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Host of the Anxiety Summit<\/a>, Trudy Scott, Food Mood Expert and Nutritionist, author of The Antianxiety Food Solution.<\/em><\/a> was interviewed by Dr Lauren Noel, host of Dr Lo radio.<\/p>\n Targeted individual amino acids for eliminating anxiety: practical applications<\/strong><\/p>\n Here are some snippets from our interview:<\/p>\n You\u2019ll hear some practitioners say GABA molecules are too large to cross the blood brain barrier so GABA won\u2019t work or if it does work you must have a leaky blood brain barrier<\/p>\n Some practitioners are talking about and using a \u201ctest\u201d for leaky brain called the GABA Challenge which recommends taking1000- 2000 mg of GABA at night. If the blood brain barrier is intact, you supposedly won\u2019t feel any effect from the GABA. If you do feel a change (drowsiness \/feeling drunk or even jittery) then you will need to repair your leaky blood brain barrier.<\/p>\n I have not used the GABA Challenge and only recently learned about it but I am concerned with the very high dose of 2000mg of GABA. That is a lot of GABA for most people and I would expect severe drowsiness for most people or even a reverse effect. I find 125mg (in GABA Calm) is a good starting dose for my anxious clients.<\/p>\n I have also seen research indicating that GABA\u2019s relaxing effect may be due to peripheral effects rather than the effect on\/in the brain<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Here are some of the papers about there being GABA-receptors in peripheral tissues (these are older papers and I\u2019d love to see some newer research).<\/p>\n Here is the research on oral GABA being a natural relaxant for 13 subjects who crossed a suspended bridge <\/a>as a stressful stimulus<\/p>\n GABA could work effectively as a natural relaxant and its effects could be seen within 1 hour of its administration to induce relaxation and diminish anxiety.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n
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