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I'm Timothy Frie
I’m a neuronutritionist, nutritional psychology researcher, educator, and writer.I help people understand how early-life traumatic experiences influence their nutritional behavior and relationship with food so they can eat with more clarity, compassion, and coherence.I'm the founder of the first and only neuronutrition professional education and training provider, the National Academy of Neuronutrition, and the National Center for Neuronutrition.
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Apply and register by June 18, 2025 to receive a 40% tuition discount.Become one of the world's first practitioners to learn an entirely new way of understanding the relationship between the brain, nervous system, mental health, and nutrition.The National Academy of Neuronutrition Certified Practitioner (NANCP) program is the world's first and only comprehensive neuronutrition training program designed exclusively for mental health, nutrition, medical and wellness professionals who are passionate about the intersection of nutritional neuroscience, mental health, and nutritional behavior.
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Get Your Adverse Food Experiences (AFEs) Score
The Adverse Food Experiences Questionnaire (AFEQ) is an experimental 25-item questionnaire that asks about different experiences you may have had with food at home, with others, in your body, and throughout your life.Your AFE score can help you better understand your relationship with food and your food story.Your response is anonymous.
Free Practitioner Resources
Neuronutritional Polyvagal Defense Hierarchy (NPDH)
The Neuronutritional Polyvagal Defense Hierarchy (NPDH) is an educational resource designed to inform practitioners and their patients/clients about the ways neuroception impacts apeptite, digestion, gastrointestional (GI) function, and nutrient demands.
Neuronutrition and Mental Health Impact Questionnare (NMHIQ)
The NMHIQ is a tool designed to inform practitioners and their patients/clients about the ways various symptoms of anxiety, depression, trauma, and neurodivergence might influence a person’s neuronutritional literacy, gastrointestinal interoceptive awareness, and food choice motivations.
Latest Podcast Interviews
Ever Forward Radio with Chase ChewningWhat if understanding your trauma could unlock a new path to better health? In this episode, Michelle hosts Tim Frie to discuss the profound impact of trauma on health, particularly its biochemical implications and the intersection of trauma with nutrition.
Quiet The Diet with Michelle ShapiroWhat if understanding your trauma could unlock a new path to better health? In this episode, Michelle hosts Tim Frie to discuss the profound impact of trauma on health, particularly its biochemical implications and the intersection of trauma with nutrition.
Balanced Bites with Liz WolfeTim Frie joins us to discuss the impact of trauma on the body, the cellular danger response, and the association between trauma and disease in women.
Girls Gone Wellness PodcastIn this episode, we speak to Timothy Frie (Nutritionfortrauma on IG) about how we can heal our brain and bodies from trauma, grief, and burnout using nutrition. This episode gives insights into human behavior, mindset, habits, and how these play into our nutrition choices, especially when we are healing from grief or trauma.
Satiated PodcastWhen recovering from food struggles, a balance must be explored between discovering what foods feel best in your body, while not making it too important that the anxiety with food perpetuates.