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ent experimental demonstration of the effect of In a comparison of the time periods 1993-
diet (nutrients) on the structure and function of 1998 and 2005-2009, prescriptions of antipsy-
the brain. Deficiency alters the course of brain chotic drugs per one hundred children (0-13 years
development, disturbs the composition of the old) rose from 0.24 to 1.83. That's more than a
brain cells, and results in “neurosensory and sevenfold increase, and the rate is substantially
behavioral upset.” 106 higher among preteens and thirteen-year-olds.
Lack of omega-3 fatty acids is involved in For adolescents (14-20 years old) the increase
dementia, especially Alzheimer’s disease. Defi- was nearly fivefold. 111
ciencies cause more abnormalities in the frontal In fact, between 2004-2011 there were
cortex and pituitary gland, which are accompa- almost thirteen thousand reports to the FDA’s
nied by behavioral disorders. These disorders are Med Watch system of psychiatric drugs caus-
“partially reversed by eating omega-3-rich egg ing violent side effects, suggesting that the side
yolks or pig brain.” Animal sources of omega-3 effects from these drugs are nine or ten times
fatty acids are more effective than plant sources higher than admitted in official data. 112
because of their long-chain structure. 107 In an analysis of mass shootings during the
past fifteen years, every shooter had been taking
FAST FOOD, DIET SODAS, or withdrawing from a psychiatric drug. In these
DEPRESSION AND VIOLENCE thirty-one school shootings or school-related
According to researchers, much evidence acts of violence, one hundred sixty-two were
points to an association of fast food with aber- wounded and seventy-two were killed. 112
rant behavior, and fast food increases the risk Peter Breggin. MD, psychiatrist, notes that,
of depression. The intake of trans fatty acids or “One of the things in the past that we’ve known
the consumption of foods rich in this kind of fat, about depression is that it very, very rarely leads
such as fast food or commercial bakery products, to violence. It’s only been since the advent of
have recently emerged as contributors to higher these new SSRI drugs that we’ve had murderers,
depression risk. 108 even mass murders, taking these antidepressant
A new Boston study suggests that sodas are drugs.” According to Breggin, “psychiatric
linked with violence. Those drinking soda, even drugs can cause or worsen violence” in those
one can per day, were likely to be more violent; who take them and cites a 2010 study of reports In an
the more a child drank, the more violent he be- to the FDA on drug-induced violence which has analysis of
came. The study points to adrenal exhaustion and demonstrated that antidepressants have resulted
low blood sugar as a cause. Drinking soda puts in an 840 percent increase in the rate of violence mass
kids on an emotional rollercoaster with strong among those taking the drugs. 113-114 shooting
ebbs and flows in blood sugar.
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SUICIDE AND PSYCHIATRIC DRUGS during the
THE SCHOOL SLAYINGS A review of studies on Pubmed.org reveals past
AND PSYCHOTIC DRUGS many studies in medical journals in 1989 and
Jon Rappoport worked for thirty years as continuing through the 1990s reporting on sui- fifteen years,
an investigative reporter and was nominated for cides and other neurological events in individual every
a Pulitzer Prize. In his book School Shootings, patients taking Prozac. Teicher reported on three
Why did they do it? An inquiry into the school subjects who developed "intense, violent, suicidal shooter had

shootings in America and in his blog post, "The preoccupations" after two to seven weeks on been
secret at the bottom of psychiatry’s rabbit hole,” the drug; these lasted from three days to three
he describes several acknowledged explanations months after stopping the drug. He concluded taking or

for the school shootings, including access to that “3.5 percent of Prozac users were at risk.” 115 withdrawing
guns, violence on TV, breakup of families, ab- A 1992 study proposed that enhanced sero-
sence of a good education, growing poverty, and tonin inhibited dopamine pathways, as a possible from a

lunatic ideologies such as Nazism and Satanism. cause of suicide ideation related to antidepres- psychiatric
However, he asks, why have the media not named sants. Another 1991 study examined three
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psychiatric drugs as one of the causes? 110 patients who attempted suicide while taking Pro- drug.
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