Standing Up for Nutritional Lithium: How You Can Help Bring Change

As many of you know, my mission with VitaLithMD is about more than just creating a high-quality supplement. It’s about restoring access to a safe, natural, and often overlooked nutrient: lithium in its nutritional form.

Unfortunately, in many countries — including Canada, the United Kingdom, and across the European Union — nutritional lithium is regulated in the same category as high-dose prescription lithium carbonate, the medication used in psychiatry. This is a misunderstanding with serious consequences.

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The Difference That Matters
Pharmaceutical lithium carbonate is prescribed at high doses, requiring close medical monitoring because of potential side effects. Nutritional lithium, on the other hand, is present naturally in our drinking water, soil, and food at trace levels. At these tiny doses, it functions like a trace mineral, supporting:

• Better mood stability
• Lower suicide and violence rates in communities with higher natural exposure
• Neuroprotection against Alzheimer’s disease
• Improved longevity and resilience

Why This Matters Now

Countries like Canada continue to face rising mental health challenges, Alzheimer’s cases, and preventable deaths by suicide. A small shift in public health policy — allowing access to nutritional lithium — could offer a low-cost, population-wide preventive solution.

But regulatory change doesn’t happen on its own. It takes public voices — yours and mine — reaching out directly to health authorities and policymakers.

How You Can Help
I’ve already drafted letters to officials in Canada, the UK, and the EU, urging them to reconsider the regulatory stance on nutritional lithium and to establish a pathway that allows safe access.

If you’d like to make your voice heard, you don’t need to start from scratch. I will happily share these letters with you, ready to personalize and send. Together, if enough of us speak up, we can make a real difference.

👉 To get a copy of the letters, simply contact me at CONTACT@VITALITHMD.COM and I’ll send them directly to you.

Who to Contact

For Canada
Send your letter to:
Minister of Health – Marjorie Michel
Email: hcminister.ministresc@hc-sc.gc.ca

You may also write to the Food and Nutrition Directorate (Health Canada):
Email: food-aliment@hc-sc.gc.ca
For the United Kingdom
Send your letter to:
UK Department of Health and Social Care
Email: dhsc.publicenquiries@dhsc.gov.uk

You may also contact the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA):
Email: info@mhra.gov.uk

For the European Union

Send your letter to:

European Commission – Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety (DG SANTE)
Email: SANTE-CONSULT@ec.europa.eu

You may also contact your local Member of European Parliament (MEP) with your concerns.

A Shared Mission

This isn’t just about one supplement or one company. It’s about helping entire populations gain access to a nutrient with the power to save lives, protect minds, and strengthen communities. With your help, I believe we can move the conversation forward and inspire the change that’s needed.

Let’s stand up together for nutritional lithium.

— Elisa Medhus, M.D.