Category: Treatment

Physical activity lowers depression and anxiety

Australian researchers recently published an article in The Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness, showing a connection between physical activity levels and depression.

Researchers studied 109 participants who had been treated for depression, anxiety, or both and had been referred to a lifestyle intervention program. Each participant completed the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale and the Active Australia Survey, and researchers compared their fitness scores with those of the general population.

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5 natural ways to sleep better

Researchers recently published an article in International Journal of Science and Research that recommended these 5 natural ways for dealing with sleep disorders.

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Nutrition: a promising approach to mental health

Dr. Julia Rucklidge, Director of the University of Canterbury’s Clinical Psychology Programme and leader of the university’s Mental Health and Nutrition Research Group, was recently interviewed by the New Zealand Listener regarding the role of nutrition in mental health.

At the start of the interview, Dr. Rucklidge lamented the fact that despite decades of the conventional practise of medicating people for mental health challenges, we seem to be no further ahead:

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Dietitians of Canada on the role of nutrition in mental health

Did you know that mental health conditions burden the Canadian economy every year at a cost of over $51 billion?

That’s one of the key findings in a paper published by Dietitians of Canada. “Promoting Mental Health through Healthy Eating and Nutritional Care” discusses the connection between nutrition and mental health and the role of dieticians in promoting that connection.

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Can micronutrients reduce stress & anxiety after a flood?

Four researchers in Canada and New Zealand recently published an article in Psychiatry Research investigating the effects of the EMPowerplus formula on mental health following a natural disaster.

In June 2013, many communities in southern Alberta were devastated by widespread flooding. Knowing that EMPowerplus had shown great benefit to mental health among earthquake survivors a few years prior, the researchers hoped to see similar results in this natural disaster.

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Reduce stress in your life with these 18 easy tricks

Stress, both physical and emotional, affect digestion and nutrient absorption in the gut and can lead to vitamin and mineral imbalances and deficiencies. Truehope believes that these nutrient deficiencies, if left unchecked, can eventually result in a wide variety of mental health issues, including bipolar and depression.

Reducing the stress in our lives can positively effect better nutrient absorption in the body, thus having a beneficial effect on mental health.

So what can you do to manage stress?

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Australian researchers advocate nutrition in mental health treatment

Earlier this year, Australian researchers published a paper in The Lancet Psychiatry proposing that diet and nutrition are essential for mental health.

In fact, the paper says that as with other medical conditions, “psychiatry and public health should embrace diet and nutrition as key determinants of mental health.”

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3 reasons alcohol and EMPowerplus don’t mix

Alcohol interferes with the central nervous system operation in a powerful way. Many researchers have studied alcohol and its use and how they affect CNS disorders.

Here are 3 ways alcohol affects mental health, with direct quotes from clinical studies.

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Are psychiatrists ready for micronutrients treatments?

Last month, the American Psychiatric Association held their 168th annual meeting in Toronto. One of the symposia for the conference was Mineral-Vitamin Combinations as Primary Treatment of Psychiatric Symptoms, which included 4 Ph.D. and M.D. researchers presenting on various aspects regarding micronutrient treatment and mental health.

Dr. Bonnie Kaplan and Dr. Julia Rucklidge, two of the presenters, wrote an article last week indicating that the 3-hour symposia saw about 175 people attending, 95% of which were clinical psychiatrists, a far cry from a similar symposia held in 2003.

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What if nutrition could treat mental illness?

Despite the advent of medications and other therapies over the last 50 years, mental illness rates have risen rather than declined. Over the last decade, scientists have been uncovering an uncomfortable truth: what we eat affects our mental health.

In this talk at the University of Canterbury, mental health researcher Dr. Julia Rucklidge discusses the data that shows an alarming picture of food choices serving as risk factors to all kinds of psychiatric problems. She also introduces the recent paradigm shift of using nutrients to treat these challenges,

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This psychiatrist didn’t believe 3 claims made by Truehope

Dr. Charles W. Popper, MD, a psychiatrist and psychopharmacologist with Harvard Medical School, once testified in a court trial when Health Canada took Truehope Nutritional Support to court to force them to stop selling and distributing EMPowerplus to Canadians.

During part of his testimony, Dr. Popper outlines 3 claims Truehope made when they first contacted him, which made him quite skeptical of the company and its products.

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