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Whether you believe the statistic that more people fear public speaking than they do death<\/a>\u00a0(41% vs 19%) or the 2011 Gallup poll<\/a>\u00a0that 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!<\/p>\n I love to do presentations and am never fearful when I get on stage<\/b> and speak in front of audiences but it wasn\u2019t always like this. I used to have to really force myself and push through<\/b> the fear, I felt terribly uncomfortable<\/b> and almost breathless. I also used to hate networking events<\/b> and mingling. Then I discovered that I have pyroluria <\/b>(see the pyroluria questionnaire here<\/a>), a genetic condition that leads to anxiety, inner tension<\/b> and feeling uncomfortable in crowds<\/b>. By adding a few key nutrients \u2013 zinc, vitamin B6 and evening primrose oil <\/b>\u2013 my pyroluric symptoms are completely in check, hence my calm in the face of speaking in public. <\/b>I speak nationally<\/a>\u00a0<\/b>about The Antianxiety Food Solution<\/i> and always joke that I am Ms Antianxiety! I also have <\/b>a new-found love of networking and meeting people!<\/p>\n Sontine is a client of mine<\/b> 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 \u2013 and she actually started to really enjoy it<\/b>! She also started to sleep well and had good energy. She was skeptical<\/b> that this was possible for her but curiosity got the better of her and she’s so pleased with the results.<\/p>\n Here is Sontine\u2019s story in her own words:<\/p>\n