Can nutrition be part of the treatment for antenatal anxiety and depression?
Pregnancy is a time where many physiological and psychosocial changes occur. It can bring feelings of excitement but also apprehensiveness and stress and is...
Traumatic Brain Injuries and Nutrition
Not just a knock on the head
A Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is caused by a trauma to the head that can cause damage to...
Is there any evidence for using micronutrients for the treatment of mental illness?
The notion that good nutrition is good for the brain is not a new idea. What is relatively new is that, until recently, there...
Can nutrients help people quit smoking?
The idea that there might be a link between smoking and nutrition is one that is probably not thought about very often. We do...
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...
Pleading for accuracy in trial reporting
Last week, Mariska Bot and colleagues published a clinical trial in JAMA whereby they randomized overweight or obese adults with subsyndromal depressive symptoms to...
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...
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...
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...
