Food, mood & depression + Universal principles of criminal behavior

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Food, mood and depression
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/die...depression

EXCERPT: [...] Second, re-evaluate your food choices. Depression has long been linked to low-carbohydrate and low-calorie diets. Low carb dieters tend to become depressed about two weeks into the diet, about the time their serotonin (feel good neurotransmitter) levels have dropped due to decreased carbohydrate intake. Low carbohydrate dieters also report feeling chronically tired, angry, depressed, and tense. This is why nutritionists recommend that 55 to 65 percent of your daily calories should be carbs. Thus, make sure you’re getting complex carbohydrates in the form of whole grains. Why? Complex carbohydrates that are high in fiber and whole grain increase our level of tryptophan. Tryptophan is converted to serotonin (our “feel good” neurotransmitter), which elevates mood, suppresses appetite, and calms you down. However, eating too many carbohydrates makes you sleepy. And no, cookies and cake don’t count, those are simple carbs...

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The Universal Principles of Criminal Behavior
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/let...l-behavior

EXCERPT: The ability to predict criminal behavior empowers law enforcement investigators to predict criminal behavior before the it occurs and assists investigators solve crimes after their commission. Joe Navarro, a fellow FBI Behavioral Analyst, and I developed a model called the Universal Principles of Criminal Behavior to predict criminal behavior. Five basic elements comprise all criminal behavior, ideation, communication, facilitation, actuation, and communication.

Ideation: All crimes start with a thought. Thinking [...]

Communication: People communicate their thoughts through verbal and nonverbal displays. Eye [...]

Facilitation: Criminals need money, equipment, and tools to commit crimes. Criminals [...]

Actuation: Carrying out a criminal act is a violation of the law. Unfortunately [...]

Communication: When criminals commit crimes, they feel an overwhelming need to tell someone what they did, especially if the crime required skill and cunning. Criminals [...]

Conclusion: The Universal Principles of Criminal Behavior can be shortened to, think, talk, act, do, talk. Once a [...]

[Magical Realist]

I have noted on at least two occassions the definite mood uplift after eating tomato based pasta dishes. At first I thought it might be something in tomatoes. But over time I have realized it has to do with the huge influx of carbs one undergoes from eating pasta. Pasta is carb dynamite. Depressed people should take note. It's not all about losing weight. It's also about staying in a good mood. Don't overdo it. Just make sure you feed your head along with your body.