( MENAFN - PR Newswire) RAYMOND, AB, June 3, 2024 /PRNewswire/ - A groundbreaking 12-week fully blinded, randomized, controlled trial known as the NUTRIMUM study , recently published in the British Journal of Psychiatry (BJPsych Open), highlights the efficacy and safety of Hardy Nutritionals' Daily Essential Nutrients (DEN) in treating symptoms of antenatal depression. A follow-up study compared the health of the babies born to mothers taking DEN against babies from healthy mothers taking regular prenatal vitamins and/or Pharmaceutical antidepressants. This research provides compelling evidence that this broad-spectrum micronutrient formula offers significant benefits over antidepressants and regular prenatal supplements for pregnant women and their babies.
Key Findings for the Mothers: Daily Essential Nutrients (DEN) significantly improved both self-rated and clinician-rated depression, global functioning, and sleep quality in pregnant women relative to placebo controls, with nearly double the number of women taking micronutrients identifying themselves as being "much" or "very much" improved. Women with personality difficulties benefited the most from the micronutrients (i.e.
those with difficulty making & keeping friends, impulsive, untrusting, short-tempered, worriers, perfectionists). The researchers concluded that the micronutrients were safe, and the "outcomes were comparable to those obtained using psychotherapy but achieved with much less contact." Furthermore, impro.
