Food Additives, Sugar and IQ
All the nutrients necessary for good health can be found in a normal, varied diet. That is the mantra repeated again and again by health authorities, dieticians and those politicians who believe them. What we aren't told is that our normal, varied diet is seriously deficient and full of things that tend to destroy any nutritional advantage.
Thanks to Jon Rappoport for this article about a research done in more than eight hundred public schools in New York, which showed that just limiting sugar and food additives had an appreciable impact on the learning performance of the kids.
CHEMICAL MADNESS
DECEMBER 21, 2003. Some would call it the king of all nutritional studies. It has fallen into the dustbin of history.
It was called “The Impact of a Diet Low in Food Additives and Sugar on the Academic Performance in 803 New York City Public Schools.” That’s right. 803 schools.
Authored by S Schoenthaler and others, it was published in the International Journal for Biosocial and Medical Research (1986, Vol.8[2]).
Here is a quote from the finding: “…lowered sugar [sucrose], synthetic food colors/flavors, and two preservatives [BHA and BHT] over 4 years in 803 public schools resulted in a 15.7% increase in the mean academic percentile rating…”
About a million students participated in the study.
If this study had been talking about the effect of a drug, it would be engraved, word for word, in stone on the side of the building headquartering the company that makes the drug.
Alas, it was only talking about getting rid of synthetics.
Companies don’t profit by ceasing to make chemicals.
So it has been left to the grass roots to make something practical out of this landmark study. And you will find, if you look, that public schools here and there have been taking action to remove junk food from students’ on-campus meals and snacks.
On balance, parents are getting smarter about what goes into their kiddies’ bodies.
Notice that the NYC study did not try to provide organic food or exceptionally fresh produce for salads. Imagine what might have happened to test scores if that had been part of the change.
Recently I received a short note from a psychiatrist: “I’m a rebel, but I don’t yet have the courage to publish my findings or step out of shadows. Instead of using drugs, I’ve been treating my young patients with assemblages of nutrients, and like other doctors I have been finding that it works. It works so well, in fact, that I’ve rethought all the “mental disorder” labels…I find that a better general guideline is describing various nutrient-deficiency conditions…I personally know of a case of a man who has been institutionalized for 32 years. He has been diagnosed again and again with schizophrenia. All the drugs he has been given---they have only served to cause brain damage. Fortunately, his brain has somehow remained intact under this chemical onslaught. The man has now been ‘treated’ for wheat and dairy sensitivities. He stopped eating these foods for a month, and his incoherent behavior has vanished by, I would say, a factor of 70 percent. I helped gain his release from the institution. His physician, afraid of POLITICAL repercussions, was intending to put him back on a very high-dose regimen of drugs EVEN AFTER SEEING THE MIRACULOUS RESULTS OF THE DIET CHANGE.”
JON RAPPOPORT www.nomorefakenews.com
See also
Video: Big Sugar
Big Sugar explores the dark history and modern power of the world's reigning sugar cartels. Using dramatic reenactments, it reveals how ... all » sugar was at the heart of slavery in the West Indies in the 18th century, while showing how present-day consumers are slaves to a sugar-based diet. Going undercover, Big Sugar witnesses the appalling working conditions on plantations in the Dominican Republic, where Haitian cane cutters live like slaves. Workers who live on Central Romano, a Fanjul-owned plantation, go hungry while working 12-hour days to earn $2 (US).
Of course sugar gives nothing to the human metabolism - except a quick and in the long run very destructive high. Sugar lowers IQ, it kills by destroying the natural glucose metabolism, it is implicated in the genesis of cancer and it uses up important nutrients such as vitamin C. Why are we still eating sugar and why are our governments actively protecting the industry? The video (there are two parts) has some interesting historical as well as current information.
The Sweetest Poison Of All - Refined Sugar
An excellent article on the dangers of refined sugar - originally published in "Sugar Blues" by William Dufty.Proof That Increased Sugar Causes Cancer
Poor diet linked to bad behaviour
Children who have a poor diet are more likely to become aggressive and anti-social, US researchers believe. The University of Southern California found a lack of zinc, iron, vitamin B and protein in the first three years caused bad behaviour later on.Sugar: Too Sweet to be True
(link from stephentvedten.blogspot.com - blog censored by Blogger)
It's no secret that America has a love affair with sugar — and why not? It tastes great, gives you energy and can even elevate your mood. What's not to like? This is the crux of the problem. How can something that tastes so good be so bad for us?
posted by Sepp Hasslberger on Thursday January 15 2004
updated on Friday December 10 2010URL of this article:
http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/sepp/2004/01/15/food_additives_sugar_and_iq.htm
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