This podcast was developed to spread the word about the latest interventions, beyond the traditional approach and how best to tackle and reverse disease. I interview thought-leaders who have transformed their own lives or the people around them.
Welcome to our podcast, where we explore the powerful impact of nutrition on preventing mental health issues. What if there was a way to treat mental health conditions that didn’t rely solely on traditional psychiatric medications, with all their limitations and potential side effects?
How can nutrients optimize mental health?
In this episode, we have the privilege of speaking with Professor Julia Rucklidge, a clinical psychologist and Professor of Psychology in Christchurch, NZ. She is a TedTalk speaker and author of “The Better Brain,” which explores the limitations of traditional psychiatric medications and proposes a new paradigm of mental health through nutrition.I feel a special connection with Julia and her work as she has lived in 2 places that are dear to my heart, NZ and Canada where I have family.
Mental and emotional disorders can result from disordered brain biochemistry, and traditional psychiatric medications have limitations such as treatment resistance, variability in recovery rates, relapses, and side effects. Despite this, these disorders remain an epidemic today, and some argue they are on the rise.
In our conversation with Julia, we learn about her groundbreaking research on the role of nutrition in mental health. We discuss the limitations of traditional psychiatric medications and the potential of broad-spectrum nutrient therapy to improve mental and emotional disorders such as mood instability, ADHD, emotional dysregulation, building resilience, and clinical improvement in mood disorders, acute stress management, and PTSD.
Throughout the episode, we gain insight into Julia’s passion for improving mental health outcomes and her daily practices to optimize health.
By the end of this episode, you’ll discover
- a bold new paradigm of mental health that breaks away from traditional methods and explores the role of nutrition in optimizing mental health especially acute stress, emotional dysregulation and mood disorders (ADHD)
- the benefits of a balanced diet and individual responses to micronutrient therapy.
- difference between a balanced diet and supplements and why single nutrient research is underwhelming compared to a combined nutrient approach (at the right doses)
- how to measure the effects of micronutrients, the onset of action, and the recommended duration of trial.
Links
Prof Rucklidge book Better Brain
Prof Rucklidte’s Free Mental Health & Nutrition Online Course (Highly recommended if you are interested in compelling evidence on the role of nutrients in managing ADHD, Autism and mental health
Prof Rucklidge University of Canterbury website page
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Great show and episode! Prof. Rucklidge is so right! Nutrition is key to providing the body what it needs to heal!