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living<br />
life<br />
eDUcAtion<br />
UNDERSTaNDINg<br />
NUTRITION’S ROLE<br />
IN MENTaL HEaLTH<br />
In recent decades, scientists discovered an<br />
uncomfortable truth: What we eat affects<br />
our mental health.<br />
Julia Rucklidge is a professor of<br />
Clinical Psychology in UC’s Psychology<br />
department and the Director of the<br />
Mental Health and Nutrition Research<br />
Group. Her interests in nutrition and<br />
mental illness grew out of research<br />
showing poor outcomes for individuals<br />
with significant psychiatric illness despite<br />
receiving conventional treatments for their<br />
conditions.<br />
In the last decade, Professor Rucklidge and<br />
her lab have been running clinical trials<br />
investigating the role of broad-spectrum<br />
micronutrients in<br />
the expression<br />
of mental<br />
illness,<br />
specifically ADHD, mood disorders,<br />
anxiety and stress. She is passionate about<br />
helping people find alternative treatments<br />
for their psychiatric symptoms and being<br />
a voice for those who have felt let down by<br />
the public healthcare system.<br />
Professor Rucklidge has over 100 peerreviewed<br />
publications, has given invited<br />
talks all over the world on her work on<br />
nutrition and mental health, and her<br />
work is often featured in the media. An<br />
award-winning researcher, she received<br />
the Ballin Award from the New Zealand<br />
Psychological Society, a Braveheart<br />
award for her contribution to making<br />
Christchurch a better place to live, and<br />
was named among the most influential<br />
women in New Zealand Innovation &<br />
Science in the Women of Influence 2018<br />
awards. Her 2014 TEDx talk has been<br />
viewed close to a million times.<br />
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TOWaRD MORE<br />
UNDERSTaNDINg<br />
Understanding is a key characteristic needed in all aspects of life. Here are six helpful<br />
reminders for better understanding.<br />
1. Bring empathy -- the skill of putting yourself in someone’s shoes - to all of your<br />
interactions<br />
2. Listen actively<br />
3. Look past first impressions<br />
4. Recognize that most people are self-centered, not cruel or mean-spirited<br />
5. Pay attention to body language to better understand a person’s mood and intentions<br />
6. Note that people, in general, do what is best for themselves<br />
PUBLISHER<br />
<strong>Star</strong> Media<br />
a division of allied Press Ltd<br />
PO Box 1467 Christchurch 8140<br />
aDVERTISINg<br />
frank greenslade - Ph 03 364 7441<br />
email: frank.greenslade@starmedia.kiwi<br />
EDITORIaL Jenafor Rollins<br />
DESIgN Denise Crawford
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