Why So Much Violence?

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December 2013 Volume 9: Issue 12 Pervasive Violence 1920’s. McCarrison fed rats the diet garine, consisting of coconut oil; of different people groups in India. He tinned meat; tinned jam; tea, well The modern world seems to be found that the diet of the peoples of sweetened with sugar, to which was fi lled with violence. Weston Price Northern India sustained the animals added enough milk to give it the cus- wrote, “After one has lived among in almost perfect health. McCarrison tomary tinge; and water. The animals the primitive racial stocks in different received a real shock, however, when acquired an extraordinary liking for parts of the world and studied them in he fed his animals the diet which was the tea; consuming as much as 600 cc their isolation, few impressions can being consumed by the British and daily, and therewith approximately 20 be more vivid than that of the absence other western peoples. g of sugar and 20 cc of milk.” of prisons and asylums. Few, if any, of the problems which confront modern “The second colony (of rats) re- The diet was continued for six civilization are more serious and dis- ceived a diet which was ultimately months. The mortality of the rats on turbing than the progressive increase shown to have been ‘a bad one’. It the Western diet was 45 percent while in the percentage of individuals with was designed to resemble that eaten that on the Sikh diet was only 15 per- unsocial traits and a lack of respon- by many Western people of the poorer cent. One third of the animals which sibility.” classes. It consisted of white bread, died in the Western-fed colony was made from American white fl our and killed and eaten by the other rats. Mc- Price wrote in 1945. In his day he obtained from the local bakery; veg- Carrison had to separate the animals to noted that almost a third of the popu- etables cabbage, carrot, potato, etc., stop the murders. These animals were lation of Vermont had suffi ciently cooked in water to which pinches particularly susceptible to respiratory lowered mentality that they required of bicarbonate of soda and common infections which were rare among the some type of supervision. He would salt were added; a substitute for mar- hundreds of rats McCarrison was rais- be horrifi ed at the situation today. ing at any given point in time on his Price found evidence of deterioration standard healthy diet which was based as a result of faulty nutrition in most on the diet consumed by the Hunza of the institutionalized individuals he people. The animals were “stunted observed. By contrast such deteriora- and badly proportioned; coats were tion was not evident in isolated people staring and lacking in gloss; they groups which were not consuming were nervous and apt to bite the at- modern foods. tendants...” References: The rats fed the British diet began Price, Weston A., Nutrition and Physical Degen- eration, Santa Monica, CA: Price-Pottenger Nutri- to kill and eat one another after sixty tion Foundation, 1975, 353-359. days on the highly processed diet. The animals had to be isolated to complete Early Researchers the experiment. Animals fed healthy One of the earliest studies suggest- diets lived in harmony with one an- ing a connection between malnutrition other. and criminal behavior was conducted Joseph Goldberger identifi ed pel- by Sir Robert McCarrison in the lagra as a vitamin B3 defi ciency. Copyright © 2013 by Jim McAfee. All rights reserved. 1 drink wine without putting sugar in it. ing 10-12 cups of coffee a day and Hitler lost most of his teeth. removed the sugar and refi ned foods Napoleon was also very fond of from the house. In a matter of weeks sugar, chocolate, and pastry. He gave she was a new person. his name to the “napoleon”, a “rich Barbara became an apostle of good iced fancy cake composed of layers nutrition as a result of her own experi- of cake and cream or jelly.” ence. She found that a huge propor- All of these observations suggest tion of those in trouble with the law that intake of large quantities of sugar were addicted to junk food. and refi ned, nutrient depleted foods Rather than referring her clients to Pellagra “was characterized as the contribute to changes in behavior, a psychiatrist she had them tested for disease of the four d’s dermatitis, di- violence, and potential criminal be- low blood sugar after reading a book arrhea, dementia and death.” Those havior. on the subject. She also began to test with pellagra were characterized by References: her clients for heavy metal poisoning “brooding sullenness, suddenly shat- Pottenger, Francis, M., Jr., Pottenger’s Cats, La looking particularly at elevated blood tered by outbursts of irrational anger, Mesa, CA: Price-Pottenger Nutrition Foundation, levels of lead and cadmium which are persecution, mania, the feeling of 1983, 11. associated with emotional and behav- people living in a cruel and demented Kraut, Alan M., Goldberger’s War, New York: ioral disorders. world of their own...” When vitamin Hill and Wang, 2003, 5. Fallon, Sally, Nourishing Traditions, 2nd Edi- Barbara’s success moved her for- B3 was fi rst added to refi ned fl our in tion, Washington, D.C.: NewTrends Publishing, the process called “enrichment” about ward in her career until she became 2001, 486. head of the Cuyahoga Falls Probation half the people in mental institutions http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/ar- went home well. chive/2012/10/21/pellagra-causes-violent-crimes. Department. aspx Dr. Abram Hoffer pioneered the The recidivism rate (tendency to Mount, James Lambert, Sir Robert McCarrison relapse into previous behavior pat- use of vitamin B3 to treat schizophre- and Wholefood, 15 HIgh St. Marlow, Bucks: Preci- nia. He gave his patients 1,000 mg of sion Press,1975, 22. terns) of those who commit serious niacinamide three times a day along Walters, A. Harry, McCarrison & Nutrition, crimes is close to 70 percent. Barbara Reading, England: The McCarrison Society,1944, with a comparable amount of vitamin wrote the following concerning her 6. experience with nutrition: C. He reported an 80% cure rate for McCarrison, Sir Robert, Nutrition and National early schizophrenia. Health, London: Faber and Faber Ltd., 1936, 24. More than 80 percent of the pro- Rodale, J.I., Natural Health, Sugar and the Francis M. Pottenger malnour- bationers who have come to me since Criminal Mind, New York: Pyramid Paperback, I started using the orthomolecular ap- ished cats simply by cooking two- 1968, 15, 36. thirds of their diet to destroy nutrients proach are living full, productive lives Diet and Crime damaged by heat. He wrote, “Cooked today. Not a single individual who has stuck with the program has ever been meat fed cats show much more irri- Barbara Reed, Ph.D., was one of in trouble with the law again. This tability (than animals fed raw meat). the pioneers in studying the relation- success has been so convincing that Some females are even dangerous to ship between malnutrition and crimi- many professionals at the Municipal handle and three are named Tiger, Co- nal behavior. Barbara became a pro- Court of Cuyahoga Falls have sim- bra and Rattlesnake because of their bation offi cer in Akron, Ohio in 1963. ply taken it for granted. The connec- proclivity for biting and scratching.” She became seriously ill that same tion beween diet and crime, and the Pottenger’s research on the cats was year experiencing profound fatigue effectiveness of the orthomolecular conducted between 1932 and 1942. and lethargy. She also developed vi- approach in restoring self-control to Rodale wrote a book on nutrition olent mood changes rising to giddy and crime. He provides illustrations heights and then crashing to bleak of famous individuals who were ad- lows. She experienced nightmares dicted to sweets. For example, Ivan and memory lapses. Barbara was 33 the Terrible of Russia feasted for years old at the time and doctors told hours on pastries and candy along her she was beginning to go through with alcohol. menopause. Hitler could never get enough of At this point Barbara ran across his favorite whipped cream cakes. He Gaylord Hauser’s book Look Younger was addicted to candy and could not and Live Longer. She ceased drink- Copyright © 2013 by Jim McAfee. All rights reserved. 2 icity, intolerance to food additives, patch” of brain area lies in the brain’s food allergies, and addictions to alco- central lobe and shows up as a dark hol and drugs like heroin. mass on X-rays. Roth discovered this In the 1970’s Dr. Bill Walsh com- while investigating violent convicted pared the hair mineral levels of 24 offenders. Those with damage to this pairs of brothers. The well-behaved part of the brain showed no emotions brothers had normal mineral levels. such as compassion or sorrow when The “boys from hell” had “either very shown brutal and squalid scenes. Roth high copper and very low zinc, sodi- noted that individuals who develop a people with behavioral problems, is um, and potassium levels in their hair tumor or suffer an injury to this part accepted as a simple fact.” or very low zinc and copper and very of the brain can become a criminal. If a tumor is removed the person can be- Barbara Reed tested her prison high sodium and potassium. The for- come completely normal again. population to see if they were prone mer group felt remorse after their vio- to alterations in perception indicative lent outbursts, the latter group were Roth suggested that not only injury of brain allergy, toxic metal exposure, never remorseful. In addition, the de- but also failure of substances such as or severe malnutrition. She also tested linquents also had lead and cadmium serotonin to function properly in this clients for hypoglycemia and other levels that were three times greater part of the brain could be involved in blood sugar disorders. than those of their well-behaved sib- criminal behavior. lings.” Treatment included elimination The brain damage identifi ed by of processed foods including sugar More recently, Gesch and his asso- Roth could be created by poor diet as and white fl our. Adrenal stimulants ciates conducted a placebo-controlled well as recreational and pharmaceuti- like coffee or cola were eliminated as trial of supplementation at Her Maj- cal drugs. were food additives. Dairy products esty’s Young Offenders Institution References: were eliminated if clients were sugar (HMYOI) in England. When the code http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/ar- sensitive or allergic. The diet con- was broken, the prisoners who re- ticle-2273857/Neurologist-discovers-dark-patch- inside-brains-killers-rapists.html sisted of fresh fruits and vegetables, ceived additional nutrients had com- whole grains, lean meats, fi sh, and mitted 26.3% fewer offenses and 37% Psychiatric Meds: A poultry prepared with a minimum of fewer acts of violence. Blind Alley processing. Exercise was included in In summary, nutritional improve- the treatment program. Toxic metal ments offer great promise for de- John Virapen was General Man- accumulation was treated with chela- creasing violence in society and for ager of Eli Lilly & Company in tion therapy. improving rehabilitation outcomes in Sweden. Sweden was and still is considered the leader in the fi eld of Barbara Reed and Alex Schauss those convicted of violent crimes. psychiatry. Because regulations are both mention the Qolla Indians of References: so strict and approval of drugs can Peru. These people were labeled the Reed, Barbara, Food, Teens & Behavior, Mani- take up to seven years both the U.S. “meanest and most unlikeable people towoc, WI: Natural Press, 1983, 27-38, 241. and the British keep close tabs on de- on earth” by Dr. Ralph Bolton. Half Schauss, Alexander, Diet, Crime and Delinquen- cy, Berkley, CA: Parker House, 1980, 20. velopments in Sweden. Virapen was the household heads were implicated Hoffer, Abram, et al., Niacin: The Real Story, assigned the task of gaining approval directly or indirectly in murder and Laguna Beach, CA: Basic Health Publications, for Prozac in Sweden in spite of the every form of criminal behavior in- 2012,97-99. fact that research suggested early on cluding rape, arson, fi ghting, stealing, Gesch, C. Bernard, Infl uence of supplementary vitamins, minerals and essential fatty acids on the that it increased the likelihood of sui- and murder were regularly practiced antisocial behavior of young adult prisoners, British cide and violence. Virapen identifi ed by the people of this society. Bolton’s Journal of Psychiatry, 2002; 181:22-28. the key Swedish researcher and was testing revealed that over half the population suffered with hypoglycemia Brain DAmage or low blood sugar. The diet was very Dr. Gerhard Roth, one of Ger- low in protein and high in carbohy- many’s best known brain special- drates. The people consumed a good ists and neurologists, claims to have deal of alcohol and chewed cola. found an area in the front of the brain Schauss discusses links of crimi- which does not function normally in nality with low blood sugar, lead tox- killers, rapists and robbers. The “evil

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able to bribe him with $20,000 and Breggin has discussed at length the References: the promise of a research assignment involvement of psychiatric medica- Virapen, John, Side Effects: Death, College Sta- from Lilly for Prozac. He then ma- tions in violent episodes. Breggin has tion, TX: Virtualbookworm.com, 2010, 100, 108- 109. nipulated the price of the drug. Vi- served as a psychiatric expert in many http://variety.com/2013/voices/opinion/breg- rapen wrote, “The price I’d negotiat- cases. He discovered that Eric Harris gin-1200327696/ ed for an incompletely tested, faulty who was involved with the Colum- . product, which drove and still drives bine mass murder was prescribed the a lot of people crazy or to their death, antidepressant Luvox one year earlier. was the basis for gaining approval, James Holmes who committed the Web Resources throughout the world.” murders in Aurora, Colorado was be- www.imageawareness.com Virapen also wrote, “Aggressive ing treated by a psychiatrist and was www.yourbodyssignlanguage.com probably taking psychiatric drugs. A behavior, abnormal thoughts, suicid- www.jimmcafee.com al thoughts and suicide. Wow. The family friend of the Lanza family not- Disclaimer end is particularly impressive, Don’t ed that Adam, the Newtown shooter, This publication contains the opinions you think? Suicidal thoughts and sui- was on medication. and ideas of its author. It is intended to pro- cide for a drug that is supposed to Breggin wrote, “...psychiatric treat- vide helpful and informative material on the stop depression.?....The real scandal ment, with its emphasis on prescribing subjects addressed in the publication. It is is the fact that the company, Eli Lilly, psychoactive drugs, is no protection provided with the understanding that the au- knew of all these side effects, before against violence perpetrators. Instead, thor and publisher are not engaged in render- they even applied for approval of the in too many cases, psychiatric drugs ing medical, health, or any other kind of per- drug.” cause or contribute to horrendous acts sonal professional services in this newsletter. of violence. Psychiatry is a cause and Dr. Peter Breggin has written ex- The reader should consult his or her medical, not a cure for mass violence, and look- tensively on the brain-disabling ef- health or other competent professional before ing for help from psychiatry will only fects of psychiatric drugs. He writes adopting any of the suggestions in this news- distract us from seeking genuinely ef- of medication spellbinding which fo- letter or drawing inferences from it. fective solutions.” cuses attention on the fact that many The author and publisher speciﬁ cally dis- psychiatric drugs make people think claim all responsibility for any liability, loss, they are getting better when, in fact, or risk, personal or otherwise, which is in- the brain is being damaged, prevent- curred as a consequence, directly or indirectly, ing them from identifying the cause of use and application of any of the contents of of the suicidal thoughts, anger, or this newsletter. sadness they are experiencing.