Multivitamins reduce anti-social behavior

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Multivitamins reduce anti-social behavior
Posted by: Admin on Saturday, June 26, 2004 - 04:33 AM GMT

As highlighted by NetFuture, according to a July, 2002 British Journal of Psychiatry article:
Compared with placebos, those receiving the active capsules committed an average of 26.3% (95% CI 8.3-44.33%) fewer offences (P=0.03, two-tailed). Compared to baseline, the effect on those taking active supplements for a minimum of 2 weeks (n=172) was an average 35.1% (95% CI 16.3-53.9%) reduction of offences (P<0.001, two-tailed), whereas placebos remained within standard error.
<...> The vitamin/mineral supplement 'Forceval' is licensed for prescription purposes in the UK as a therapeutic adjunct where intake of vitamins and minerals is sub-optimal

Where according to the manufacturer, Forceval capsules have what seems to be a fairly common makeup for a multivitamin:
Vitamin A (as B-Carotene) 2500 iuVitamin D2 400 iuVitamin B1 1.2 mgVitamin B2 1.6 mgVitamin B6 2 mgVitamin B12 3 mcgVitamin C 60 mgVitamin E 10 mgBiotin 100 mcgNicotinamide 18 mgPantothenic Acid 4 mgFolic Acid 400 mcgCalcium 100 mgIron 12 mgCopper 2 mgPhosphorus 77 mgMagnesium 30 mgPotassium 4 mgZinc 15 mgIodine 140 mcgManganese 3 mgSelenium 50 mcgChromium 200 mcgMolybdenum 250 mcg
Of course, vitamins can't be patented, so pharmaceuticals try to steer everyone to addictive, expensive, patented psychotropic drugs.

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[Paradise]

1. Thanks. Bookmarked for more time. nt