
Category: Research
The inane search for magic bullets to treat mental illness
Dr. Bonnie Kaplan and Julia Rucklidge, two researchers who specialize in the connection between nutrition and mental health, recently wrote a blog post regarding the conventional approach to research in this area: single nutrients.
But here is the primary message that emerged from that examination of the literature: scientists were not studying nutrition in the way in which humans have evolved to require nutrients — consuming lots of them together and in balance.
Instead, researchers for over 100 years have given a group of participants a single nutrient then tested for improvement. This technique has yielded benefits, but only modest ones.