Category: Nutrition

Why does it take so long for doctors to practise what the research proves?

Last month, EMPowerplus researchers Bonnie Kaplan and Julia Rucklidge published an article on the website Mad in America regarding the use of nutrition to decrease the onset of psychosis.

They point out that it’s generally accepted (even recommended) that adults supplement their diet with multivitamins to improve their physical health and “reduce their risk of cardiovascular disease, cancer, and osteoporosis”.

Kaplan and Rucklidge note, however, that despite the brain being “the most metabolically important organ of the body, using up vast amounts of nutrients compared to other organs,” very few mental health researchers claim that nutrient supplementation is the key to preventing mental disorders.

One of the reasons they propose for this discrepancy is something called knowledge translation. Basically, this is the lag seen between when scientific findings are published and when that new knowledge disseminates into clinical practise.

As an example, they cite a study published in 2010 that discovered fish oil could have 5-fold positive effect on the prevention of psychosis onset compared to a placebo. Several other studies by these same researchers further confirm this positive effect.

Despite these encouraging findings,

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9 ways diet affects mental health

A British researcher recently published a paper in which he reviewed past research to explore the connection between diet and cognitive function through the average lifespan.

Specifically, he explored how macronutrients (protein, fat, carbohydrates) affect our mental health. This is an interesting strategy given that much of the research studying mental health and diet focuses on micronutrients (vitamins and minerals).

Here are 9 of his conclusions:

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Whole foods diet may help reduce depression risk

Australian researchers recently published the results of a study in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition regarding the connection between diet and depression.

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Nutritional aspects of child and adolescent psychopharmacology

In a 2007 peer-reviewed article in the Psychiatric Annals, Dr. Bonnie J. Kaplan and Dr. Scott Shannon wrote a compelling article on why diets of child and adolescent psychiatric patients should be adequately supplemented with vitamins and minerals.

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4 possible causes of mood disorders

In an issue of the Psychological Bulletin, researchers took a close look at many of the nutrients that are in EMPowerplus, linking dietary vitamins and minerals (micronutrients) to mood.

They discussed how “recent investigations with multi-ingredient formulas are especially promising. However, without a reasonable conceptual framework for understanding mechanisms by which micronutrients might influence mood, the published literature is too readily dismissed.”

Consequently, they outline 4 models to explain possible causes of mood disorders:

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Unraveling the mystery of mental illness: evidence from nutrition research

What causes mental illness? You’ve heard it before: no one knows. But science is closer than ever before to unravelling this mystery, and nutrition research gives us vital clues.

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Nutritional deficiencies in the brain: part 2 in a 2-part series

In our last post, we discussed how nutrition plays a fundamental role in body functions. Today, we discuss what causes nutritional deficiencies and how to get enough nutrients to avoid deficiencies.

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Nutritional deficiencies in the brain: part 1 in a 2-part series

In recent studies, researchers reported that the symptoms of bipolar disorder went away when people took EMPowerplus.1, 2, 3 The lesson? Bipolar disorder could be a nutritional deficiency syndrome. But how can simple nutritional deficiency have such a huge effect on health?

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Diet and depression

A Finish researcher recently published a study investigating the connection between diet and severe depression.

The study analyzed 3 other Finnish studies that collectively had over 3000 participants, and they analyzed consumption of:  folate, vitamin B12, serum concentrations of n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids, coffee, tea, and caffeine.

The research indicated that diet, especially a healthy diet rich in folate, and a dietary pattern rich in vegetables, fruits, berries, whole-grains, poultry, fish, and low-fat cheese, may protect against depression.

This research confirms what we continue to say: nutrition affects our mental health.

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Listen to researcher speak about mental illness and nutrition

As we mentioned in an earlier post, we have sponsored a streaming radio show called Holy Hormones Honey! One of the first guests was EMPowerplus researcher, Dr. Bonnie J. Kaplan.

Kaplan is a professor in the University of Calgary’s Faculty of Medicine. Originally from Ohio, she completed all her training in the U.S. in experimental and physiological psychology. Her interest in the biological basis of behaviour led to postdoctoral training and faculty research in neurophysiology at the West Haven (CT) VA Hospital Neuropsychology Laboratory,

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