Today on the root cause medicine podcast.

If your child does not sleep well, their immune system will be erect.

And we know this from study after study after study.

But kids in general should be sleeping anywhere from 8 to 14 hours a night depending on their age.

Screens have gotten in the way of this.

I've seen a little bit of lack of parenting around this getting in the way of this. I've seen a little bit of lack of parenting

around this getting in the way of this. They've seen different things disrupting a child's natural sleep, iron deficiency. Anyone who's had a child knows that if they've not had a great night's sleep, what do they do? They're winy, they're cranky, they're irritable. Your immune system's part of that game as well. One of the first things I tell folks is make sure your kid gets to sleep on time.

Make sure you set a boundary as a parent that you're not going to accept delayed sleep. So their immune system is constantly functioning at its best. Hey guys and welcome back to the Work Cause Medicine Podcast. I'm your host for today, Dr. Kate Kresky, and we have a brilliant episode for you if you're someone

who loves kids, whether you're a parent, grandparent, teacher, aunt, uncle, you name it.

If you care about keeping your kids healthy, this episode's for you.

So all of us know the kid who is constantly sick, or we wish our kids got sick less often,

but how do you safely help a child reach their optimal immunity? How do you actually prepare them to go in a room full of other sick and maybe reduce their chances of coming out sick or at least reduce the severity of the illness they get? We're gonna cover that and so much more with Dr. Chris Magrida. Dr. McGridia is an integrative pediatrician at Salisbury Pediatric Associates. He's a medical director there,

and he's also the chairman of Children First of North Carolina. I met Dr. Chris by watching him

present at a conference, and I was blown away by the information he shared. He's one of the

farthest people I know, and he has really amazing talent for finding the latest research

and immediately applying it to clinical practice. What I love about his practice

is that it's really conventional in the sense that they see people in a conventional model with

insurance and yet they still are able to weave in natural evidence-based interventions into each

appointment. I really love the practical tactical advice that we get from Dr. Chris and we're going to

start with immunity and also go through things like how to optimize your child's whole person

health, including their brain health in the first few years of life. We're going to talk about

sleep, asthma, you name it. Before we get started, though, I want to talk to you about something

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