It was great to speak with Julia Rucklidge recently. It was a very insightful conversation and supports much of what I’ve shared before around our microbiome and the impact of what we eat.

We talked about the importance of micronutrients, the impact on anxiety and depression, ADHD, and new research around pregnant mums. Julia also shared the importance of having micronutrients during pregnancy to help with pre-natal depression as well as birth outcomes.

We looked at the impact of having to change the ‘whole system’ as we now have highly processed diets that are causing us a lot of challenges and how we really need to change things, whether it’s advocating for change we need from top down as in Government change, to highlighting the challenges of what we eat. As well as of course our own grass roots level of choosing what we eat and consciously removing ultra processed foods from our diets.

All of this really supports the discussions I’ve shared before and it was wonderful to hear how Julia is really trying to advocate for change given our diets are causing us both mental health and physical challenges.

https://thebetterbrainbook.com/julia-j-rucklidge

https://profiles.canterbury.ac.nz/Julia-Rucklidge

https://tedxchristchurch.com/julia-rucklidge