guardian.co.uk — Research with violent British and US prisoners suggests nutritional deficiencies may play a key role in aggressive bevaviour. US clinician Joseph Hibbeln's hypothesis is that modern industrialised diets may be changing the very architecture and functioning of the brain. We are suffering, he believes, from widespread diseases of deficiency.
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haohmaruOct 18, 2006
I already try to eat right, but I still take Flax Seed oil and I know it improves my memory.
caseyucfOct 18, 2006
improper diet can influence your mood. somebody in a s**tty mood is more irritable/moody, which could make them more likely to become violent.
nazadusOct 18, 2006
I disagree.For example, those with a chemical imbalance have been known to go bi-polar and do some insane stuff (suicide / homicide).This could be very similiar.Don't get me wrong, doesn't mean they should get away with it -- because far too many people would use this as an excuse for the wrong reasons. The whole responsibility thing most people tend to not have.
dortdrubenOct 18, 2006
Ever notice how the healthy food costs more, and the super-s**tty food is uber cheap? And, who are the ones in prisons? You got it, poor people!Conspiracy?! :)
bigmanoncampusOct 18, 2006
I'm sorry, some research you can dismiss by its cover. Honestly, are we really contemplating laying the blame for violent actions on the food that people eat?I can just hear it now:"It wasn't me, judge, honest, it was that philly cheese steak I had earlier.""Sorry for that black eye baby, you know you should not have burned those eggs.."Being intoxicated is barely an excuse in manslaughter cases. The law still does not say, "oh, well, obviously it was the alcohol pulling the trigger, not that person."Violence is a choice, pure and simple. Some people choose it because it is all they know. Some people don't because they can think their way out of a situation. It has nothing to do with what you're eating. If it did, I think thousands of years of human history would have bore evidence to changed behavior due to food a long time ago.
blankmanOct 18, 2006
I take Omega 3 every day and have been for the past year or so. I originally started for its effects on smoothing dry skin, but I noticed that my concentration level has gone way up since I started taking it.Omega 3 helps to reinforce the myelin sheaths that cover the axons in the brain. This speeds up communication between neurons.You can read a lot more about it's effects on the brain here: <a class="user" href="http://www.homeschoolmath.net/teaching/fats-intelligence.php">http://www.homeschoolmath.net/teaching/fats-intelligence.php</a>