Direct Link Between Diet, Violence and Aggression in Humans
October 17, 2006 by Liz Lewis
Filed under Media, Prevention, Science, Technology, Treatment, Your Mind
We’ve said before how important Omega-3 oils are for your brain and its well-being. This is further proof of that. There’s a very insightful article in The Guardian today about how your diet can directly affect the way you behave.
The UK prison trial at Aylesbury jail showed that when young men there were fed multivitamins, minerals and essential fatty acids, the number of violent offences they committed in the prison fell by 37%. Although no one is suggesting that poor diet alone can account for complex social problems, the former chief inspector of prisons Lord Ramsbotham says that he is now “absolutely convinced that there is a direct link between diet and antisocial behaviour, both that bad diet causes bad behaviour and that good diet prevents it.”
This is fascinating stuff. Hopefully this information can be used to help rehabilitate and prevent, as opposed to just opening a whole new door for “twinkie” defensible cases.
Omega-3, Junk Food, and the Link Between Violence and What We Eat – The Guardian
[tags] Omega-3, violence, diet, brain, health, mental [/tags]
