Twenty Shades of Wibberish: No.28

[wibby]

WIBBLEDOM GRANGE
Wibbledom,
Kent.

I don't read very much because it is hard work, but a friend who I have never met (She lives in another country), Carlinos, wrote some interesting stuff recently about the link between food and mental health. It got me thinking.

There is a theory that eating natural untainted food helps mood and clarity of

Comments

[carlinos]

:-D

Have you heard about the food experiments with changing the food in jail? It had enourmous effects on the agression level, it took down by a third.

Also in schools they tried that, healthy food and esp less sugar and the kids became more focussed, less noisy and calmer.

Isn't it insane, this way it all looks so simple..

[wibby]

Yes. Absolutely insane. I think the problem is that for a large percentage of the population fat and sugar are addictive, probably more so than even tobacco(my own worst habit I have to be honest enough to admit). I'm sure that once upon a time when winter food had to be scavenged from scarce resources this taste was good for survival, but in these days of plenty it is a curse