Nourishing Futures: How Micronutrients Improve Pregnancy Outcomes and Reduce Healthcare Costs
By Jessica Heaton, MSc, postgraduate student in clinical psychology.
Pregnancy can be an exciting journey for many, but for others, it comes with unexpected...
Micronutrients Absorbed via the Oral Mucosa Reduce Emotion Dysregulation in 5-10-Year-Old Children: A Three-Phased Randomized Open-Label Wait-list-Controlled Trial
Dr Nurina Katta. Dr Katta completed her PhD in Te Puna Toiora, the Mental Health and Nutrition Lab at the University of Canterbury
Understanding Emotion...
From womb to world: The role of micronutrients in shaping infant development
Dr Siobhan Campbell
Siobhan is a recent PhD graduate from Te Puna Toiora (Mental Health and Nutrition Research Lab) based at the University of Canterbury....
Micronutrients as a Treatment for Antenatal Depression: Results from “NUTRIMUM”, an RCT using vitamins and minerals to treat depressive symptoms during pregnancy
Dr Hayley Bradley
Researchers from Te Puna Toiora (Mental Health and Nutrition Research Lab) have published a new study investigating whether broad-spectrum micronutrients (vitamins and...
Vitamins and Minerals as Treatment for Symptoms of Anxiety and Depression in Adults: The outcomes from the NoMAD trial (Nutrients for Mental Health, Anxiety and Depression)
Publication just out: Blampied, M., Tylianakis, J. M., Bell, C., Gilbert, C., & Rucklidge, J. J. (2023). Efficacy and safety of a vitamin-mineral intervention for symptoms of anxiety and depression in adults: A randomised placebo-controlled trial “NoMAD”. Journal of Affective Disorders, 339, 954-964. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2023.05.077
Micronutrients absorbed in the mouth reduce irritability and anger but not stress in university students
Written by: Nurina Katta
Long-term stress can increase the risk of all kinds of adverse physical and mental health conditions, such as strokes, cardiovascular disease,...
Translating science to the real world: Nutrition as a front-line form of treatment after a traumatic event
Disasters, both natural (e.g., earthquakes, floods) and human-made (e.g., terrorism, civil strife), affect communities worldwide, often causing immense disruption and suffering, and lasting psychological...
Gut gardening to improve mental health
The human gut is home to trillions of microorganisms, and research is finding that this microbiome has important impacts on our health and wellbeing. However, what do you do when you feel that your gut microbiome needs a boost? It is possible to change your microbiome, for both better and worse?
University of Canterbury MSc Psychology student Jessica Heaton outlines interesting ways to improve our gut microbiome's bacterial diversity, and how this can impact our physical and mental health.
Fish oil supplements in New Zealand
Are NZ fish oil supplements safe, true to label and can they provide a health benefit?
I recently co-authored an article in the New Zealand...
Exploring the microbiome and its relationship with infant health
For the past several years, through the NUTRIMUM study, Te Puna Toiora | UC’s Mental Health and Nutrition Research group has been investigating the...
