The Doctor's Kitchen Podcast #324 Can Multivitamins Help Treat Depression, Anxiety and Prevent Mental Health Issues? | Professor Julia Rucklidge
Nov 19, 2025
Professor Julia Rucklidge, a clinical psychologist and director of the Mental Health and Nutrition Research Lab, dives deep into how micronutrients can transform mental health care. She challenges the skepticism surrounding multivitamins, highlighting their potential in treating conditions like ADHD and depression. Julia connects modern life, soil depletion, and nutrient density to rising mental health issues and discusses the biological mechanisms at play. Her insightful evidence-based approach reshapes our understanding of nutrition's role in mental well-being.
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Food Environment Is Eroding Resilience
- Modern food environments with ultra‑processed foods have drastically reduced micronutrient intake and resilience.
- Low micronutrient tanks plus stressors make people more vulnerable to mental health problems.
From Skeptic To Researcher
- Bonnie Kaplan's early clinical observations of families using broad micronutrients sparked research interest.
- Julia Rucklidge moved from skepticism to studying these formulas after seeing the initial data.
Use RCTs To Test Food‑Gap Hypotheses
- View rigorous placebo‑controlled trials of micronutrients as proof that food alone may be insufficient.
- Consider micronutrient trials as a method to test if our food supply fails brain needs.
