The Naturopathic Medical Research Clinic (NMRC) Blog
The NMRC was founded in 2001, and has been providing orthomolecular clinical nutrition to the public ever since. Located in uptown Toronto, the NMRC aspires to improve the mental health of all Ontarians. Our targeted mental health treatment and stress management programs are among the most comprehensive and focused orthomolecular interventions in North America. The basic premise of orthomolecular medicine is to address the cause of a condition as opposed to palliating it.
FES Early Intervention – Part 1 – Where do I go when my son starts having psychotic symptoms?
Early Intervention in Schizophrenia; What You and Your Family Should Know! Common questions that families and patients have when early signs of psychosis or schizophrenia emerge are discussed. Diagnosis may be uncertain in the pre-illness prodromal stage of...
The Orthomolecular Model of Mental Health Care
Part 3: Complementary alternative medical perspectives from the Orthomolecular Model of Mental Health Care Few of us have ever heard of orthomolecular (nutritional therapy) medicine or get a chance, especially in crisis situations, to familiarize ourselves with it....
Influence of the Drug Industry on our view of Mental Health Care
Part 2: Influence of the Drug Industry on our view of Mental Health Care The next blog addresses nutritional therapy or orthomolecular treatment model for mental health conditions. The outcome of drug treatment is variable at best with reports of suicide, disturbing...
Influence of Family and Friends on Mental Health Care Views
Orthomolecular Medicine - The Best Treatment Model for Mental Health Care Where do we derive our health care views on mental health treatment? Health care views on mental health can be broadly segregated into three categories: 1) family and friends; 2) the...
The First-Episode Schizophrenia Experience
The First-Episode Schizophrenia (FES) Experience Orthomolecular medicine research and treatment with its focus on biochemical nutrient causes of mental illness is typically embraced well by people. More and more, clients are recognizing and appreciating the...
Dementia and Alzheimer’s – Can Orthomolecular Medicine Help?
Orthomolecular approach to Dementia and Alzheimer's Yes, dementia is a neurodegenerative brain disease that can often be helped with advanced orthomolecular nutritional therapy. Harold Foster provided an excellent book that reviews available research on Alzheimer's...
Mercury Dental Fillings and Mental Health
WHO is talking about mercury toxicity? Mercury toxicity is pervasive in society and I see a good third of mental health clients sufferring from significant mercury toxicity such that they not only experience moderate to severe behaviour compromise, but they have...
Hope for First-Episode Schizophrenia
Is there Hope for First-Episode Schizophrenics? There are first-episode cases that recover from schizophrenia. The majority of first-episode schizophrenia (FES) cases that undergo advanced orthomolecular treatment (nutrient therapy) are good responders but, that...
Dairy-free dieting made simple
THE DAIRY-FREE DIET Diary-free eating is more simple to do than gluten elimination diets. This is an integral part of nutritional orthomolecular therapy for mental health. There is a huge misconception that by lowering dairy we severely risk lowering much needed...
Stress Free Living
Coping with stress can be a major hurdle. Basic principles are simple to implement and there are many every day tools that we can use to help us cope with 21st century stress. Stress reduction techniques are important for the maintenance of mental health and they are...
Protein snacking made simple
Eat your protein Adequate high protein diets support neurotransmitter production and heavy metal removal and maintenance of blood sugar for high metabolic rate organs such as the brain. This article includes high protein main meal and snack ideas. Adequate protein...
Gluten-free principles and product purchasing
Gluten-Free Principles Nutritional orthomolecular therapy for mental health has an integral component that eliminates food intolerances. The gluten allergy mechanism is triggered in a good portion of the population. This portion of the population is deemed gluten...
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