520: Lessen Your Children's Toxic Burden And Nourish Them Deeply with Dr. Joel "Gator" Warsh
Wise Traditions
Weston A. Price Foundation
4.7 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 31 March 2025
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
Half of all teenagers have a mental health issue. One in two children has a chronic health condition. One third of teenage girls have considered suicide. What is wrong with our kids? Dr. Joel "Gator" Warsh, author of Parenting at Your Child’s Pace, addresses simple ways parents can “plant seeds of wellbeing” to support them physically and emotionally. He offers insights on how to lessen our children’s toxic burden and how to best nourish them. He also explains why it’s not his job (or the job of any doctor actually) to tell you what to do when it comes to your family’s health.
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| 0:00.0 | From the Weston A. Price Foundation, welcome to the Wise Traditions podcast for wise traditions in food, farming, and the healing arts. |
| 0:13.9 | We are your source for scientific knowledge and traditional wisdom to help you achieve optimal health. |
| 0:22.6 | And now here is our host and producer Hilda Labrata Gore. |
| 0:27.9 | Hey, Hilda here. |
| 0:30.4 | Half of all teenagers have mental health issues. |
| 0:34.1 | One in three children has a chronic health condition and one third of teenage girls |
| 0:38.9 | have considered suicide. What is wrong with our kids? And what can we do to address this mental |
| 0:44.3 | and physical health crisis that is sweeping our nation? This is episode 520 and our guest today |
| 0:50.4 | is Dr. Joel Warsh. Joel is known as Dr. Joel Gator online. He is a board certified |
| 0:56.4 | pediatrician and the author of Parenting at Your Child's Pace. Today, Joel offers insights |
| 1:01.7 | in how to plant seeds of well-being in our children. He goes over small and big ways to communicate |
| 1:08.5 | love and support through touch and eye contact, what we can do to support |
| 1:13.6 | mental health, inviting children to be outside more, and physical well-being, why fresh food |
| 1:19.9 | from the farmer's market, for example, is much better than grocery store food, and much more. |
| 1:25.4 | Joel honestly speaks about how to address the chemicals and toxins in our environment. |
| 1:30.4 | And interestingly, though he is a doctor, he is convinced that it is not his job or any other |
| 1:36.7 | doctor's job for that matter to tell you what to do. |
| 1:39.9 | You'll find out why in today's conversation. |
| 1:41.9 | Before we get into it, in honor of the West Ender Price Foundation's 25th anniversary, |
| 1:47.0 | we're giving away prizes. |
| 1:48.3 | If you become a member this year in 2025, you will be eligible to win a prize from some of our favorite, |
| 1:56.3 | wise traditions-friendly companies. |
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