Dietary supplements of omega-3, vitamins and minerals could reduce the number of violent and aggressive episodes among prisoners, according to a Dutch study published in the journal Aggressive Behavior. Ap Zaalberg, Ministry of Justice and his colleagues conducted the study with 200 young adult prisoners randomly assigned to one group taking the supplements or placebo.

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Supplements containing vitamins, minerals, omega-3 and omega-6 were associated with a reduction of 34% of violent incidents reported by staff, so that during this period, an increase of 14% of incidents were reported in the group taking a placebo. The prisoners themselves do not, however, reported differences in their aggression and their overall health.

These results confirm those of an earlier study published in 2002 by Bernard Gesch of Oxford University in the British Journal of Psychiatry. Researchers at Oxford University is currently conducting a study which should be up to 1,000 participants.

According to Professor Michael Crawford, Institute of Brain Chemistry and Human Nutrition at London Metropolitan University, the link between diet and aggression “has the meaning being given the links between major depression, suicide and homicide reported by Dr. Joseph Hibbeln of the National Institutes of Health in the United States and data showing the absolute necessity of the brain in long-chain fatty acids.

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