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Supporting psychological resilience with multivitamins

Written by Professor Julia Rucklidge, Clinical Psychologist, and Kate Street, Clinical Nutritionist and Communications and Content Coordinator at Blackmores Institute

Key highlights

  • Micronutrient inadequacy remains highly prevalent globally, with billions of individuals failing to meet recommended intakes for multiple essential nutrients.
  • Multivitamin and mineral (MVM) supplementation has been shown to improve micronutrient status and reduce the prevalence of dietary inadequacies.
  • Broad-spectrum MVM formulations have demonstrated benefits for psychological resilience, including reductions in stress, anxiety, and post-traumatic symptoms in randomised trials.
  • Moderate-dose, synergistic formulations may offer a safer and more sustainable long-term strategy than high-dose single-nutrient interventions.

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