Trudy Scott, CN

GABA & Tryptophan: The Gut-Anxiety Connections

• Low serotonin: fear, overwhelm, gut motility and anorexia
• Low GABA: physical tension, gut and rectal pain, burning mouth
• Blood brain barrier, phenibut, candida and CBD

Food Mood Expert Trudy Scott is a certified nutritionist who educates anxious individuals about nutritional solutions for anxiety. She is known for her expertise in the use of targeted individual amino acids, nutritional solutions for the social anxiety condition called pyroluria, and the harmful effects of benzodiazepines.

Trudy is the author of The Antianxiety Food Solution: How the Foods You Eat Can Help You Calm Your Anxious Mind, Improve Your Mood and End Cravings and host of The Anxiety Summit, an online educational platform for both consumers and health professionals, and dubbed “a bouquet of hope.” She also educates health professionals via the Anxiety Nutrition Institute, sharing research and practical how-to steps.

Trudy Scott, CN

GABA and Tryptophan: Anxiety-Toxin Connections

• Link between phthalates (DEHP) and emotional/ADHD symptoms
• Impact of fipronil, glyphosate and atrazine
• Counter the adverse effects of fluoride and lead toxicity

Food Mood Expert Trudy Scott is a certified nutritionist who educates anxious individuals about nutritional solutions for anxiety. She is known for her expertise in the use of targeted individual amino acids, nutritional solutions for the social anxiety condition called pyroluria, and the harmful effects of benzodiazepines.

Trudy is the author of The Antianxiety Food Solution: How the Foods You Eat Can Help You Calm Your Anxious Mind, Improve Your Mood and End Cravings and host of The Anxiety Summit, an online educational platform for both consumers and health professionals, and dubbed “a bouquet of hope.” She also educates health professionals via the Anxiety Nutrition Institute, sharing research and practical how-to steps.

Trudy Scott, CN

GABA, Theanine and Tryptophan: Anxiety and Infections

• Anti-inflammatory, anti-microbial, protect liver/kidneys, ease anxiety/depression and improve sleep
• Candida, pinworms, mouth health and using melatonin/tryptophan for COVID-19
• 2 cases: GABA/theanine ease anxiety/OCD caused by mold toxicity or Lym

Food Mood Expert Trudy Scott is a certified nutritionist who educates anxious individuals about nutritional solutions for anxiety. She is known for her expertise in the use of targeted individual amino acids, nutritional solutions for the social anxiety condition called pyroluria, and the harmful effects of benzodiazepines.

Trudy is the author of The Antianxiety Food Solution: How the Foods You Eat Can Help You Calm Your Anxious Mind, Improve Your Mood and End Cravings and host of The Anxiety Summit, an online educational platform for both consumers and health professionals, and dubbed “a bouquet of hope.” She also educates health professionals via the Anxiety Nutrition Institute, sharing research and practical how-to steps.

Julie Matthews, NC

Anxiety & the Gut-Brain Axis in Autism

• Nutritional and dietary intervention
• Gut-immune-brain axis, mTOR and amino acids
• Significance of fecal microbiota transplants

Julie Matthews is a Certified Nutrition Consultant and published researcher specializing in complex neurological, digestive, and immune conditions, most notably autism. She is the author of the award-winning book, Nourishing Hope for Autism, and co-author of a study proving the efficacy of nutrition and dietary intervention for autism published in the peer-reviewed journal, Nutrients.

Julie’s approach is based on the BioIndividual Nutrition® needs of each person and stems from her 18 years of work with autism. Using autism as a model for complex chronic disease, her approach and methodology help practitioners specializing in varied disorders improve the health and healing of their clients through her BioIndividual Nutrition Training for practitioners.

Peter Bongiorno, ND, LAC

The Gut-Brain Axis and Mental Health

• Does your microbiome influence mental health?
• Correlations between your tongue and stool test
• HDAC inhibitors, butyrate and probiotics

Peter Bongiorno, N.D., LAc. is passionate about holistic mental health and is honored to be a witness for his patients as he guides their healing journeys. Peter is co-director of InnerSource Natural Health and Acupuncture, with two thriving practices in New York City and Long Island. Specializing in emotional and mental health, Dr. Bongiorno researched at the NIH’s National Institute of Mental Health in the department of Clinical Neuroendocrinology, and Yale’s department of pharmacology before training at Bastyr University in naturopathic medicine and acupuncture. He is immediate past president of the NY Association of Naturopathic Physicians and is active in gaining naturopathic licensing in NY. A major contributor to the Textbook of Natural Medicine, in 2010 he authored Healing Depression the first comprehensive textbook designed to teach physicians the science and art of natural medicine for mood support.

Rodger Murphree, DC, CNS

Food Sensitivities & Anxiety

• Skin prick, IgG, elimination and pulse test
• Low HCL & low pancreatic enzymes
• Gluten & anxiety, ADHD, headaches, fibromyalgia

Dr. Rodger Murphree is a board certified chiropractic physician and board certified nutritional specialist. He is an internationally recognized fibromyalgia expert. His “Murphree Method” a combination of functional and orthomolecular medicine, has helped thousands of patients get healthy and feel good again.

He’s the author of 3 books for patients and doctors including “Treating and Beating Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome,” “Treating and Beating Anxiety and Depression With Orthomolecular Medicine” and” Heart Disease What Your Doctor Won’t Tell You”.

Elisa Song, MD

PANDAS/PANS: The Brain on Fire

• Triggers, controversies, misdiagnosis and overlap with COVID-19
• Symptoms including anxiety, OCD, misophonia, rage, baby talk and more
• Strep antibodies, Cunningham, klebsiella and hypercoagulation testing

Elisa H. Song, MD founded Whole Child Wellness, a holistic pediatric practice, in 2005. She graduated with distinction from Stanford University. Dr. Song attended NYU School of Medicine and trained in Pediatrics at UCSF Medical Center. She earned a Master’s degree in public policy from UC Berkeley. Dr. Song has additional training in Functional Medicine/Holistic Nutrition, Homeopathy & Bio-therapeutic drainage, Traditional Chinese Medicine, and Herbal Medicine. She is board-certified in Pediatrics and Holistic Medicine and is a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics. Dr. Song is a DAN! practitioner.

Melissa Gallico

Fluoride: Neurotoxicity, Anxiety, Acne and Hypothyroidism

• Prenatal fluoride exposure and lower IQ scores in children aged 3 to 4 years
• Cystic acne, depression, anxiety, Tourette’s, migraines, insomnia and hypothyroidism
• Surprising sources of fluoride and protective nutrients

Melissa Gallico is a former military intelligence officer, Fulbright scholar and intelligence specialist at the Federal Bureau of Investigation, where she provided analytic support for national security investigations and instructed classes for FBI analysts at Quantico. She is the author of The Hidden Cause of Acne: How Toxic Water Is Affecting Your Health and What You Can Do About It and F Is for Fluoride: A Feasible Fairytale for Freethinkers 15 and Up. She is also host of The #Fpollution Podcast dedicated to exposing the pollution story behind artificial water fluoridation in the United States. Gallico graduated with honors from Georgetown University with a degree in Science, Technology, and International Affairs (STIA). She also has a master’s degree from the University of St. Andrews in Scotland.

Nicole Beurkens, PhD

Psychiatric Medications in Children and Teens

• Increasing use of prescription medications and disparities in BIPOC communities
• Discontinuation syndrome and psychiatric side effects of acne, constipation and asthma medications
• Nutritional psychiatry/targeted nutrients, sleep, movement, screen time and play

Nicole Beurkens, PhD is a licensed Clinical Psychologist and Board Certified Nutritionist specializing in evaluation and treatment of children with serious developmental and mental health conditions.

As one of the only psychologists in the world with a doctorate in clinical psychology, a master’s of science in nutrition and integrative health, and bachelor’s and master’s degrees in special education, Dr. Beurkens brings a unique blend of knowledge and experience to her work. With a current caseload of over 80 patients, and having treated over 1,000 children and families during her 20 years in practice, she understands how to use nutrition, lifestyle, and mental health techniques to help where all others have failed, and without using prescription medication.

Dr. Beurkens is the Founder and Director of Horizons Developmental Resource Center in Grand Rapids, Michigan. At her state of the art facility she leads a team of six clinicians dedicated to integrative treatment services, research on innovative treatment protocols, and professional training targeted toward pediatric patients and their families in areas such as autism, ADHD, brain injury, anxiety, and behavior disorders.

Dr. Tom O’Bryan, DC

Gluten’s impact on the inflamed brain: reducing anxiety and depression

• Terminology and why it’s not called gluten intolerance but sensitivity
• Is gluten sensitivity just a fad and the recent FODMAPs research
• The multitude of diseases and symptoms caused by gluten sensitivity
• Gluten sensitivity as a contributing factor to psychiatric manifestations/anxiety/depression and new 2014 research from Italy
• Suicide rates in kids with celiac disease (even when they quit gluten), and kids celiac camps
• The conundrum with testing
• Doing an elimination and then challenge?
• Can anyone eat wheat or should we all be gluten-free

Dr. Tom O’Bryan is an internationally recognized speaker and workshop leader specializing in the complications of Non-Celiac Gluten Sensitivity and Celiac Disease as they occur inside and outside of the intestines. He is the founder of www.theDr.com.

Julia Rucklidge, PhD

What if… Nutrition could Treat Anxiety and Depression?

• The increasing prevalence of mental health problems and medication side-effects
• Why diet is so important when it comes to mental health (anxiety, depression, ADHD and even schizophrenia)
• Nutritional medicine as mainstream in psychiatry and ISNPR (International Society for Nutritional Psychiatry Research)
• The problems with food: pesticides, soil quality, Roundup
• Micronutrient research for ADHD, anxiety, bipolar and PTSD)
• The emerging field of nutritional mental health: Inflammation, the microbiome, oxidative stress, and mitochondrial function

Julia Rucklidge PhD, is a Professor of Clinical Psychology in the Department of Psychology at the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand. Originally from Toronto, Canada, she did her undergraduate training in neurobiology at McGill University in Montreal. She then completed a Master’s and PhD at the University of Calgary in clinical psychology where she studied the psychological profiles of women with ADHD. She went on to the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto to complete a two year post-doctoral fellowship investigating gender differences in ADHD adolescents. In 2000, she and her husband moved to Christchurch, New Zealand where she secured a position at the University of Canterbury in the Department of Psychology. She teaches child and family psychology in the Clinical Psychology Programme and more recently, has introduced the topic of Mental Health and Nutrition into the wider psychology programme. Her interests in nutrition and mental illness grew out of her own research showing poor outcomes for children with significant psychiatric illness despite receiving conventional treatments for their conditions. In the last decade, she has been running clinical trials investigating the role of broad-spectrum micronutrients in the expression of mental illness, specifically ADHD, Bipolar Disorder, anxiety and more recently, stress and PTSD associated with the Canterbury earthquakes. She is also studying the effect of probiotics on depression. Julia has over 75 peer-reviewed studies and is passionate about helping people find alternative treatments to medications for their psychiatric symptoms.

Dr. Zendi Moldenhauer, PhD, NP, RN

Anxiety in children, adolescents and young adults: an integrative psychiatric approach

• The incidence of anxiety in children: official stats and real life numbers
• How to identify anxiety in children and the IBS-anxiety connection
• Medication over-prescribing, hidden side-effects and electroshock
• Food, toxins, gut health, the adrenals and an integrative approach
• How to use calming theanine and GABA

Dr. Zendi Moldenhauer was born and raised in South Africa and completed her Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing and Midwifery at the University of Cape Town. She moved to the USA in 1996 to pursue graduate studies at the University of Rochester, in Upstate New York.

She completed her Master’s Degree as a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner and a Leadership in Adolescent Health (LEAH) Fellowship, and practiced primary care pediatric and adolescent medicine for eight years. During this time she completed a post-Master’s Certificate as a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner and a PhD in Nursing, with a research emphasis on adolescent mental health.

Dr Zendi works with children, adolescents and young adults, integrating her conventional medical background in pediatrics and psychiatry with more natural, holistic, and functional healing modalities to help people attain the highest level of health and wellness. She is particularly interested in nutrition and the gut-brain relationship in conditions like anxiety, depression, ADHD, stress-related conditions, and gut disorders like IBS. She teaches a 6-week “Healthy Guts” course in her office and is developing an on-line version of this course for adults, as well as for parents of kids with gut related disorders.