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Dr. Bonnie Kaplan is a Professor Emerita in the Cumming School of Medicine at the University of Calgary, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Originally from Ohio, she did all her training in the US (University of Chicago and Brandeis University).
Her interest in the biological basis of behavior led to postdoctoral training and then faculty research in neurophysiology at Yale University Department of Neurology and the West Haven (CT) Veterans Administration Neuropsychology Laboratory until she moved to Canada in 1979.
She has published widely on the biological basis of developmental disorders and mental health, especially the contribution of nutrition to brain development and brain function. She was the founding principal investigator of the Alberta Pregnancy Outcomes and Nutrition longitudinal study (ApronStudy.ca). Bonnie has over 180 peer-reviewed publications and textbook contributions, and many more invited lectures.
In this episode, Dr. Brian Lenzkes and Dr. Kaplan talk about:
- How Dr. Bonnie became interested in neuroscience and the connection between nutrition and psychological/mental health
- The nutrient-poor “food” being consumed by so many children and adults in our modern world
- Nutrient-poor “food” and its relation to violent behavior in kids
- The importance of considering co-factors when one is seeking to heal
- Issues with Big Pharma and various psychiatric drugs • Broad-spectrum micronutrient supplements
- Iron deficiency increasing in North Americans
- How humans get vitamins and minerals into their bodies naturally
- Mitochondrial function and nutrition
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