Understanding and Preventing Violence, Volume 2 Biobehavioral Influences (1994) / Chapter Skim
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Additionally, research with experimental animals examining whether food additives have any biological activity in the central nervous system is recommended. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BLOOD CHOLESTEROL AND VIOLENT BEHAVIOR Over the past 10 years, the results of several types of experiments have suggested that an inverse relationship may exist between blood cholesterol concentration and violent behavior {Virkkunen, 1983b; Virkkunen and Penttinen, 1984; Kaplan and Manuck, 1990; Muldoon et al., 1990~.
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To further investigate the relation between cholesterol level and aggressive behavior, Muldoon and colleagues ~19901 compared the causes of mortality for subjects in intervention groups and control groups in six large primary prevention trials for reducing cholesterol levels. Cholesterol reduction in the intervention groups was accomplished in two studies by nutritional manipulations aimed at reducing dietary cholesterol and saturated fat intake and in the remaining four studies by pharmacological treatment.
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