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...
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...
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...
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...
Preventing suicide: identifying risk and protective factors
Over the past four years, New Zealand’s suicide statistics have continued to increase. In 2018, New Zealand's suicide rate was at its highest at...
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...
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...
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...
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....
Sleep tips following stressful events
In the aftermath of major stress and exposure to traumatic events most adults will experience sleep disturbance of some kind. This may include difficulty...
