Julia Rucklidge

Prof Clinical Psychology at Univ Canterbury. Researching mental health & nutrition. Co-author The Better Brain; TEDx & edX speaker

[The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand @ConversationEDU]

Teenagers with dysregulation disorders and from low-income families showed the strongest improvements in response to a treatment with micronutrients. @JuliaRucklidge @joeboden66 @UCNZ @otago https://t.co/C5vTmy6DcG

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Efficacy and Safety of Micronutrient Treatment for Irritability in Tee... https://t.co/lmCtfqHFS3

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Severe irritability in teens can be reduced by daily doses of vitamins and minerals – new research https://t.co/fPg0naV6rD via @ConversationEDU

[Physicians & Scientists for Global Responsibility @PSGRNZ]

@RobertLustigMD 4🧵Prof @JuliaRucklidge’s extraordinary research shows how #micronutrients for brain health improve resilience across trauma & daily stress. Benefits are seen in children, adolescents & pregnant women. Across stressors, better #brain #nutrition = better coping. #ReclaimingHealth

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A must read!!!

[Talking Risk @JodieBruning]

🔥Reclaiming Health: Reversal, Remission & Rewiring - @PSGRNZ's massive paper, has just been published.

Please share to help get the word out! Thank you for the amazing support from international professors & doctors, whose expertise traverses metabolic science, pediatric health & brain nutrition.

@RobertLustigMD : 'PSGRNZ have made clear the reasons for the worldwide pandemic of metabolic syndrome'

Dr Glen Davies: 'an essential step in changing the understanding of the main causes of disease.'

@lowcarbGP : 'my practice responds best to controlling the intake of both ultra processed foods and refined carbohydrates.'

@BenBikmanPhD : 'What PSGRNZ articulates here aligns with what researchers increasingly recognize: chronic disease is fundamentally a metabolic problem, and dietary carbohydrate burden is a primary lever.'

@drjenunwin : 'This document summarises the key science and clinical findings relating to the harms of excessive consumption of sugar, refined carbohydrates and ultra-processed foods.'

@leotrasande : 'I hope this report sparks needed conversation – and action.’

@JuliaRucklidge : ‘This report offers a clear, evidence-based framework for addressing diet-related chronic disease, an issue with significant health and economic impacts. Reclaiming Health defines how our current food environment contributes to illness and how existing policies can make progress challenging.'

@grantsnz : 'This report is an important moment for New Zealand public health. For too long, the 'voice of nutrition' has been whispered when it should have been shouted. And then the whispers have focused on old, dated hypotheses and science that was flawed. The PSGRNZ rightly identifies that the bulk of our poor health, in both chronic disease and poor mental health is metabolic. It offers a clear blueprint for progress in addressing this. It offers a chance to reverse many chronic diseases and prevent them happening in the first place. These are goals long whispered in NZ and global health, but now we have the blueprint to get on with this important work.’

@ProfTimNoakes : 'unquestionably the most carefully constructed and complete document ever compiled on this topic anywhere in the world.'

@fleroy1974 : 'To address the crisis in cardiometabolic health, I fully support PSGRNZ's call for a more adaptable approach to dietary guidance,'...

Dr Simon Thornley: 'I hope this document is a catalyst for the change in health policy'...

Professor William S Yancy: 'PSGRNZ highlights both the long extant and the emerging evidence'...

PSGRNZ (2026) Reclaiming Health: Reversal, Remission & Rewiring. Understanding & Addressing the Primary Drivers of New Zealand’s Metabolic & Mental Health Crisis. Bruning, J.R., Physicians & Scientists for Global Responsibility New Zealand. ISBN 978-1-0670678-2-3

👇👇👇This link provides links to the 'Reclaiming Health' paper; the quotes; social media images for sharing (yes please!); a summary document; & the Open Letter which has been sent to government officials; and chapter-by-chapter reads.
https://t.co/s8RKXFaUiB

[Talking Risk @JodieBruning]

Cascading multimorbidity: Metabolic & mental health - it’s interconnected. 🔥Recognising that young people are suffering from complex multimorbid issues at younger ages than their parents points to an environmental issue - predominantly diet.
https://t.co/O7pmtgxtws

[Talking Risk @JodieBruning]

Thrilled & humbled by statements of support for @PSGRNZ's paper Reclaiming Health: Reversal, Remission & Rewiring, from a massively impressive group of scientists & doctors.

Browse the summary, comments & Reclaiming Health paper here: https://t.co/s8RKXFaUiB

#metabolic #brain #lowcarb #NewZealand

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@Dee16149888 Compare doses

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Great convo with the doctor's kitchen https://t.co/arSPN9ZChJ

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@Dee16149888 We have data on pts symptoms following disasters both human and man-made showing they are beneficial

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Micronutrient Supplements: Better Than Antidepressants for Depressed Pregnant Mothers and Their Babies - Mad In America https://t.co/xKaLYPKHVN

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Duration Effects of Micronutrients in Children with ADHD: Randomised Controlled Trial vs Open-Label Extension https://t.co/ALrdoVohlv via @The UC Science Blog

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Duration Effects of Micronutrients in Children with ADHD: Randomised Controlled Trial vs Open-Label Extension https://t.co/ALrdoVohlv via @The UC Science Blog

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Protecting Mothers: How Micronutrients Can Prevent Postnatal Depression for Mothers who are Depressed During Their Pregnancy https://t.co/jQfhTIqUJj via @The UC Science Blog

[Prof.Grant Schofield @grantsnz]

Just published our paper (as part of Sophia Dawson's PhD) on whole food and keto on metabolic aspects of mental health - OCD in this case

https://t.co/jAR5MbfJa2

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[Prof.Grant Schofield @grantsnz]

Micronutrients for depression are effective and safe for mothers and also help baby during and after pregnancy

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This study has huge implications for how we think about and treat postnatal depression. The nutritional environment in pregnancy matters @_ISNPR https://t.co/zOC8kxzuSE

[Talking Risk @JodieBruning]

@bigfatsurprise @JuliaRucklidge @TEDTalks Thread- Big Pharma have never conducted an RCT on antidepressants for pregnant women, yet doctors prescribe them.

Now the first ever RCT for high dose nutrients for pregnant women with depression - astonishing results across the board. @UCNZ @JuliaRucklidge

[Talking Risk @JodieBruning]

@bigfatsurprise TED did the same to @JuliaRucklidge for her talk on the role of nutrition & mental health. FYI Rucklidge & team have just 💪🏼🔥conducted the first RCT of nutrients for women with depression in pregnancy!

@TEDTalks 🙄censorship fails mightily.

https://t.co/aOBvV4rNRd

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Great conversation. So worthwhile listening unfiltered

[Finding Genius Podcast @finding_genius]

🍕😳🧠 50%+ of what we eat is ultra-processed
It’s not just sugar—these foods wreck gut & brain health too. Prof. @JuliaRucklidge of @UCNZreveals the shocking truth—tap to listen! 🎧🔥👇

🎶https://t.co/jR3r9gc3dM

#UltraProcessedFoods #GutHealth #HealthyEating