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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Dawn’s success story: bipolar

For nearly 40 years, Dawn has been dealing excess energy, emptiness, violent outbursts, yearning for acceptance, and even the voices in her head. Medication took the edge off but didn’t provide relief. Then a friend told her about Truehope.

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Why EMPowerplus outperforms other multivitamins

At Truehope, we’ve been producing our flagship formula for 20 years. As technologies have emerged in micronutrient supplement production, we’ve adapted them to make EMPowerplus more bioavailable while still maintaining the core formula of 36 vitamins, minerals, amino acids, and antioxidants.

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How balancing makes EMPowerplus so effective

Our flagship product, EMPowerplus, is a combination of 36 vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, and amino acids that support physical and mental well-being. Over 26 clinical studies have researched its effectiveness in helping various mood disorders.

One of the reasons EMPowerplus has helped over 100,000 people throughout the world is the balancing process it goes through.

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A positive attitude may help us live longer

About 15 years ago, American researchers published a study analyzing the use of positive emotions in the writings of nuns and its connection to life expectancy.

Researchers at the University of Kentucky studied the essays and journals of 678 members of the School Sisters of Notre Dame. They discovered that nuns who used words such as happy, joy, love, hopeful, and content in their writings lived as much as 10 years longer than those who used such words less frequently.

This is another way positive mental health can make a difference in our overall health.

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Kolbe’s success story: anxiety, ADHD, OCD, bipolar & ODD

From a young age, Kolbe had lived with severe mental health challenges, including intense episode of violence. Despite moving from one medication to another through 2 dozen medications, nothing controlled his rage and tantrums significantly. That is until Truehope. EMPowerplus has changed Kolbe’s life and the lives of all those around him.

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10 quick ways to calm down

Award-winning mental health author Therese Borchard recently compiled the following list of 10 quick ways to calm down, which is perfect for those experiencing anxiety, stress, or mania.

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5 foods that boost your mood and 4 that worsen it

Anyone who has followed our blog knows by now of the importance we place on the connection between nutrition and mental health.

We recently came across an article on Everyday Health in collaboration with internal medicine specialist Lindsey Marcellin, MD, MPH. The article outlines foods that can help alleviate anxiety symptoms and foods that can increase stress and perhaps trigger depression

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Probiotics: what they are and why you need more of them

Our society has developed into an antibiotic culture so intent on destroying bacteria — we often expect a prescription to cure even a minor infection — that we’ve eradicated much of the beneficial bacteria in our bodies along with the harmful strains.

Our gastrointestinal tract contains hundreds of different species of beneficial bacteria (intestinal flora). To provide a healthy environment, our body requires proper amounts of these friendly bacteria. Probiotics are the key to helping our body maintain proper levels of friendly bacteria because they colonize the intestinal tract and crowd out disease-causing bacteria,

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Juan’s success story: depression and anxiety

When he was in his 30s, Juan had his anxiety attack shortly after his father died. The anxiety persisted and was followed by depression and thoughts of suicide. His life fell apart as it became difficult for him to function. Conventional medicine offered little change. One day, Juan came across Truehope, and his life started to change.

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