A New Approach to Suffering in Life-Limiting Illness: Total Pain and the Human Microbiome DOI
Marian Krawczyk, Joseph Wood, Natália Calanzani

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Published: July 1, 2023

Language: Английский

Nutritional Criminology: Why the Emerging Research on Ultra-Processed Food Matters to Health and Justice DOI Open Access
Susan L. Prescott,

Alan Logan,

Christopher R. D’Adamo

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International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 21(2), P. 120 - 120

Published: Jan. 23, 2024

There is mounting concern over the potential harms associated with ultra-processed foods, including poor mental health and antisocial behavior. Cutting-edge research provides an enhanced understanding of biophysiological mechanisms, microbiome pathways, invites a historical reexamination earlier work that investigated relationship between nutrition criminal Here, in this perspective article, we explore how emergent casts new light greater significance on previous key observations. Despite expanding interest field dubbed ‘nutritional psychiatry’, there has been relatively little attention paid to its relevancy within criminology justice system. Since public practitioners, allied professionals, policymakers play roles throughout systems, holistic both critical. While are many questions be resolved, available evidence suggests might underappreciated factor prevention treatment along spectrum. The intersection biopsychosocial requires transdisciplinary discussions power structures, industry influence, marketing issues widespread food social inequalities. Some these already occurring under banner ‘food crime’. Given vast societal implications, it our contention subject multidisciplinary criminology—referred here as nutritional criminology—deserves increased scrutiny. Through combining findings cutting-edge research, aim increase awareness topic among broad readership journal, hopes generating hypotheses collaborations.

Language: Английский

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Neurodevelopmental Disorders Associated with Gut Microbiome Dysbiosis in Children DOI Creative Commons
Alejandro Borrego-Ruiz, Juan J. Borrego

Children, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 11(7), P. 796 - 796

Published: June 28, 2024

The formation of the human gut microbiome initiates in utero, and its maturation is established during first 2–3 years life. Numerous factors alter composition functions, including mode delivery, early onset breastfeeding, exposure to antibiotics chemicals, maternal stress, among others. microbiome–brain axis refers interconnection biological networks that allow bidirectional communication between brain, involving nervous, endocrine, immune systems. Evidence suggests metabolic byproducts are actively implicated regulation brain development. Any disturbance this stage may adversely affect resulting a variety neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs). In present study, we reviewed recent evidence regarding impact on development, alongside correlation with significant NDDs, such as autism spectrum disorder, attention-deficit/hyperactivity Tourette syndrome, cerebral palsy, fetal alcohol disorders, genetic NDDs (Rett, Down, Angelman, Turner syndromes). Understanding changes provide new chances for their treatment future.

Language: Английский

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Neurolaw: Revisiting Huberty v. McDonald’s through the Lens of Nutritional Criminology and Food Crime DOI Creative Commons

Alan Logan,

Jeffrey J. Nicholson,

Stephen J. Schoenthaler

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Laws, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 13(2), P. 17 - 17

Published: March 21, 2024

Recent studies have illuminated the potential harms associated with ultra-processed foods, including poor mental health, aggression, and antisocial behavior. At same time, human gut microbiome has emerged as an important contributor to cognition behavior, disrupting concepts of biopsychosocial ‘self’ raising questions related free will. Since is undeniably connected dietary patterns components, topics nutrition microbes are heightened interest neuroscience psychiatry. Research spanning epidemiology, mechanistic bench science, intervention trials brought legitimacy nutritional criminology idea that relevance criminal justice system. The individual community-level relationships between behavior also salient torts relatively new field food crime—that which examines vast harms, grand-scale non-communicable diseases behavioral outcomes, caused by manufacturers, distributors, marketers products. Here in this essay, we will synthesize various strands research, reflecting emergent using a notable case straddled both neurolaw crime, Huberty v. McDonald’s (1987). It our contention legalome—microbiome omics science applied forensics—will play increasing role 21st-century courtroom discourse, policy, decision-making.

Language: Английский

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Beyond Auto-Brewery: Why Dysbiosis and the Legalome Matter to Forensic and Legal Psychology DOI Creative Commons

Alan Logan,

Susan L. Prescott, Erica M. LaFata

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Laws, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 13(4), P. 46 - 46

Published: July 11, 2024

International studies have linked the consumption of ultra-processed foods with a variety non-communicable diseases. Included in this growing body research is evidence linking to mental disorders, aggression, and antisocial behavior. Although idea that dietary patterns various nutrients or additives can influence brain behavior has long history criminology, absence plausible mechanisms convincing intervention trials, topic was mostly excluded from mainstream discourse. The emergence across nutritional neuroscience psychology/psychiatry, combined mechanistic bench science, human provided support epidemiological findings, legitimacy concept criminology. Among emergent research, microbiome sciences illuminated pathways socioeconomic environmental factors, including foods, aggression Here review, we examine burgeoning related food addiction, explore its relevance criminal justice spectrum—from prevention intervention—and courtroom considerations diminished capacity. We use auto-brewery syndrome as an example intersecting diet gut science been used refute mens rea charges. legalome—microbiome omics applied forensic legal psychology—appears set emerge important consideration matters law, justice.

Language: Английский

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Crime and Nourishment: A Narrative Review Examining Ultra-Processed Foods, Brain, and Behavior DOI Creative Commons
Susan L. Prescott, Alan C. Logan, Erica M. LaFata

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Dietetics, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 3(3), P. 318 - 345

Published: Aug. 28, 2024

Recently, there has been increased scientific and clinical interest in the potential harms associated with ultra-processed foods, including poor mental health, aggression, antisocial behavior. Research spanning epidemiology, mechanistic pre-clinical work, addiction science, microbiome exposome human intervention trials underscored that nutrition is of relevance along criminal justice continuum. As such, emerging dietetics research salient to thousands international psychologists allied health professionals are engaged forensics, prevention, intervention. In addition, relationships between behavior relate “food crime”, an emergent area unifying researchers psychology, public other interdisciplinary sectors. Food crime scrutinizes vast harms, non-communicable diseases adverse behavioral outcomes, as influenced by distribution addictive food products. Here, we examine research, biophysiological mechanisms, evidence indicating dietary patterns/components intersect psychosocial vulnerabilities linked risks involvement. Viewed through a prevention lens, study aggressive should be prioritized, especially if outcomes emerge externalities global consumption food. context behavior, need for forensic examination how industry influence power structures can undermine matters justice.

Language: Английский

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Adolescent Aggression: A Narrative Review on the Potential Impact of Violent Video Games DOI Creative Commons
Alejandro Borrego-Ruiz, Juan J. Borrego

Deleted Journal, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 7(1), P. 12 - 12

Published: Feb. 18, 2025

Background: Exposure to violent content through video games can shape perceptions of aggression as normative or acceptable, potentially desensitizing adolescents violence and increasing the likelihood that they will engage in aggressive behavior their real-world interactions. This narrative review examines relationship between (VVGs) youth aggression, addressing (i) VVG exposure lens Social Learning Theory General Aggression Model; (ii) biological determinants behavior, including neurophysiological correlates potential modulatory role gut microbiome; (iii) current evidence on influence adolescent aggression. Results: may promote moral disengagement reinforce rewarding actions, leading real-life VVGs increases by elevating cortisol levels, activating sympathetic nervous system, stimulating brain’s reward disrupting neurotransmitter balance. Alterations microbiome composition could occur a result engaging VVGs, mirroring physiological responses observed activities. The among has been widely explored, with studies generally indicating lead desensitization violence, reduced empathy, diminished prosocial behavior. have also linked both bullying perpetration victimization dynamics adolescents, contributing mental health issues, which turn exacerbate problematic gaming behaviors. Conclusions: While there is suggesting associated increased discrepancies literature highlight need for further research aimed at improving our understanding this phenomenon. topic reveal significant limitations, predominance cross-sectional designs, methodological shortcomings, small sample sizes, challenges generalizing results. Factors such developmental stages participants, exclusion females, unmeasured variables during long follow-up periods complicate interpretations. Moreover, parental responsibility effectiveness age ratings require closer examination.

Language: Английский

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The Impact of Early-Life Cecal Microbiota Transplantation on Social Stress and Injurious Behaviors in Egg-Laying Chickens DOI Creative Commons
Yuechi Fu, Jiaying Hu, Huanmin Zhang

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Microorganisms, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 12(3), P. 471 - 471

Published: Feb. 26, 2024

Injurious behaviors (i.e., aggressive pecking, feather and cannibalism) in laying hens are a critical issue facing the egg industry due to increased social stress related health welfare issues as well economic losses. In humans, stress-induced dysbiosis increases gut permeability, releasing various neuroactive factors, causing neuroinflammation neuropsychiatric disorders via microbiota-gut-brain axis, consequently increasing frequency intensity of aggression violent behaviors. Restoration imbalanced microbial composition has become novel treatment strategy for mental illnesses, such depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, impulsivity, compulsivity. A similar function modulating following challenge may be present egg-laying chickens. The avian cecum, multi-purpose organ, greatest bacterial biodiversity (bacterial diversity, richness, species composition) along gastrointestinal tract, with vitally important functions maintaining physiological behavioral homeostasis, especially during periods stress. To identify effects microbiome on injurious chickens, we have designed tested transferring cecal contents from two divergently selected inbred chicken lines stress-related recipient chicks commercial layer strain. This article reports outcomes multi-year study modification microbiota reduce An discovery this corpus experiments is that chickens can reduced or inhibited through modifying brain serotonergic activities gut-brain without donor-recipient genetic effects.

Language: Английский

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Aggression shapes the gut microbiome; a study in rats DOI Creative Commons
Anna Voulgari‐Kokota, Joana Falcão Salles,

Regien G. Schoemaker

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PLoS ONE, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 19(10), P. e0312423 - e0312423

Published: Oct. 22, 2024

The gut-brain axis is regarded as a bidirectional communication system that integrates signals from the gut microbiome into behavioral aspects and vice versa. aim of present study was to investigate microbiome-behavior interaction in relation aggression. For that, male rats group-housed colony were individually housed with female become territorial. Next, coping strategy assigned them, by evaluating their aggression levels against an intruder, during Resident-Intruder test (RI). To if would change consequence developed strategy, fecal samples collected before after RI test. We found relative abundances Ruminococcaceae UCG-5 Gram-negative bacterium cTPY-13 sampled negatively correlated demonstrated After test, several bacterial taxa could be each Clostridium sensu stricto 1 being strongly associated less aggressive higher Bifidobacterium . Furthermore, family Lachnospiraceae not only more rats, but functional prediction analysis it main contributor betaine reductase; enzyme catalyzing production indicative rats. This amino acid derivative, which has been connected energy testosterone levels, potentially explain connection Overall, our data revealed communities are responsive imposed social challenge building defending territoriality co-habitation female. At same time, predisposing characteristics may have predictive value for development strategy.

Language: Английский

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Nutrition, Behavior, and the Criminal Justice System: What Took so Long? An Interview with Dr. Stephen J. Schoenthaler DOI Creative Commons

Alan Logan,

Stephen J. Schoenthaler

Challenges, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 14(3), P. 37 - 37

Published: Sept. 3, 2023

In the ongoing series of interviews, Challenges Advisory Board member and Nova Institute for Health Fellow Alan C. Logan meets with thought leaders, scientists, scholars, healthcare professionals, artisans, visionaries concerned about health at scales persons, places, planet. Here, Dr Stephen J. Schoenthaler California State University, Stanislaus, responds to a set questions posed by Challenges. For over forty years, Dr. has been forefront research connecting nutrition behavior mental health. particular, Schoenthaler’s work examined relationships between dietary patterns, nutritional support, behaviors that might otherwise be associated criminality aggression. Although idea is factor in juvenile delinquency was popularized 1950s, area received little scientific attention. 1970s, could influence gained national attention US but largely dismissed as “fringe”, especially those connected ultra-processed food industries. Today, diet are part robust field called “nutritional psychiatry”; emerging studies demonstrate clear societal implications, including within criminal justice system. discusses how we got here updates on where moved, an eye toward future possibilities. reflects early influences shaped his interest ways which this research, context justice, related many interconnected challenges our time.

Language: Английский

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Host evolution shapes gut microbiome composition in Astyanax mexicanus DOI Creative Commons
Misty R. Riddle, Nguyen K. Nguyen, Maeve Nave

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Ecology and Evolution, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 14(4)

Published: April 1, 2024

The ecological and genetic changes that underlie the evolution of host-microbe interactions remain elusive, primarily due to challenges in disentangling variables alter microbiome composition. To understand impact host habitat, genetics, evolutionary history on microbial community structure, we examined gut microbiomes river- three cave-adapted morphotypes Mexican tetra,

Language: Английский

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