QUOTABLE: Felicity Lawrence

"Mr. Demar [formerly a violent, often-incarcerated alcoholic] has been out of trouble and sober for a year now. He has a girlfriend, his own door key, and was made employee of the month at his company recently. Others on the trial also have long histories of violence but with omega-3 fatty acids have been able for the first time to control their anger and aggression. 'J,' for example, arrived drinking a gallon of rum a day and had 28 scars on his hand from punching other people. Now he is calm and his cravings have gone. 'W' was a 19-stone barrel of a man with convictions for assault and battery. He improved dramatically on the fish oil and later told doctors that for the first time since the age of five he had managed to go three months without punching anyone in the head."

Felicity Lawrence, in The Guardian, October 17, 2006,
reporting on a study by Joseph Hibbeln investigating the
effects of omega-3 fatty acids on violent alcoholics.
The study is still in progress

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