Anti-Anxiety Food Solution: How the Foods You Eat Can Help You Calm Your Anxious Mind, Improve Your Mood, and End Cravings

Description

The Anti-Anxiety Food Solution is an essential nutrition guide to addressing common nutrient deficiencies that can lead to anxiety, the most common mental health disorder. This is the first book to take a targeted look at nutrition's role in anxiety, as opposed to exploring the relationship between nutrition and mood more generally. Readers discover what to add to their diets and what to remove for reduced anxiety and increased emotional balance.* Anxiety disorders are the most common mental health disorders in America, affecting forty million adults* Almost every vitamin or mineral deficiency can cause psychiatric symptoms. By correcting these deficiencies, anxiety sufferers can reduce symptoms

Trudy Scott, is founder of Every Woman Over 29, a thriving nutrition practice that focuses on food, mood, and women's health. She lectures extensively, both at live events and via tele-seminars. She is vice president of the National Association of Nutrition Professionals and is a member of Anxiety Disorders Association of America. She lives in the greater Sacramento, CA, area.

"A great little book with plenty of practical advice backed by science." --Daniel G. Amen, MD, author of Change Your Brain, Change Your Life "A leader in the field of food and mental health, Trudy Scott supplements the core themes of food and gut health with chapters on amino acids, pyroluria, and lifestyle changes. Trudy aptly emphasizes that readers should try to find the root cause of their health problems." --Lawrence E. Cormier, MD, holistic psychiatrist in Denver, CO "As a nutrition and fitness expert and the mother of a child with an emotional disorder, I find this book invaluable. It is one I will use myself and recommend to both clients and colleagues." --JJ Virgin, CNS, CHFS, nutrition and fitness expert, author of Six Weeks to Sleeveless and Sexy, and cohost of TLC's Freaky Eaters "Every one of the millions now suffering from anxiety has a new friend in Trudy Scott, whose book offers them a nutritional lifeline. Replete with specific and practical suggestions, this book is backed up by research and clinical expertise." --Julia Ross, MA, MFT, author of The Mood Cure and The Diet Cure "I recommend this book not only to those who suffer from anxiety, but to their health care providers as well." --Karla Maree, certified nutrition consultant, neuronutrient therapist, and director of nutritional therapy at Recovery Systems Clinic "This book is a must-read if you have anxiety and want to treat the underlying causes and heal, rather than having to rely on medications. Adjust your brain chemistry with the right nutrients and you can reclaim your brain and your life!" --Hyla Cass, MD, author of 8 Weeks to Vibrant Health "This book is a real tour-de-force in complementary mental health literature and should be on the shelves of every anxiety sufferer. It's a user-friendly and balanced book about foods and nutrients that can reduce anxiety, and it is also refreshingly original." --Jonathan Prousky, MSc, ND, professor of clinical nutrition at the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine and author of Anxiety: Orthomolecular Diagnosis and Treatment "This book may be the key you've been looking for. It does an excellent job of explaining the science behind anxiety and then bringing it to a practical level, providing a nutritional and integrative approach to anxiety." --Elizabeth Lipski, PhD, CCN, director of doctoral studies at Hawthorn University in Whitethorn, CA, and author of Digestive Wellness "Trudy Scott's book, The Antianxiety Food Solution, fills an important gap in the popular literature on anxiety. It provides clear, helpful guidelines for utilizing nutrition to overcome anxiety." --Edmund Bourne, PhD, author of The Anxiety and Phobia Workbook. "Trudy Scott's work communicates something I tell my patients every day: there is a powerful connection between what we eat and how we feel." --Mike Dow, PsyD, cohost of TLC's Freaky Eaters