Nutrition Does Affect What We Do

I came across this information and I thought it was powerful. To all of those who think it doesn't matter what we eat, here you go.

Crime and Nutrition

Study of prison systems in 5 states

·       Adult felons had deficiencies of Magnesium, Zinc, Folate or B6

·       Violent offenders had 5-9 deficiencies in all 5 states

OK Children’s Center

• Change of diet resulted in 43% reduction in serious crime (high fat and sucrose in offenders)
• Brain Wave abnormalities EEG in felons
• Went from 14 -2 switching diet
• One child went from 6 to 0
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Selenium and Behavior

• Deficiencies cause depression and confusion
• High selenium supplementation (227ug/d) saw significant improvement in mood
• Newer studies show that selenium plays a major role in brain function

Sugar Consumption and Behavior

• 1900 4 lbs. yr
• Now 129 yr 2500% increase
• 57% of this comes from processed foods
• Leading source is fruit juices and sodas (43%)
• Apple juice, 35g of sugar all berry juices extremely high in sugar
• Since 1974 consumption of sodas has doubled, teens are drinking 54 t. sugar a day
• Limit should be 10 t. day
• Study from UNC chapel hill found:
• Adults ages 40-59 increased intake of soft drinks 250% between the years 1972 and 2001
• Those over age 60 increased 300%
• Sugar increased the free radicals in brain automatically, and makes every cell in you body age much faster  esp. brain cells
• Alzheimer’s 6x’s high with sugar intake
• Estimates that  50% of people have reactive hypoglycemia, which means if u eat or drink something with sugar, your blood sugar will fall dramatically cuz of over secretion of insulin…….some ppl pass out and some can die

Hypoglycemia and Aggression

·       Strong connection between alcohol abuse, hypoglycemia and criminal behavior. The most violent felons in prison are mostly hypoglycemic and alcohol abusers and violent felons when drink, blood sugar drops significantly

·       97% of alcoholics are hypoglycemic vs. 18% for controls…….it gives tremendous energy when drinking.

·       When it is treated 71% became sober, AA only 25%

·       Associated with aggression, esp. those with temporal lobe dysfunction.  These are the ppl who have road rage and kill /stab someone for minor things

·       Most violent ppl are alcoholics their blood sugar is low and it drives them like wild animals

·       Indians of Peru – 55% hypoglycemia and aggression very high

Hypoglycemia and Aggression

·       Aspartame (Nutra Sweet) and MSG both stimulate insulin release from the pancreas and induce hypoglycemia

·       Aspartame causes weight gain not loose weight, cuz it causes hypoglycemia and makes you eat more, snack etc and so does MSG

·       MSG can induce intense rage with microinjections into the hypothalamus (part of the brain) can make a mouse attack and kill a cat

·       If have hypoglycemia and add MSG, greatly magnified. Doritos high in MSG that’s why they taste so good. Excitotoxicity destroys brain cells

·       Several amino acids can make you hypoglycemic

Study of violent offenders in prison…..changes in blood sugar causes these antisocial behaviors and make you do things you would not normally do.

Sugar in children

• Children eat 40% of their calories as sugar
• ADD and ADHD
• Giving sugar equal to one coke decline in mental performance by 30 min and highly significant at 1 hour (made 2x’s as many mistakes)
• Harmful effect subsided about 1.5 hours after they consumed the drink

Serotonin levels and sugar

·       Can create killer mice by lowering brain serotonin

·       Main diet mostly potatoes

·       Quolla Indians in Andes of Peru very aggressive cuz 55% of male were hypoglycemic

·       Docile males, normal blood sugar

·       76 hyperactive children on low carob 29:11

So as you can see what we eat makes a HUGE difference in what we do. I pray God will help you to make those necessary changes in your diet.