The Anxiety Summit – 2015 – Trudy Scott, a Food, Mood expert and host of the Anxiety Summit

Here is the initial interview by Trudy Scott that sets the tone for this Summit

Trudy Scott (CN), Certified Nutritionist is the founder of http://www.everywomanover29.com, a thriving nutrition practice with a focus on food, mood and women’s health. Trudy educates women about the amazing healing powers of food and nutrients and helps them find natural solutions for anxiety and other mood problems. Trudy’s goal for all her clients (and all women): “You can be your healthiest, look your best and feel on-top-of-the-world emotionally!” – See more at: http://www.everywomanover29.com/blog/the-anxiety-summit

The host of the Anxiety Summit, Trudy Scott, Food Mood Expert and Nutritionist, author of The Antianxiety Food Solution opens up the Anxiety Summit Season 3.

New 2015 Food/Nutrient Research on Anxiety and Speaker Highlights

• Nutritional medicine as mainstream in psychiatry
• What if nutrients could treat mental illness?
• The gut microbiome and diet in psychiatry, and the guts of remote Amazon dwellers
• Dietary guidelines from Brazil, exercise, mindfulness, caffeine and social interaction
• Preschoolers on Medicaid being prescribed psychotropic drugs and other medication news
• Speaker highlights, gems and connections

“Nutritional Medicine as Mainstream in Psychiatry” published in January this year.

Psychiatry is at an important juncture, with the current pharmacologically focused model having achieved modest benefits in addressing the burden of poor mental health worldwide. Although the determinants of mental health are complex, the emerging and compelling evidence for nutrition as a crucial factor in the high prevalence and incidence of mental disorders suggests that diet is as important to psychiatry as it is to cardiology, endocrinology, and gastroenterology. Evidence is steadily growing for the relation between dietary quality (and potential nutritional deficiencies) and mental health, and for the select use of nutrient-based supplements to address deficiencies, or as monotherapies or augmentation therapies.

The abstract concludes as follows:

We present a viewpoint from an international collaboration of academics (members of the International Society for Nutritional Psychiatry Research), in which we provide a context and overview of the current evidence in this emerging field of research, and discuss the future direction. We advocate recognition of diet and nutrition as central determinants of both physical and mental health.

I blogged about this earlier this year and you can read more here

Here is part of “What if nutrients could treat mental illness?”

We are at a tipping point in psychiatry.

The growing body of literature on the effect of nutrients on mental health is compelling enough and consistent enough for us to pay attention. It is time to revisit the role of diet and supplementary nutrients in the treatment of mental illness and to invest in this line of research.

Here are the other studies I mentioned:

• “A randomized controlled trial to test the effect of multispecies probiotics on cognitive reactivity to sad mood”

• “Indigenous Bacteria from the Gut Microbiota Regulate Host Serotonin Biosynthesis”

Here are 2014 dietary guidelines of Brazil  What is your takeaway? who will you teach to cook? Will you take cooking lessons?  Will you plan more family sit-down meals?

Here is the information on Preschoolers on Medicaid being prescribed psychotropic drugs – very disturbing and sad!

And here are all the speakers of Season 3 of The Anxiety Summit.

– See more at: http://www.everywomanover29.com/blog/2015-anxiety-research/#sthash.BcxeRieg.dpuf

The Anxiety Summit – 2015 – Dr Daniel Amen

There are some fantastic talks on this summit and I will share my favorites!

This one is by Dr Daniel Amen and is from Trudy Scott’s blog.

Trudy Scott (CN), Certified Nutritionist is the founder of http://www.everywomanover29.com, a thriving nutrition practice with a focus on food, mood and women’s health. Trudy educates women about the amazing healing powers of food and nutrients and helps them find natural solutions for anxiety and other mood problems. Trudy’s goal for all her clients (and all women): “You can be your healthiest, look your best and feel on-top-of-the-world emotionally!” – See more at: http://www.everywomanover29.com/blog/the-anxiety-summit-dr-daniel-amen-on-the-gut-and-serotonin

Dr. Daniel Amen MD, is well recognized as the brain doctor and this is the title of our interview on season 3 of The Anxiety Summit: “The Brain Warriors Way to Attacking Anxiety, Depression and Aging.”

• Why we are in a war for the health of our brains?
• Why anxiety is so common in women and how depression shows up in men
• Four different brain types
• Natural ways for dealing with anxiety (instead of typical anti-anxiety medications)
• How birth control pills contribute to anxiety
• The impact of gut health on anxiety

He just has so much wisdom:

If you love your life and love the people in your life and love what you’re doing on this earth you need to get serious about your brain. This is The Brain Warrior concept!”

There is a path to keep your brain much healthier than most people every thought possible! Neurons don’t age, it’s blood vessels that age and if you understand that and can keep the blood flow to your brain healthy, it directly attacks ADD, anxiety, depression, obesity and Alzheimer’s disease.

And a great sense of humor too! We had many laugh out loud moments which are always good for us but especially great when we’re feeling sad, anxious or overwhelmed.

We talk about how important the microbiome and gut health is when it comes to mental health.   He finds it funny that as the brain doctor, he now going to have to consider poop! He really does say that!

You may recall my great interview with Dr. Ted Dinan on season 2: Microbes in the gut and psychobiotics as a potential treatment for anxiety and depression

We also talk about how women make less serotonin so I just had to look up the research. Here are some snippets from this 1997 paper “Differences between males and females in rates of serotonin synthesis in human brain”

The marked difference in the rates of serotonin synthesis between male and female subjects is, to our knowledge, a new finding.

Moreover, no differences have been found between the number of serotonin re-uptake sites in the brains of male and female subjects.

The rate of serotonin synthesis will depend on numerous factors including the free plasma tryptophan levels, the plasma levels of tryptophan relative to the other large neutral amino acids, the activity of the system that transports the large neutral amino acids into brain, the gene expression of tryptophan hydroxylase, degradation of tryptophan hydroxylase, compartmentalization of tryptophan and tryptophan hydroxylase in brain cells, as well as probably numerous other factors.

Averaging over the different brain areas, the rate of serotonin synthesis is 52% greater in male than in female subjects. This is one of the largest differences between the brains of males and females that is not related to hormone binding sites. The reason for this difference is not clear at this time.

Here is an image of brain scans that were published in the above study. The color bar on the right in the same row gives an indication of synthesis i.e. blues, purples and pinks means low synthesis of serotonin. The research found low synthesis of serotonin in the women in the study.

We can tie this all back to the gut since we make so much serotonin in the gut!

As Dr. Amen says “you need to get serious about your brain” and here a few of his recommendations:

• eat real whole food, quit sugar and sodas, get plenty of healthy fats in your diet and quit bread
• use natural approaches to boost serotonin and GABA, and address low progesterone if necessary
• fall in love with exercise and get rid of negative thoughts (he calls them ANTS: automatic negative thoughts)
• and avoid medications like benzodiazapines and the BCP/birth control pill

Here are some of Dr. Amen’s wonderful books:

Change Your Brain, Change Your Life: The Breakthrough Program for Conquering Anxiety, Depression, Obsessiveness, Anger, and Impulsiveness

Unleash the Power of the Female Brain: Supercharging Yours for Better Health, Energy, Mood, Focus, and Sex

Join us on season 3 of The Anxiety Summit (www.theanxietysummit) and hear Dr. Amen share more on “The Brain Warriors Way to Attacking Anxiety, Depression and Aging.”

– See more at: http://www.everywomanover29.com/blog/the-anxiety-summit-dr-daniel-amen-on-the-gut-and-serotonin/#sthash.zodCwne7.dpuf

Anti-inflammatory vegetable soup – Goan style!

I first tried the delicious Goan style Mussel soup from the Ballymaloe Cookery Course book,

but I see that there are a good few on the net (e.g. http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/2852678/goan-mussels)

It has become one of my most adapted and cooked recipes and we eat a version of this often at home.

Today, I decided to make a vegetable soup version, and it is packed full of anti-inflammatory natural ingredients.

I make a point of buying fresh organic vegetables.

Recipe

Serves 6

2T coconut oil

1 diced onion

2 t grated fresh ginger

3 cloves fresh garlic

1 t ground tumeric

2 t ground cumin

2 t ground coriander

½ t salt

400mls coconut milk

250mls hot water with 2 vegan, gluten-free stock cube dissolved

1-2 fresh green chillies

2 sticks and leaves celery – diced

2-3 leeks – diced

3 baby marrows  – diced

½ Cauliflower – diced

1 carrot – diced

Method:

• Heat the coconut oil in a pan and add the chill, onion, ginger and garlic and stir till onions glassy.
• Add in the salt and spices cooking gently for a few minutes.
• Add all the diced vegetables and stir for a few minutes
• Add the water and stock and cover, simmering for 5 minutes

• Add the coconut milk and simmer for a further 10 minutes
• Remove from the heat and blitz till smooth with a stick liquidizer 

Enjoy garnished with lots of fresh coriander and a squeeze of lime if you want to amp up the flavor!

If you are Banting, leave out the carrot!

If you are not vegan and want to add animal protein, add in thinly sliced raw chicken or fish

after blitzing the vegetables into the smooth soup and keep on heating until meat is cooked.

Mashatu weekend – postscript

Mike – again I just love the photos and how you capture the stillness and beauty of Mashatu, a place I hold so dear in my heart!

Howie's Wildlife Images

This is a postscript from our weekend in Mashatu in mid-April. You might remember that it was very wet and overcast but we had two bright spots on the Sunday and Monday morning. Many of the animal and bird images I have included show off the garden of flowers which bloomed after the rain.

“Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention to arrive safely in a pretty and well preserved body; but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming ‘Wow! What a ride!”

– Hunter S. Thompson

Looking east down the Majale river about 15 to 20 minutes before sunrise. 

Dawn with the sun rising behind a low hill.

Early on the Sunday morning just as the sun was starting to illuminate the mist down on the northern side of the Majale river.

This sleepy Black-backed Jackal was warming up…

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Folic Acid, Methylation and the Connection to Low Thyroid

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Gluten free banana bread

  Today we wanted to use up a packet of almond meal left over from Jess making her own almond milk and thought we would include it in a banana bread and see what the result was. Here is the recipe we used:

Ingredients –

1 cup rice flour

1 cup almond meal (run it briefly through the blender to break up hard lumps)

1 cup mashed bananas

1/2 cup coconut oil – can use 125g butter if you don’t mind the dairy

2 Tbsp honey or agave syrup (we don’t like it too sweet)

2 Tbsp water with 1 tspn chia seeds – allow to stand for 15 minutes

3 Tbsp almond milk

2 eggs

2 level tspn Baking powder

1 Tbsp freshly squeezed lemon juice

Zest of 1 lemon – wash lemon first if it is waxed

Directions-

• Heat up oven to 180C
• Use a brush to coat the inside of a loaf pan with coconut oil and then dust it with rice flour
• Place all ingredients into a bowl
• Mix together with a spatula
• Place in prepared loaf tin
• Cook at 180C for 40 – 45 minutes, until golden brown

The smell of the loaf coming out the oven brought everyone to the kitchen, hovering, making tea and generally getting ready to taste. It was delicious and quite substantial. The almond meal had given it a lovely nutty flavour and the chia seeds, a slight crunch. Thought I would love to share it with you all.  Happy baking!

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Green and low GI vegetable cleanse

Many of you are doing a cleanse as the start of your Anti – Candida therapy plan. With my clients I know eating such a vegetable rich diet is often a new thing. So what does it look like?

I decided to share a few pictures of the meals that are perfect for this, over the next week or so.

Here is an example of a lunch. This is a green leafy salad, with rocket (arugula/rucola), kale and mixed leaves of lettuce. There are a few carrot shavings and cucumber slices mixed in. It is topped with asparagus, pan fried in a little coconut oil and has grilled broccoli on the side. The pretty red jewels are diced red peppers and it is topped with thinly sliced celery for crunch and borage flowers for beauty. Fresh coconut slithers decorate the top and it is dressed in a delicious mix of olive oil, fresh lemon juice and a touch of crushed garlic and chilli. You could top it with a soft boiled egg or half an avocado.

Now this is what I want you to have for lunch – delicious!!

My 2014 Intentions – and the power of the fork!

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• I managed to do many kilometers of glorious beach walking in December and thought long and hard about the new year around the corner. 2014 is going to be the year of supreme commitment to health for me, so here are my intentions to support this.

  Perhaps they will inspire you to new heights for your own health.

  • To sit at every mealtime and practise mindful eating
  • To only drink clean, filtered water – and at least 2 

  liters per day.

• To eat organic, pesticide-free, non GMO fruits and vegetables. I shall look hard at the dirty dozen and clean 15 (http://food.yourway.net/the-2013-dirty-dozen-clean-fifteen-printable-cheat-sheet/) so I reduce all toxins in my diet.
• To eat local and seasonal – I have been inspired to cut emissions and make a difference. They say your most powerful tool is your fork and what you choose to put on it – so here goes!
• To do my gratitudes daily before anything else
• I love walking, swimming, pilates, yoga and gym – these will be done as part of my early morning routine
• To consciously do something kind and nurturing for myself, every day
• To be aware of breathing deeply and not hold my breath with apprehension when I am waiting for something
• To learn how to meditate and incorporate it into my daily practise – Ahh such bliss. Now I will place this list on my phone and keep on track

What foods promote a more alkali body?

Are you feeling bloated, over full and windy? It could be that your everyday food choices are highly acid forming and contributing to these feelings.

 

 

 

 

 

 

When you follow an alkalizing diet, many of these symptoms will disappear quite quickly. To begin, start to include one more alkaline food at every mealtime, so that the overall meal is more alkaline. 

Alkaline foods:

Vegetables-

Alfalfa sprouts, Artichokes, Asparagus, Green beans, Bamboo shoots, Beetroot (can include the leaves), Broccoli, Cabbage, Carrot, Cauliflower, Celery, Coconut (fresh coconut water and flesh), Corn, Cucumber, Garlic, Horseradish, Kale, Kelp, Leek, Lettuce – all types, Mushroom, Okra, Onion, Fresh peas, Radish, Spinach, Squash, Turnip, all vegetable juices, Watercress, Wheatgrass.

Note: All vegetables, especially raw vegetables balance the acidity and alkali levels in the blood.

Fats, oils and essential fats

Almonds, Coconut oil, Olive oil, Sesame seeds,

Fruits

Apples, Apricots, avocado, firm bananas, berry (all), cherry, date, fig, grapefruit, grape, guava, kiwi fruit, lemon, lime, mango, melon, nectarine, olives, orange, papaya, peach, pear, pineapple, plum, papaya, pineapples, plums, raisin, rhubarb, sultana, raw tomato, Daikon radish, umeboshi plum.

Starchy grains and vegetables

Amaranth, Barley, millet, lima beans, soya beans (edamame, fresh or dried), soya lecithin

Drinks and condiments

Almond milk, coconut water (fresh), goat’s milk raw, lemon water, soya milk, distilled water, apple cider vinegar, cayenne pepper, chilli pepper, fennel, ground cumin, all fresh herbs, ginger, raw honey, lemongrass, lime leaves, mustard seeds and paste, sea salt, sea vegetables (including chlorella, kelp, spirulina, wakame) tamari sauce, turmeric.

Agar agar, tempeh, tofu.

These lists are not 100% complete, but are the main foods. Alkali foods also have various degrees of alkalising power, and I will do something on that later.

NB: Check the pH of your urine or saliva daily using litmus paper. The ideal pH range for the human body is between 6.0 and 6.8. For the body, values below 6.3 are considered on the acidic side, while those above 6.8 are on the alkali side.

Remember to do the test before eating – or at least one hour after eating!

I wanted to share this and hope you find the list useful. I have printed mine and have it in my purse so that when I go shopping, I buy these alkali promoting foods in the main!

• References:
• Honestly Healthy, Eat with your body in mind, the alkaline way -by Natasha Corrett and Vicki Edgson
• Prescription for Nutritional Healing by Phyllis A. Balch, CNC