food in India. 8:13 Basically, just split mung beans with rice and then digestive spices. 8:17 So easy. 8:19 You can add in lots of other vegetables. 8:22 You could add some coconut yogurt and some lime. 8:25 It tastes really good when you add a little extra stuff. 8:30 I mean, the Kitcherie Bowl is your oyster, guys. 8:33 And if you haven't ever heard of it, look it up. 8:35 A whole bunch of recipes on my Instagram and social channels, my Facebook page. 8:42 Like I said, it's very easy and it really is calming. 8:46 Lamb meatballs is another one because I love that they're grounding without being overly heavy. 8:51 And lamb, while it's, I mean, seemingly red meat food, it digests differently than cow. 8:59 It's in season during this time, because this is when the babies are born, right?
Spring-Friendly Meals and Foods 9:04 There are lambs, so these are great. 9:06 They're really easy to work in a little bit of extra nutrition. 9:09 You can always sprinkle a My voice just intuitively went softer when I said that. 9:17 I don't want, don' t tell my kids I do this all the time. 9:21 And onion and garlic and some really good mineral salt and you can make this into a really healing solid good meal without overwhelming the digestion by 9:32 any means. 9:33 Pesto pasta is another easy, quick, spring-friendly meal that goes over really well around here. 9:40 It's super easy to make. 9:41 I love the jovial brown rice noodles. 9:43 And you can make a pesto with green peas and tahini and some garlic. 9:51 You can add in some hemp seeds for protein. 9:56 This comes together really, really fast. 9:58 Again, it goes Chicken and herbs is another one. 10:01 It's just simple meals like chicken and zucchini and carrots and Herbs like basil, thyme, garlic. 10:07 That's what we're going for. 10:08 We don't want these big complicated meals. 10:12 So other really great spring foods to lean into asparagus, zucchini, fresh herbs, Garlic scapes are a really good one just light fruits like berries those 10:23 naturally support the body during this season and Like I said, if you are reacting to the change in season, bringing in these foods really does help the 10:34 pendulum come back toward neutral by just incorporating these seasonal balancing foods into your meals. 10:43 So with that, we're pulling back on, If you haven't already, heavy dairy, certainly extra sugar. 10:49 I know Easter's right around the corner. 10:51 It's one more holiday where it's just a sugar fest. 10:54 We're going to do our best there. 10:56 Processed foods, we're gonna do your best to have just fresh nourishing foods and not too many foods at once. 11:03 And this is, again, a bonus. 11:05 For us mere mortal parents, it doesn't need to have a lot of ingredients. 11:10 You don't have to a recipe. 11:12 It can be just simple, dependable. 11:15 Warm food is honestly the best you can do here. 11:19 And I'm well aware, I live in the real world too, and I know that sometimes this comes with a lots of pressure, but you aren't. 11:29 doing this in a vacuum. 11:31 I just want to reassure you, I know you have school and activities and birthday parties and all the other things, but this isn't about perfection at all. 11:43 It's about being intentional most of the time, that 80% of time you can cook this way.
Eczema Elimination Method and Next Steps 11:48 The 20% won't matter as much. 11:51 You know, your child is just in need of enough structure so that their body can actually start to stabilize in the face of this super big immune assault 12:01 that is spring. 12:03 That is the season change. 12:05 And I want to let you know guys, this is exactly what we do inside the eczema elimination method. 12:09 We don't say, Don't eat this, do eat that. 12:12 We show you exactly what to feed your child, how to structure your meals, How to work in routine stacks that work for you, 12:21 for your schedule, your family. 12:23 How do we adjust with the seasons, move them, most importantly, out of this reactive cycle. 12:30 This can't continue. 12:31 You can continue to live in this state of exhaustion. 12:35 Your kids can not continue in the state misery anymore. 12:39 We need to have a plan. 12:41 we have to stop guessing and we need a secure plan that doesn't have any long-term consequences. 12:47 Everything that I ask you to do is never going to be something that one, I haven't done myself and two, it's not going be unhealthy. 12:54 I know the lore of pharmaceuticals and steroids is it can fix it fast, and sometimes it does. 13:00 And then once you wean off of that prescription, a lot of times the eczema comes back even stronger with more vigor. 13:10 I knew when I was handed my steroid prescriptions for my kids, as miserable as our lives were in that moment, I knew applying them that we were kicking 13:24 the can down the road if we we're to use them. 13:26 And every case is different and everyone's circumstances different. 13:31 When you sign on with the eczema elimination method, you get three one-on-one calls. 13:35 They're spaced out a month apart. 13:36 You get a full-size healing box. 13:38 you Get full access to the method.You get an individualized plan, a holistic plan for every area of your life, because that's what it demands. 13:47 Because no two cases are the same, but there are patterns. 13:51 And my guarantee to you is that I will work with you until you are out of this itch-flare cycle. 13:58 That we will continue to refine and adapt and observe and test when needed. 14:06 We will do everything that we need to do to get your kid from itchy and miserable to clear, calm skin and the energy to just be a kid. 14:15 So if your child is playing right now, start with the Skin Comfort Trio. 14:19 It helps calm the skin immediately, so everything else you're doing can actually start to work. 14:23 And if you are really ready to tackle this, to get ahead of this so this no longer plagues your children or your family any longer, 14:32 That's all inside the eczema elimination method. 14:35 You can find both of those links inside The Show Notes or you can go to examakids.com directly and you'll find it there. 14:42 And if this episode helped you in any way, friends, I would love it if you left a review. 14:46 It helps more parents find this and start healing their kids too in a natural way without any long-term consequences. 14:53 If you do take the minute to leave a review for the podcast, I will personally send you a 30% off coupon that you can use inside the eczema shop. 15:02 Take care, friends. 15:03 I'll talk to you next week. 15:05 Thank you for helping with my eczema. 15:09 Love you. 15:11 Thank You for listening today, friend. 15:12 I know healing your child's skin isn't easy, but you're doing it one smart step at a time. 15:18 If this episode gave you a little hope or a better night's sleep, leave a quick review so more exhausted parents can find exima kids and finally rest easy too. 15:26 Follow, share and let's help more kids heal. 15:28 Take care.
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