The Anxiety Summit Season 1-3

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The Anxiety Summit Season 1-3

Food Mood Expert and Certified Nutritionist Trudy Scott interviewed 20+ of the world’s experts and opinion leaders on the very powerful connection between food and mood. Learn the science and transformative tools that you can use right away. You can empower yourself and take control!
Expert Speakers & Topics

Trudy Scott, CN, hostess of the Anxiety SummitFood Mood expert, author of The Antianxiety Food Solution
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The Anxiety SummitStats, trends, and gems

Why The Anxiety Summit
Stats on anxiety, and related health issues, such as depression and emotional eating, addictions and insomnia, IBS and ADHD, and other disorders like ADHD, IBS and autism
Disturbing trends we’re seeing with toddlers, in high schools and at colleges
Gems from all the upcoming speakers

Trudy Scott, Food Mood Expert, is a certified nutritionist who has a mission to empower and educate women around natural solutions to anxiety, stress, and emotional eating. Trudy works one-on-one with women and in groups. She is a catalyst for life-enhancing transformations. Her work starts with eating whole foods, making lifestyle changes, and using targeted supplementation. She presents nationally on nutrition and mental health to professionals. She shares all the latest research and steps that can be taken to empower and educate their patients and clients.

Trudy was the past president of National Association of Nutrition Professionals. She was awarded the 2012 Impact Award, and she currently serves as a Special Advisor on the Board of Directors. She is a member at Alliance for Addiction Solutions. Anxiety American Depression Association. Trudy is author of The Antianxiety Food Solutions: How the foods you eat can help calm your anxious mind, improve your mood and end cravings (New Harbinger 2011).

Dr. Kelly Brogan, M.D., Holistic women’s health psychiatry
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Misunderstood & Mistreated: Reinventing Psychiatry

Myths surrounding mental illness
The dangers of psychiatry, and a better model for mental illness
Body problems disguised as psychiatric
Top lifestyle recommendations and powerful natural treatments

Dr. Brogan is boarded in Psychiatry/Psychosomatic Medicine/Reproductive Psychiatry and Integrative Holistic Medicine, and practices Functional Medicine, a root-cause approach to illness as a manifestation of multiple-interrelated systems. After completing her M.D. in Cognitive Neuroscience at M.I.T. She received her M.D. from Cornell University. She then completed her residency at Bellevue/NYU. She is one of the nation’s only physicians with perinatal psychiatric training who takes a holistic evidence-based approach in the care of patients with a focus on environmental medicine and nutrition. She is also a mom of two, and an active supporter of women’s birth experience, rights to birth empowerment, and limiting of unnecessary interventions. Fearless Parent is her Medical Director. Fisher Wallace and Pathways to Family Wellness are on their advisory boards. She is an NYC physician and a NYU/Bellevue professor.

Dr. Felice Jaka, Principal Research Fellow at Deakin University in Melbourne, Australia
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The Research: How can food be used to reduce anxiety and depression?

Collaboration with other organizations in research and prevention of nutritional psychiatry
Study: A traditional diet reduces anxiety and depression among women
The Surprise benefits of grass-fed red beef for mood improvement
Research on food and mental health in Norway, Japan and the UK, at all ages and socioeconomic level
Research ongoing on diet to prevent depressive symptoms and future research about the gut

Dr. Felice Jacka’s ongoing program of research focuses on lifestyle as a risk factor for the common mental disorders, depression and anxiety. Deakin University’s Principal Research Fellow, she is president of the International Society for Nutritional Psychiatry Research – ISNPR.org and the Alliance for the Prevention of Mental Disorders – APMD.org.au.

Esther Blum, Integrative Dietitian and bestselling author of Cavewomen Don’t Get Fat
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How to Live Beautifully and Rock Your Inner Cavegirl

Paleo eating to manage anxiety, stress, weight and autoimmunity
How to find your carbohydrate tolerance and reasons you should eat red meat
How to create your own stress-management routine
The The effects of toxic cosmetics upon your health and anxiety

Esther, a well-respected industry expert, was named Manhattan Magazine’s Best Nutritionist. She has appeared on the Today Show, the ISAAC show, ABC-TV, FOX- 5′s Good Day NY, Fox News Live, CW11 morning news, Martha Stewart Radio, Lime Radio, and Bloomberg Radio. Esther, who is self-titled Food Fashionista and is frequently quoted in InTouch Magazine, Time Magazine, and Bloomberg Radio. The New York Post The Los Angeles Times, In Style, iVillage, Martha Stewart Weddings, Bazaar, Self, Fitness, Marie Claire, Cosmo, Delicious Living, Time Out New York, Women’s Health, Body and Soul, Clean Eating, and Health.

Esther holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Clinical Nutrition from Simmons College, Boston. She is also a graduate of New York University where she earned her Master of Science Degree in Clinical Nutrition. Esther is credentialed as a registered dietitian, a certified dietitian-nutritionist and a certified nutrition specialist (CNS), a license of the American College of Nutrition (ACN)’s certifying arm, the Certification Board for Nutrition Specialists (CBNS). She is also a member the American Dietetic Association and Dietitians in Functional Medicine, Nutritionists in Supplementary Care, and Connecticut Dietetic Association.

Julie Matthews is a Certified Nutrition Consultant and the author of Nourishing Hope for Autism.
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BioIndividual Nutrition for AnxietyHow anxiety can be helped by special diets and the avoidance of certain foods

How the brain and body are interconnected
opiates and salicylates, amines and glutamates, as well as opiates and oxalates
Special diets that can help: GAPS (low oxalate diet), GFCF, GAPS.
How to support biochemical pathways like sulfation or methylation

Julie Matthews is a Certified Nutrition Specialist specializing in autism spectrum disorder, ADHD, and nutrition during pregnancy. Her approach is based on each person’s BioIndividual NutritionTM requirements. She provides nutritional guidance, backed by applied clinical experience and scientific research. Her book Nourishing Hope For Autism, an award-winning book, has helped millions of people worldwide to make healthy food and nutrition choices to improve the behavior, learning, health, and health of individuals with autism and other developmental delays. She is the Nutrition Editor for the Autism File magazine and a speaker at the leading autism conferences across the US. She is on the scientific advisory board for USAAA (U.S. Autism & Asperger Association) and the Autism Nutrition Research Center. She is co-founders of Nourishing Hope as well as BioIndividual Nutrition Institute. Julie runs a private practice of nutrition in San Francisco, California. She supports families and clinicians around the globe with her nutrition education tools and professional training courses. Visit NourishingHope.com and BioIndividualNutrition.com

Mira Dessy is a Certified Nutrition Educator, Real Food Advocate and Author of The Pantry Principle
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What additives can cause anxiety in your food

Neurobehavioral effects on artificial sweeteners Aspartame or Splenda
MSG: Effects on the HPA Axis and Serotonin
The ‘mystery math’ Trans fats, azodicarbonamide/ADA, and BVO
the endocrine disrupting chemical BPA

Mira Dessy is a Certified Nutritional Educator, Real Food Advocate and the author The Pantry Principle: how to read the label and understand what’s really in your food. Mira is a registered professional member of The National Association of Nutrition Professionals and Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior. She is also the Senior vice president of the Holistic Commerce of Commerce, Houston Chapter/North. She speaks frequently to laypeople and nutrition professionals on how to navigate the grocery store’s mammoth packaged food stock, to decipher confusing food labels, and to choose healthy foods. Her motto is “Eat well to be well.”

Amanda Swart Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry at Stellenbosch University in South Africa
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Rooibos is a functional food for stress management

The role of rooibos in maintaining normal cortisol levels
Influence of rooibos in cytochrome P450 enzymes
Flavonoids and polyphenols in rooibos
Other health benefits of rooibos

Amanda Swart, Associate Professor in the Department of Biochemistry of Stellenbosch University. She teaches undergraduate courses and manages her research program as well as her postgraduate students. Swart has been researching the impact of natural products (P450s), on the adrenal cytochrome-P450 enzymes. These enzymes catalyze the biosynthesis of steroid hormones – glucocorticoids (cortisol and corticosterone), mineralocorticoids (aldosterone) and adrenal androgens (androstenedione). She has spent many years studying adrenal steroid hormone metabolism and structure/function of P450s. She uses the baboon enzymes in her model system and links these with the human P450s for comparative analysis.
Along with her interest and passion for steroids hormones, her interest is natural plant products. The P450s are enzymes that are well-suited for studies on the bioactivity and secondary metabolites of plant extracts. Her recent publications into the influence of Rooibos, a herbal tea, on cortisol biosynthesis, supports it’s potential as a functional food and has led to much public interest, locally and internationally

Dr. Stephanie Seneff, Senior Research Scientist at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
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Roundup: How aluminum and glyphosate (Roundup), work together to cause anxiety, depression and autism.

How glyphosate is applied to wheat before it is harvested and why this contributes to the rise in gluten intolerance
Glyphosate causes gut bacteria to be disrupted, leading to a decrease in beneficial bacteria growth and an increase of pathogenic forms.
How glyphosate causes the depletion of minerals such as cobalt and zinc by caging them.
Glyphosate can disrupt cytochrome P450 enzymes within the liver and gut, which can have devastating consequences.

Dr. Stephanie Seneff is a Senior Research Scientist at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. She has a Bachelor’s degree from MIT in biology, and her PhD from MIT is in computer science. Dr. Seneff is very concerned about the current autism epidemic. Her research suggests that environmental toxic chemicals may play a significant role in this epidemic and in many of the other chronic modern diseases. With collaborators, she published several peer reviewed papers on this subject.

Margaret Floyd, nutrition therapist, writer and advocate for real food, is the author of Eat Naked
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Are you looking for comfort food or sweet misery How sugar affects your mood and how you can get rid of it

Why sugar is so bad for our moods, how it can be eliminated and where it lurks in our diet
why protein is so important and why we shouldn’t be afraid of fat
The challenges of gluten, soy and other food toxicities
Other important aspects of eating real whole foods

Margaret Floyd is a nutritional therapist and writer. She’s has been on the pursuit of the ideal, nutritious, and delicious way of eating for the better part of her adult life.
Margaret obtained her Nutritional Therapy Practitioner certification (NTP) from the Nutritional Therapy Association. She was also certified by the Institute of Integrative Nutrition as a Holistic Healthcare Counselor. She is also a Certified General Practitioner (GAPS) and a Certified Healing foods Specialist (Island Association of Drugless Practitioners) and has a successful private practice that she helps clients in Los Angeles, California to improve their health and vitality.

Margaret is the author and co-author of Eat Naked: Unprocessed. Unpolluted. Undressed Eating to a Healthier. Sexier You. Published by New Harbinger Publications. Coauthor of the sequel cookbook with Chef James Barry, The Naked Foods Cookbook was published May 2012 She blogs at eatnakednow.com and on several other health-related websites.

Julia Ross, MFT is a pioneer in the field Amino Acid Therapy, and author of the best-selling book, “The Amino Acid Therapy Handbook”. The Mood Cure The Diet Cure
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Eliminating Anxiety: Adrenal Balancing and Amino Acid Therapy

The role of low levels of GABA and serotonin in anxiety
When to use 5-HTP or tryptophan
The effectiveness of oral GABA supplementation
How to determine if there are neurotransmitter deficiencies or if urine neurotransmitter testing is ineffective
The adrenals and excess cortisol: How to address this anxiety
The issues associated with anxiety medication SSRIs and benzodiazapines

Julia Ross M.F.T. holds a master’s degree in clinical psychology. She is a pioneer in Neuro-Nutrient Therapy and has written two bestsellers. The Mood Cure The Diet Cure. As a licensed psychotherapist, she is trained and certified to create and direct six outpatient programs that treat mood, addiction, and eating disorders in San Francisco Bay Area. She introduced amino acid therapy into her programs in 1988 as the executive director of the Recovery Systems Clinic in Mill Valley, California and saw her programs’ success rates soar as a result. Nearly 4000 people have received its benefits since then.

To visit Ross’ new Virtual Clinic for Food Cravers see dietcure.com/virtual_clinic. Amino acid therapy has many outstanding benefits, including the ability to eliminate cravings.

Julia Ross’ brain-targeted nutritional therapy has been featured frequently on radio and television and in publications ranging from the Journal of Molecular Psychiatry to Vogue, The Townsend Letter and Psychology Today. She is a speaker and has taught at many Bay Area colleges. She is available to provide consultation and training for health professionals in the U.S. and created a certification program in 2011 for people who are interested in becoming Neuronutrient Therapy Specialists.

The Mood Cure was a finalist “The Books for a Better Life Award” Its alternative approach to depression was featured in NBC-TV news programs aired across the U.S. It has been translated to German and Japanese. The Since 2000, Diet Cure is a popular product in the United States. The revised edition was published in 2012 in France and the U.S.

Visit MoodCure.com to learn more about Julia Ross’ Neuronutrient Therapy Institute.

Dr. Hyla Kass, M.D. Board-certified in psychiatry and integrated medicine, and author of Natural Highs and Other Medicines. The How to break free from Addicted Brain
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The How to break free from Addicted Brain

How to recognize signs of addiction
Why do we become dependent on others? What is the relationship to anxiety?
Food/carbs/sugar and caffeine.
How can we stop addiction and not suffer/withdraw from it?

Dr. Hyla Kass is a well-respected physician. She is also board-certified both in psychiatry/neurology and in integrative and whole health medicine. She is one of the country’s foremost authors and experts on the subject of integrative medicine, combining the best of leading-edge natural medicine with modern science in her clinical practice of 30 years, writings, lectures, and nationwide media appearances. Her unique formulas and psychiatric medications have been able to help people get off of them. They are also known to improve memory, mood, energy, and mood naturally. They are often quoted in magazines and newspapers, including the Los Angeles Times. The Toronto Star, Cosmopolitan and Newsweek also feature her regularly. She can also be heard on television and radio on shows like The Dr. Oz Show, The View, E! Entertainment and MSNBC. She is the author of several popular books including User’s Guide to Herbal Remedies, St. John’s Wort: Nature’s Blues Buster, Natural Highs, Supplement Your Prescription: What Your Doctor Doesn’t Know About Nutrition, 8 Weeks to Vibrant Health, and The How to Get Rid of Addictions Brain. Visit her website cassmd.com for more information

Dr. Josh Friedman is a psychologist, CHHC, and Integrative Psychotherapist.
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My Journey to Integrative Psychology: From Psychoanalysis to Whole Person Mental Health

Why he uses both nutrition and functional medicine in conjunction with therapy
5-HTP and GABA for anxiety, inositol for OCD and DPA for “broken-hearted-ness
LENS and various forms of neurofeedback

Dr. Josh Friedman received his doctorate from New York University in Psychology and a post-doctoral training in psychoanalysis at the Training and Research Institute for Self Psychology in New York City. He is a Renfrew Center of New York eating disorders psychotherapist, and is on the Faculty of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. He has been a psychologist for more than 10 years, working with families, couples, and adults.

His practice evolved and he realized that there was something missing in traditional psychotherapeutic approaches. He discovered Nutritional Psychology through curiosity and a chance encounter. It teaches that many psychological issues can be caused or made worse due to underlying nutritional/biochemical deficiencies. He continued his research and discovered yoga. Yoga focuses on meditation, breathing, and movement to help with emotional centering.

He was certified as a Holistic Health Counselor by the Institute for Integrative Nutrition, New York. He also studied with Tim Kuss and Julia Ross, MA Mental Health Nutritional leaders. Dr. Friedman is a passionate yoga practitioner, and is an ERYT 500 student.

His most recent venture was into Neurofeedback. This directs the brain to learn about its own functioning. It can then improve self-regulation and flexibility leading to better behavioral outcomes.

Dr. Friedman’s practice now offers integrative psychotherapy services which combines the healing power of insight oriented psychotherapy with education about lifestyle and nutritional tools that have shown scientific efficacy in improving mental health symptoms.

Trudy Scott, CN, hostess of the Anxiety SummitFood Mood expert, author of The Antianxiety Food Solution
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How vitamin B6 and zinc can prevent social anxiety and pyroluria

The history of pyroluria and Carl Pfeiffer’s work with schizophrenic patients
The The relationship between anxious introverts and pyroluria: symptoms and signs
How to test for pyroluria using the questionnaire and laboratory tests
For pyroluria, nutritional tips and forms to increase absorption

Trudy Scott, Food Mood Expert, is a certified nutritionist who has a mission to empower and educate women around natural solutions to anxiety, stress, and emotional eating. Trudy works individually with women as well as in groups. She helps to bring about life-enhancing transformations by helping them to eat real, whole foods, use targeted supplementation, and make simple lifestyle changes. She is also a national speaker on food and mood for nutrition and mental healthcare professionals. She will share all the latest research with them and give tips and tricks so that they can empower their patients and clients.

Dr. Anna Cabeca is a Gynecologist and Obetrician. She co-created Sexy Younger You.
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The The role of hormones and neurotransmitters when it comes to anxiety

the bodies’ monthly and lifetime hormonal changes and how to claim balance
the hormone – neurotransmitter connection
key TLC’s you can make to gain hormone harmony and balanced moods

Dr. Anna Cabeca is a board certified Gynecologist and Obstetrician, as well as board certified in Anti-Aging and Regenerative Medicine, an expert in Functional Medicine, and an expert in women’s health. She is a specialist in bio-identical hormone therapy and natural options, age management medicine, and successful menopause. Nova-Southeastern University of the Health Sciences, Florida gave Dr. Cabeca her medical degree. After completing her residency at Emory University Atlanta, Georgia, Dr. Cabeca has continued to practice private medicine in Southeast Georgia.

Dr. Cabeca frequently lectures nationally and internationally regarding restorative health and women’s health issues. She serves as a consultant and trainer to other physicians in Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Therapy (Bi-Identical HRT) and Functional Medicine Principles.

Dr. Cabeca, a mother of five children, is fluent in four languages and a native English speaker. She grew up in a multicultural family and developed a passion for international medicine. She has studied healing techniques from top doctors, scientists, and other practitioners in Asia, Europe and the Middle East, Africa, South America, and around the globe. Her belief is that creating balance in hormones and health can have many benefits. This will not only benefit our own health but also the health of the generations that follow.

She is the co-creator of the Sexy Younger You telesummit and the creator of the highly acclaimed virtual transformational programs: WomensRestorativeHealth.com and SexualCPR.com.

Dr. Amy Day, ND is a specialist in stress, fatigue, and hormonal issues
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Balanced hormones and energy through better adrenal health

The adrenals: their role in mood, sleep, energy and hormone health
The 3 Rhythms to Help You Save Yourself From Stress
Herbs to reduce anxiety and adrenal health
Amino acids to calm anxiety

Dr. Amy Day (ND) received her Doctorate of Naturopathic Medicine degree from the National College of Naturopathic Medicine, Portland, OR. She is one of the first NDs in California. After eight years of working in San Francisco Natural Medicine, Dr. Amy established her Berkeley private practice in 2012. Her focus was on helping busy women with fatigue, stress and hormonal problems. She is currently a member of the Endometriosis Association’s Board of Directors and a former board member of California Naturopathic Doctors Association.

Dr. Amy provides experienced and compassionate care to help women get to the bottom of their hormone issues including adrenal/thyroid health, perimenopause/menopause, PMS, PCOS and endometriosis. As a guide to women’s optimal health, she uses a holistic approach that includes diet, exercise and lifestyle counseling. DrAmyDay.com provides more information.

Dr. Izabella Wentz, PharmD, author of Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis
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Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis and Anxiety

Hypothyroidism can sometimes feel a bit like anxiety. This is the definition of autoimmunity.
What is the most common? An overview of the best testing
The The role of the stomach and food intolerances
The Key nutrients: Zinc, iodine and selenium.

Dr. Izabella Intz PharmD, FASCP is an innovative, passionate, and solution-focused pharmacist. She has a remarkable blend of creativity, empathy, clinical experience, and empathy. Dr. Wentz graduated from Midwestern University in 2006 with a Doctor of Pharmacy degree. She has worked in many roles, including as a community pharmacist and a clinical consultant pharmacist. Later, she was a medication safety pharmacist.

She is a Fellow of American Society of Consultant Pharmacists and holds certifications in Medication Therapy Management and Advanced Diabetes Care. In 2013, she was also awarded the Excellence in Innovation Award by the Illinois Pharmacists Association.

After being diagnosed with Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis in 2009, Dr. Wentz was surprised at the lack of conventional medical knowledge about lifestyle interventions for Hashimoto’s, hypothyroidism, and autoimmune conditions. She decided to take on lifestyle interventions as a personal mission in an effort to help herself and others with Hashimoto’s.

Dr. Wentz is the author of the best-selling patient guide Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis: Lifestyle Interventions for Finding and Treating the Root Cause and is dedicated to educating the public and healthcare professionals about improved the impact of appropriate diagnosis, medication management, lifestyle interventions and functional medicine treatments on patient outcomes. Learn more at thyroidpharmacist.com

Corey Schuler MS DC, board-certified nutritionist, chiropractor
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For Roots, Leaves and Vitamin Bs Anxiety

Oral lavender for anxiety: Safety, research and the mechanism of action
4 essential B vitamins to treat anxiety and HPA dysregulation
There are three types of sexhormone dysregulation in women, and Femmenessence is the one that causes it.
Unique non-supplement approaches for anxiety

Corey Schuler, MS, DC, LN, CNS, CNP. Dr. Schuler’s clinical practice is focused on mood, behavior, and metabolic health. He graduated from Northwestern Health Sciences University and the University of Bridgeport. He currently directs the Metabolic Treatment Center in Twin Cities, Minnesota. He is a board certified nutrition specialist, board certified in holistic nutrition, a licensed nutritionalist and a chiropractor physician. He is also a doctoral student in behavioral health at Arizona State University.

Dr. Schuler is a core faculty member of the School of Applied Clinical Nutrition at New York Chiropractic College. He is on the National Association of Nutrition Professionals’ (NANP), and an advisor to The Certification Board of Nutrition Specialists. Dr. Schuler reviews the Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. He is a member of Institute for Functional Medicine and American College of Nutrition.

Dr. Schuler, in addition to his position on the medical advisory board of three top nutraceutical firms, is also a medical writer for nutrition industry.

Coleen Walsh, MFA. MNT, Functional Nutritionist. Master Nutrition Therapist.
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Are Your Genes Depressing You?MTHFR and your mood

The Methylation Cycle Overview, MTHFR and the role of B vitamins in cofactors
How MTHFR influences the BH4 Cycle and Serotonin and Dopamine
How to test for methylation disturbances and what to do
Epigenetics and why SNPs do not determine our destiny

Coleen is a Master Nutrition Therapy and Functional Nutritionist. Coleen is known as the “The Nutritionist”. “methyl queen” by colleagues, Coleen’s specialty is genetic SNPs (mutations) in the methylation cycle, including MTHFR, and the conditions that surround them. Harvesting Nutrition is her private practice of nutrition therapy. She also teaches nutrition classes at Colorado School of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Whole Foods Market. Coleen was awarded the 2014 NANP Impact Award by the National Association of Nutrition Professionals. This award recognizes her contributions to MTHFR research and methylation.

Coleen is a former choreographer, professional dancer and professor. She suffered from a brain injury, depression and chronic pain. Her health was also affected by a variety of degenerative diseases. However, she turned her life around using holistic nutrition. Her recovery was made possible by the discovery that she had the MTHFR mutation. Now, her passion is to educate others about methylation. She attended Nutrition Therapy Institute (NTI) in Denver, CO and is currently completing the Functional Medicine & Lab Interpretation Series with Dr. Brandon Lundell. She continues to keep up with t