Stress Resilience & Practical Prescribing: Dr Adrian Lopresti and Dr Julia Rucklidge

As practitioners we know there are strong links between nutrients and mental health, but can something as simple as a multivitamin improve stress resilience?
Dr Adrian Lopresti is joined by clinical psychologist and researcher Dr Julia Rucklidge, who discusses the biochemistry of stress and her research into providing nutrients to people after extreme disasters such as earthquakes and terrorist attacks, as well as how we can translate this into our own clinical practice.

COVERED IN THIS EPISODE
[00:09] Welcoming Dr Julia Rucklidge
[00:55] Discussing Julia’s background and the importance of including diet and nutrients into the curriculum of psychologists in training
[06:11] Physical and psychological effects of acute stress and trauma
[10:13] How chronic stress impacts our biochemistry
[15:38] Do our diets change while stressed?
[19:57] Emphasising self-care during periods of chronic stress
[22:05] The effects of giving nutrients prior to stressor
[29:26] Julia’s research on nutrients after major natural disasters and the Christchurch terrorist attacks
[39:44] Julia’s advice on product selection
[45:01] Do different forms of nutrients work better than others?
[47:15] What Julia’s research is revealing about our food supply
[50:38] Julia’s book The Better Brain
[51:31] Thanking Julia and final remarks

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