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2nd Annual Online Eating Psychology Conference

June 30, 2014 By Trudy Scott 15 Comments

I’m beyond thrilled to announce that I’m a featured expert in the 2nd Annual Online Eating Psychology Conference on July 21 – 26, 2014.

Join me, along with Marc David, Founder of the Institute for the Psychology of Eating, as he interviews over 45 experts in eating psychology, embodiment, weight, health, and nutrition. Get ready to hear some great insights and information that will advance your understanding of eating psychology and personal transformation in this one-of-a-kind virtual conference!

I am a big fan of Marc David and the Institute for the Psychology of Eating and am truly honored to be included in this line-up of inspirational speakers. I’ve “attended” his past online summits and they are so enlightening. Also Marc is a fabulous interviewer who asks interesting questions and really gets you thinking!

My interview is: “The amazing amino acids for eliminating anxiety and emotional eating.”

Could your anxiety and emotional eating be a brain chemical imbalance? And how do we address this with the amazing amino acids and other key nutrients?

This is what we’ll be exploring on our interview:

The importance of optimal blood sugar balance and how glutamine is so powerful
The brain chemicals/ neurotransmitters and how they are related to anxiety and emotional eating
The tie in to low serotonin and also low GABA, symptoms and what to do: the powerful amino acids tryptophan and GABA
My favorite amino acid for comfort or reward eating: endorphigen (my clients call it a miracle amino acid)
My other favorite nutrients anxiety and emotional eating, and how they also help pyroluria and PMS: zinc, vitamin B6 and evening primrose oil

It really is time for a whole new understanding of our relationship with food. Obesity, overeating, body image concerns, emotional challenges with food, and diet-related health issues are with us more than ever.

People have abundant access to nutrition facts and information, but need to search long and hard for true healing wisdom. It’s time for an approach that honors all of who we are as eaters – body, mind, heart and soul.

Join us for an exciting time together as we explore leading edge thinking in the fields of eating psychology and nutrition. Get inspired by speakers from a variety of disciplines who have something unique and innovative to share.

Speakers include Dr Mark Hyman, Dr David Perlmutter, Paul Chek, Dr Hyla Cass, Amy Pershing, Dr Srini Pillay, Dr Frank Lipman, John Robbins, JJ Virgin, Tom Malterre, Dave Aprey, Dr Tom O’Bryan, Jon Gabriel, Dr Susan Albers, Sayer Ji, Donna Gates, Dr Alan Christianson, Jessica Ortner, Daniel Vitalis, Emily Rosen, Meghan Telpner, and many more!

Some topics include:
A Deeper Dive into Body Image
Neuroscience and Personal Change
A Holistic Approach to Eating Disorders
The Healing Power of Embodiment
Mindfulness based approaches to overeating
Sexuality and the Psychology of Eating
New insights into Weight
Culture, emotional health and metabolism
Hormones, Eating and Inner Health
The Gut-Psychology Connection
Spirituality and Nutrition
The Hidden Politics of Food
New Approaches to Nutritional Health
And much more…

Dates: July 21 – 26, 2014
Price: FREE
Where: Sign up online: https://ipe.isrefer.com/go/2ndepoc/trudyscott/

I look forward to seeing you in the conference!

The Anxiety Summit: GABA, magnesium, pyroluria and digestive issues

June 19, 2014 By Trudy Scott 15 Comments

This is day 12 of the Anxiety Summit. Host of the Anxiety Summit, Trudy Scott, Food Mood Expert and Nutritionist, author of The Antianxiety Food Solution, interviews two clients who saw transfromational changes in their mood and anxiety when they made food changes, added in nutrients, addressed digestive issues and food intolerances.

Client success story: Carolyn Gard

GABA and magnesium helped her feel calmer, the amino acids have helped with her sugar cravings and she wishes she had known about pyroluria, introversion and social anxiety when she was at college

Here is a great gem from my interview with Carolyn. We were talking about GABA, the main calming neurotransmitter and amino acid. She said it:

makes me feel very calm and focused no matter what I’m doing. I feel like I’m on a real calm, peaceful cruise control.”

Client success story: Sophia Elizabeth Archambault

Sophia Elizabeth struggled with chronic sadness and an eating disorder, and now she has resilience, balance and lives happily on a farm with her husband, 3 dogs and 10 goats. She found solutions by addressing food sensitivities, pyroluria and digestive issues.

Here is a great gem from my interview with Sophia Elizabeth. We were talking about the value of keeping a food mood log:

And then you note with each meal or each beverage how you’re feeling, or the various things you notice in shifts of mood or sensations in the body. And it’s all there in black and white. It’s sort of like using your own body as research.”

Both Carolyn and Elizabeth did better with nutrients for pyroluria. Here is the pyroluria questionnaire we discussed.

~~If you are not already registered for the Anxiety Summit you can get live access to the speakers of the day here www.theAnxietySummit.com~~

UPDATE: the summit concluded on Tues 6/24 – season 2 of The Anxiety Summit will be in November 2014. If you’d like to be on the notification list just sign up here www.theAnxietySummit.com

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The Anxiety Summit: How zinc and vitamin B6 prevent pyroluria and social anxiety

June 15, 2014 By Trudy Scott 217 Comments

How zinc and vitamin B6 prevent pyroluria and social anxiety

– an interview with Trudy Scott, host of the Anxiety Summit (interviewer is Corey Schuler, who presents on Tuesday)

This interview was done on day 7 of The Anxiety Summit: Nutritional approaches for eliminating anxiety, social anxiety, panic attacks and OCD.

You can read/learn more about the summit in my opening talk/blog “Why the Anxiety Summit? Stats, trends and gems.”

Pyroluria/social anxiety

Low levels of the mineral zinc and vitamin B6 are frequently associated with a type of anxiety characterized by social anxiety, avoidance of crowds, a feeling of inner tension, and bouts of depression. People with this problem experience varying degrees of anxiety or fear, often starting in childhood, but they usually manage to cover it up. They tend to build their life around one person, become more of a loner over time, have difficulty handling stress or change, and have heightened anxiety symptoms when under more stress.

This constellation of symptoms is often the result of a genetic condition called pyroluria, also known as high mauve, pyrrole disorder, pyrroluria, pyrolleuria, malvaria, and elevated kryptopyrroles.

Here is the online version of the Pyroluria Questionnaire from The Antianixety Food Solution.

Be sure to read the comments for a wealth of information. You’ll see the dystonia question here.

If you need more information I have a whole chapter on pyroluria in my book:

The Antianxiety Food Solution: How the Foods You Eat Can Help You Calm Your Anxious Mind, Improve Your Mood and End Cravings (New Harbinger 2011).

The pyroluria chapter includes very detailed sections on the background, the questionnaire, testing and pyroluria supplement protocol.
It does not mention introversion, miscarriage and dystonia as these are new areas that I’m looking into

Here are other great books that also address pyroluria:

Joan Mathews Larson Depression Free Naturally

Carl Pfeiffer Nutrition and Mental Illness

Eva Edelman Natural Healing for Schizophrenia and Other Common Mental Disorders. As Corey said, this one is more for the practitioner.

The pyroluria-introversion connection

This is the blog post I wrote in response to the Huffington Post article, written by Carolyn Gregoire and called “23 Signs You’re Secretly An Introvert”

“Am I an anxious introvert because of low zinc and vitamin B6? My response to Huffington Post blog”

Be sure to check out the 23 signs and the responses from my wonderful followers.

I’d like to invite you to do both questionnaires and comment on the blog. Tell us that yes you are an introvert and yes you score over 15 on the pyroluria question or whatever the outcome is.

Pyroluria and fear of public speaking

Sontine is a client of mine who made diet changes, lifestyle changes like walking and added the key nutrients like zinc and vitamin B6 (and a few others) and found she too had no more fear of public speaking – and she actually started to really enjoy it! She also started to sleep well and had good energy. She was skeptical that this was possible for her but curiosity got the better of her and she’s so pleased with the results. Read more and watch her video testimonial here.

Do you have a fear of public speaking ? Did it improve when you addressed pyroluria? Please comment and let us know.

And here is the info about the zinc taste test and Kelly’s funny video! Enjoy

find that the majority of my clients with anxiety, pyroluria, depression and/or sugar and carb cravings are low in zinc. I have all my clients do the zinc status test when we start working together and then we retest their levels each week until they have good zinc levels. I use zinc sulfate, a liquid zinc that tastes a certain way depending on zinc levels. – See more at: https://www.everywomanover29.com/blog/zinc-deficiency-and-using-the-zinc-taste-test/#sthash.0hriWmqc.dpuf

My interview on pyroluria airs on The Anxiety Summit on Sunday June 15th from 9am PDT (USA time) until 8:59am the next day. You can get access to this interview and all the interviews here www.theAnxietySummit.com – Enjoy!

~~UPDATE: the summit concluded on Tues 6/24 – season 2 of The Anxiety Summit will be in November 2014. If you’d like to be on the notification list just sign up here www.theAnxietySummit.com~~

Missed this interview or can’t listen live? Or want this and the other great interviews for your learning library? Purchase the MP3s or MP3s + transcripts and listen when it suits you.

You can find your purchasing options here: Anxiety Summit Season 1, Anxiety Summit Season 2, and Anxiety Summit Season 3.

You can pre-register for future seasons of The Anxiety Summit here: www.theAnxietySummit.com

The Antianxiety Food Solution on Annie Jennings’ JenningsWire

November 12, 2013 By Trudy Scott 12 Comments

I really enjoyed sharing a few of my top antianxiety food solution tips on the Annie Jennings’ JenningsWire podcast! It was short but sweet! We managed to cover real food, red meat, coffee!!, tryptophan and gluten in 10 minutes!

The Antianxiety Food Solution

How do you calm your anxious mind, improve your mood and end cravings with food?
Does red meat cause anxiety?
If you’re anxious do you really have to quit caffeine?
Everyone is talking about the gluten-free diet – what is the tie in to mood?
What is your favorite nutrient for eliminating anxiety, worry, negative self-talk, low self-esteem and afternoon/evening sugar cravings?
What are the key nutrients for addressing social anxiety?

You can go to the Annie Jennings’ JenningsWire podcast page to listen to the 10 minute audio interview.

We didn’t get to the last question: What are the key nutrients for addressing social anxiety? If you have the little-known condition called pyroluria (the main symptoms are inner tension and social anxiety) you may need to supplement with zinc and vitamin B6. These nutrients also happen to be co-factors for making brain chemicals like serotonin and the calming GABA. I am seeing an overlap between the traits anxious introverts resonate with and the pyroluria symptoms ! Imagine a nutritional solution for anxious introverts!

From Annie’s site: “This podcast is presented by Annie Jennings, of the National Publicity Firm, Annie Jennings PR and the creator of JenningsWire online magazine. JenningsWire is capturing the heart of America with its rich community of talented, insightful and relevant bloggers and podcasters!”

Thanks Annie and Stacey for the opportunity!

Quiet: introverts on the job – pyroluria, low blood sugar, gluten?

October 22, 2013 By Trudy Scott 13 Comments

In a recent blog post I discussed a possible connection between introversion and pyroluria, especially if you also have social anxiety, inner tension and a preference for interacting with a few people rather than a crowd.

This nice infographic gives us some of the useful facts and stats:

introverts make better one-on-one connections
introverts sometimes experience anxiety when speaking to large groups of people
introverts are prone to social anxiety disorder
the percentage of introverts in the U.S. is about 50%
the percentage of people in the U.S. who are estimated to have social anxiety disorder is 7%-8%
the percentage of adults in the U.S. who are estimated to have an anxiety disorder is 18% [I added this one]

I like that this infographic is suggesting more comfortable work environments and jobs that may suit introverts better.

BUT …and this is a BIG BUT….I feel we can do better if you are one of those introverts who still feel anxious or nervous despite all the tips and tricks.

It’s important for you to also address some of the possible biochemical and nutritional imbalances:

low blood sugar can make you feel anxious, irritable and depressed – eating protein at breakfast helps so much
pyroluria can cause social anxiety and inner tension, especially in crowds and when under more stress – zinc and vitamin B6 can make a world of difference
gluten intolerance can cause anxiety and depression and can lead to nutritional deficiencies – do an elimination and challenge
low GABA or low serotonin can lead to physical tension/anxiety and worry/anxiety in the head – consider a trial of GABA or tryptophan supplements

This is just a few factors that may be contributing to your anxiety. I encourage you to investigate and address ALL the possible causes of your anxiety and/or social anxiety. You don’t have to live with it, tolerate it and force or “extrovert” (a new verb!) yourself in social settings. You can feel comfortable, relaxed, calm and be a “Social Butterfly” – really!

Do also check out my book for in-depth protocols and research: The Antianxiety Food Solution: How the Foods You Eat Can Help You Calm Your Anxious Mind, Improve Your Mood, and End Cravings (New Harbinger, 2011).

Source: BestMastersPrograms.org

Overcome your fear of public speaking

June 28, 2013 By Trudy Scott 25 Comments

Whether you believe the statistic that more people fear public speaking than they do death (41% vs 19%) or the 2011 Gallup poll that has fear of public speaking at 41% and fear of snakes at 50%, that is still a large number of fearful people when it comes to speaking on stage!

I love to do presentations and am never fearful when I get on stage and speak in front of audiences but it wasn’t always like this. I used to have to really force myself and push through the fear, I felt terribly uncomfortable and almost breathless. I also used to hate networking events and mingling. Then I discovered that I have pyroluria (see the pyroluria questionnaire here), a genetic condition that leads to anxiety, inner tension and feeling uncomfortable in crowds. By adding a few key nutrients – zinc, vitamin B6 and evening primrose oil – my pyroluric symptoms are completely in check, hence my calm in the face of speaking in public. I speak nationally about The Antianxiety Food Solution and always joke that I am Ms Antianxiety! I also have a new-found love of networking and meeting people!

Sontine is a client of mine who made diet changes, lifestyle changes like walking and added the key nutrients like zinc and vitamin B6 (and a few others) and found she too had no more fear of public speaking – and she actually started to really enjoy it! She also started to sleep well and had good energy. She was skeptical that this was possible for her but curiosity got the better of her and she’s so pleased with the results.

Here is Sontine’s story in her own words:

The first time I heard Trudy telling her personal story about anxiety and nutrition, I thought ‘that’s a really unique situation’. I believed it worked for her but that it was ‘just one in a million…it’s not going to work for most people and it’s not going to work for me’

After working with Trudy for 3 months I’ve had amazing changes:

From exhausted to normal healthy energy

Anxiety has decreased

Mood and blood sugar has stabilized

Sleeping better

Completely lost my fear of public speaking which has plagued me my whole life! I was so terrified I avoided it as much as possible. Now I am not nervous and I enjoy it! It’s been amazing for me!

Sontine is also a busy mom with a busy job – like many of us are – but she made time to go for an evening walk with her young daughter and husband [we recorded this in December last year, hence the reference to Christmas lights] and says that such a small thing makes all the difference in how she feels. We know how beneficial exercise is for both mood and sleep

PS. I also added GABA, removed caffeine and removed gluten from my diet. Each person is unique and you will have to find your own unique nutritional approach.

So how are you when it comes to public speaking? And what do you do to stay calm?

If you’re fearful could pyroluria also be your problem?

Do you perhaps have clients who hate and fear public speaking?