Better Nutrition for Federal Prisons

Poor nutrition following misguided Federal Dietary Guidelines contribute to impulsive and aggressive behavior in prisons

A previous federal prison reform post, Time to Reform Unhealthy Federal Prison Food linked to various articles and podcasts on prison nutrition research. I discuss further research in a video posted today: Prison Reform Better Nutrition.

Here is timeline:

Links to articles and studies below video link:

• To 3:47 – Overview of reform ideas from other ET posts.

• 3:47 – Review of Unhealthy Fed. Prison Food post.
Link: Time to Reform Unhealthy Prison Food

• 5:45 – Prison food is a public health problem (PPI)
Link: Prison Policy Init. article

• 8:00 – Vitamin/supplements study from UK, reduces violence
Link: Cambridge Core post

• 9:00 – Diabetes behind bars, study and comment on low-carb
Link: The Lancet: Diabetes behind bars…

• 11:27 – Reference to posts on Normal Nutrition about metabolic health
Link: Normal Nutrition substack site.

• 12:34 – Vitamin D levels are key to reduce disease: Israel to prisons.
Link: Dr. John Campbell Vitamin D, Strong evidence from Israel

• 16:15 – Feeling Impulsive? Nutrition and mental health in prisons
Link: Dr. Georgia Ede: 8 Reasons to Try Low Carb for Mental Health
• Mental Health page of Prison Policy Initiative:
Percent of people in federal prisons who reported not receiving any mental health care while incarcerated: 66% + Percent of police shootings in 2015 that involved a mental health crisis: 27% + Portion of people jailed 3+ times within a year who report having a moderate or serious mental illness: 27%

And again, more on the various nutrition, public health, and dietary guidelines comments and claims in previous Economic Thinking nutrition/public health posts.