JANE KELLEY was thinking about Ultimate Jane-ism! and keyed into 
cyberspace:
JK>MP>JK>MP>Document this, Janey, document this.
JK>MP>JK>Cannot document what is learned in empiracle medicine, Mark.
JK>MP>JK>You should know that by now.
JK>MP>I know that. I just wanted you to admit that you have no real
JK>proof. 
JK>And speaking of documentation, one of the other subjects I comment on
JK>is diet.  I have so much around this room piled up that I literally
JK>don't know where some of it is today.  I ran across this just a few
JK>minutes ago when looking for a legal size file folder from a
JK>newsletter dated October 1986, published by the WELL MIND ASSOCIATON
JK>that once was in Seattle. It was most probably written by Sally
JK>Rockwell, the nutritionist associated with that group:
JK>ANTISOCIAL BEHAVOR & NUTRITION
JK>Four theories of nutrition's efffect upon behavior and brain function
JK>deal with (1) neurotransmitters, (2) malnutrition, (3) hypoglycemia,
JK>and (4) food additives and preservatives. These theories and research
JK>to support them were reviewed at the 2nd International Nutritional
JK>Medicine Conference in San Francisco, February 1968, by Walter E.
JK>Doraz, Ph.D., and Stephen J. Schoentahler, Ph.D, and coordinator,
JK>Criminal Justice, California State University.
JK>According to the neurotransmitter theory, in order for the brain to
JK>work properly, electrical signals sent to the ends of the nerve must
JK>pass over a gap to the next nerve, and they are transmitted by a
JK>chemical or neurotransmitter stored at the end of the nerve.
JK>Sufficient release of the neurotransmitter is necessary for the
JK>signal to go from one nerve to another.  If there are sufficient
JK>simple sugars in the system producing the amino acid tryptophane, the
JK>neurotransmitter serotonin will be released allowing messages to pass
JK>over the gap from one nerve to the other, calming or slowing down the
JK>body.  Without sufficient nutrients the neurons do not fire properly
JK>and the functioning of the brain is impaired.  Consequently behavior
JK>is affected. 
JK>The malnutrition theory contends that a person's diet needs to
JK>contain the proper micronutrients to recharge the nerve after it has
JK>transmitted a signal.  This is done by the body's converting glucose
JK>into energy and involves large amounts of vitamins and minerals.  The
JK>hypoglycemia theory states that a specific nutrient deficiency of
JK>lack of glucose in the brain brought about by a poor diet may cause
JK>behavioral problems. The last theory suggests that food additives and
JK>preservatives may retard absorption of essential nutrients or bind
JK>with these nutrients making them unusable.
JK>Three research studies back up the malnutrition theory.  Research
JK>with 60,000 juvenile delinquents in ten institutions indicated that a
JK>modified diet produced 47% - 54% lower rate of antisocial behavior.
JK>In several studies researchers found they could correctly predict
JK>behavior by charting the levels of fat, magnesium, zinc and iron.
JK>High anger best correlated with institutional antisocial behavior.
JK>Tension, depression, fatigue and confusion also inversely correlated
JK>with nutrient levels.  When kids in this study were given multiple
JK>vitamin/minerals at the RDA level, the malnourished kids with
JK>problems changed and did as well as the well nourished ones.  Among
JK>those individuals with high antisocial behavior, magnesium levels
JK>were one third lower than what they should have been--down 60% from
JK>the RDAs. 
Improper nutrition can affect many things. However, it does not cause 
ADHD, unless you want to incorrectly claim that ADHD is an antisocial 
behavior.
JK>In a study of 803 public schools, an increase in national percentile
JK>rank of academic performance on the California achievement test was
JK>noted after significant diet changes.  Those schools which inproved
JK>the most had the highest percentage of students buying school
JK>lunches.  When the study started, there were 120,000 enrolled as
JK>learning disabled children. After improvement in school meals that
JK>number dropped to 49,000.
School meals in the 1980's were making kids sick to their stomachs. The 
food was rotten, often old and decomposing, and I would expect that they 
had problems. 
Was the study funded by those companies who supply school lunches? Your 
citation does not allow it to be tracked down.
JK>Sources for research of above report:
JK>1. Diet and crime studies in Vol 5 #2, "Biosocial Research;
JK>2. Analysis of Diet and Crime studies in May/June "Nutrition Today"
JK>and rebuttal to appear Dec. 1986;
JK>3. "Nutrition and Brain Function", Plenum Press, December 1986.
Anything a bit newer? Aren't you the one who whines about how out of 
date a 1991 study is? 
                ===>The Voice of Reason<===
                     mark.probert@juno.com
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