Bonnie Kaplan, a University of Calgary professor of paediatrics and health sciences, is collaborating with New Zealand researchers on a study regarding the effect 3 nutrient formulas—a vitamin D supplement, a B-complex multivitamin, and a broad-spectrum vitamin and mineral formula—have on the treatment on stress and anxiety.
The New Zealand researchers published a study last year that showed EMPowerplus had a positive effect on anxiety levels following a 2010 earthquake in Christchurch.
“This is our way of trying to help while answering an important scientific question,” says Kaplan, a member of the Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute. “We want to determine whether there is value in providing very broad spectrum micronutrients, or whether more targeted formulas are sufficient for helping with depression, anxiety and stress.”
To volunteer, visit the Facebook page set up for the study.