I agree, Gibo, there is definitely a link between diet and behaviour.

Some people in particular are sensitive to sugar, and this affects their brain chemistry and as a result their mood and how they behave. Western countries nowadays consume massive amounts of sugar - about twenty times as much per person compared to early last century. Factor in chemicals, processed foods, depleted soils etc and it is no wonder the food we eat today is proving toxic.

After becoming quite unwell myself, I discovered that I was one of the many people who are sugar sensitive and have since done a fair bit of research to find answers. Changing my diet has made an enormous difference. I see daily the links between what I eat and how I feel and function. I am completely convinced about the links between food and mood.

The following website is a good place to start if anyone else is interested in further researching this area.

http://www.hypoglycemia.asn.au/

Im with you HenryVIII.
A school teacher friend tells nightmare stories of what goes on with teenage thugs, male and female, abusing teachers in NSW highschools. There needs to be a Royal Commission. The system is collapsing. The cane has to come back; and I believe it will when youth crime gets so incredibly out of control they are forced to do it. No pansy mind games with kids in those days. I think the birch will return as will capital punishment.
If we read 2 Timothy 3 (click on it)...we can see where it going.
I have a prophecy from a powerful pentecostal pastor, a real used by God man of God, that says there is a day coming when there will be an invader in the northern part of Australia and crime will be so out of control police will be shooting people for minor offences...(from "WHAT WILL BECOME OF AUSTRALIA" by pastor Jack Burrell). That, to me, is where crime and reaction to crime is going. If you want to read about the invader try http://steakface.wordpress.com/2007/07/26conversation-with-a-fundamentalist/
Warning though... its got heavy information in it you may not want to know about.
Ludwig. Your right about alcohol. I lost a wonderful career because of alcohol (Im out of the rotten drug now as a born again Christian). No sooner was I out of the training than I was in with a bunch of wayward, alcohol co-workers and down I went over the next four years. Alcohol is so readily accepted in this country...I dont think we can do much about it but help those who want to recover to recover and perhaps warn the kids as they grow up. My answer is lead them to Jesus Christ and let Him deal with it. This is how I got set free as did many other born again christians. "He came to set us free".

Thanks Bronwyn.
The truth is I dont know what Im eating anymore. All I know, as a Christian, is that its not the fresh, unpolluted fruits, nuts and vegetables Adam and Eve were eating in the Garden at Eden (yep...I truly believe this part of Gods Word. The Book of Genesis is a brilliant description of the beginning).
The chemical companies are killing us. They know it but the money is more important. Death by increment, increment, increment is what the spraying is doing.
Im glad The Lord is coming back.
If He tarries... time for the earth I would say would be down to less than 100 years anyway. If the crime doesnt get us, the wars will (they are spreading like wildfire) or the chemicals will.

That conversation with a fundamentalist can be taken up by clicking on the far right column on wordpress.

Its possible that caffine can create reactions in people , the only way we could study it is have police take blood tests when booking road ragers and other naughty people.

I noticed that my children became naughty when they got tired. The wife gets abrasive when she is tired, office workers get coarse in the afternoons after being on the computer and phone all day wether they drink coffee or soft drinks or not. Shop keepers are not so smiley in the afternoon, Shift workers are especially narky, car accidents mainly minor prangs peak at peak hour when the otherwise astute driver becomes weary. I suspect the problem is that we are an over tired society.

Most of us can handle it, a few people get tipped over the edge and over tiredness leads to depression and other psychological problems. I notice that road ragers are without exception immature. If a driver has the mind of a child and is overtired , then watchout. Courts perhaps should set a 7.30 bed time for road ragers so they dont get so tired and grumpy. Or perhaps Tv stations and the internet should close at ten, or business should operate in sensible hours, or something constructive. Or perhaps we should accept we are on the road to nowhere and get on with it.

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I agree, tiredness is a factor in poor mood control, and many of us frequently get a lot less sleep than the optimum 7-8 hours these days. I would argue though that poor diet is a bigger contributor to the problem.

I don't suffer from the afternoon slump any more. I used to be very dependent on coffee to give me a lift but don't miss it at all now. Eating small amounts of protein and low GI foods every few hours is the key to sustaining energy and mood levels. This, along with eliminating and/or cutting right back on sugar, alcohol and caffeine and eating quality and natural foods over junk and processed as much as possible. Nutritional supplementation can be required as well and has probably been another factor in my health turnaround. Lack of sleep still affects me but nothing like it used to.