Does eating salmon lower the murder rate?

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Omega-3 is found mainly in cold water oily fish, such as tuna & salmon. For some time, it has been speculated that various positive psychological effects can be associated with high levels of Omega 3 consumption. Now, research is supporting some of those speculations.

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http://www.naturalnews.com/040883_omega-3s_aggression_violent_behavior.html / University of Wollongong researcher good fats Omega 3 reduce criminal behaviour Associate Professor Barbara Meyer university School of Health Sciences prisons prison quality of their cuisine food menu inmate resident violent test novel hypothesis violent aggression largely a product of poor nutrition research researchers inmates less violent diet rich in vitamins fatty acids seafood salmon steak spinach curb violence prison Dr. Joseph Hibbeln senior clinical investigator National Institutes of Health study provocatively titled seafood consumption and homicide mortality correlation higher intake omega-3 fatty acids fish lower murder rates oily cold water fish tuna fatty acids nonviolence fatty acids inhibit violence Bernard Gesch senior research scientist Oxford University better nutrition decrease violence enrolled 231 volunteers British prison study placebo received fatty acids supplements antisocial behavior measured assaults violations inmates supplements dropped by more than a third relative to their previous records control group showed little change trials Holland Norway clear link between diet and violent behavior violence product of free will impulsive acts of violence choice failure to rein in one's worst instincts study conducted researchers Finland tested prisoners convicted violent crimes lower levels of omega-3 fatty acids ordinary healthy subjects Omega-3's foster the growth of neurons brain's frontal cortex gray matter controls impulsive behavior fatty acids keep violent impulses in check violent criminals fatty acids in their diet recent double-blind trial omega-3 given people history of substance abuse symptoms of anger fell by 50 percent omega-3's boosting health silver bullets state of the evidence dietary fat changes in behavior interdependent nutrients nutrition violent behavior brain needs nourished educated nutrients social depression intelligence /