This document outlines a proposed grant project to assess and improve the behavioral health, nutrition, and school performance of children. It summarizes previous research that found children and offenders had higher rates of health issues, food intolerances, and nutrient deficiencies compared to controls. A previous Rotary-funded project in the UK worked with 20 children, most of whom improved their health, education, and behavior after receiving dietary and nutritional interventions. The proposed project would similarly assess and treat children to address biochemical imbalances and toxic exposures that may contribute to behavioral problems.

1. DRAFT ROTARY GRANT PROJECT
 Improving children’s behavioural health and
schooling problems through a nutritional,
biochemical and educational assessment and
improvement process.
 Based on research and practice by Rtn Peter
Bennett including a 2001 grant from the RI
Foundation Children’s Opportunities scheme.
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PREVIOUS RESEARCH
BBC TV QED -29/4/92 The Shipley Project
 10 persistent young offenders - responsible for 72 crimes:
 violence, burglary, arson, robbery, theft, damage, drugs
 All had multiple physical and mental health symptoms
 All had multiple chemical and food allergies/intolerance:
 chlorine, food additives, milk, orange, broccoli, tomato, banana
 All had significant essential mineral deficiencies or excesses
 All had excess toxic metals: cadmium, lead, mercury, aluminium

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PREVIOUS RESEARCH
BBC TV QED -29/4/92 The Shipley Project
After six months of dietary and nutritional programme:
All improved health and family relationships initially
7 stopped offending (checked after 12 months)
3 Abandoned programme, 2 of whom put in LA care
4 Reported improved school behaviour and performance
5 Reported being more happy
1 Got a Job – and a healthy baby!

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PREVIOUS RESEARCH
Home Office Study: 50 Offenders & 50 Non-offenders
Bennett & Brostoff, 1997
Offenders higher in health scores
Mean scores: offenders 131.2 (0-448)
non-offenders 30.5 (0-180)
75 offenders and 18 non-offenders were in poor health
Offenders consumed more sugary foods as a group
The higher scorers consumed more processed foods
7 sibling pairs - same genetics, environment & diet;
different behaviour, learning and health
Both groups similar diets in food types & levels

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PREVIOUS RESEARCH
Mphil Study: 20 Young Prisoners & 20 Young military Recruits
 Offenders scored higher on health, food intolerance & nutrition
 Health score means: Soldiers 63 (range 6-231)
Prisoners 199 (range 19-510)
 Oat, broccoli, tomato, wheat reactions topped each group
 No difference between group diets – availability & consumption
 Most prisoners & some soldiers did not eat a ‘balanced diet’
 One prisoner found to have very low white blood cell count
 Three of the highest scoring soldiers were discharged unfit

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‘FEED TO LEARN’ PROJECT
Rotary International Foundation Children’s Opportunities Grant
20 children in Otter Valley, Devon, year 2001
 8 excluded from school
Ψ 10 receiving psychological/psychiatric treatment
 7 taking prescribed Ritalin or similar drugs
 13 diagnosed ADHD – Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder
 17 with high levels of toxic metals
 20 with multiple allergy/intolerance to foods & chemicals
 5 with candida albicans infection
 16 significantly improved health, education & behaviour
 4 failed to report outcome
 At least 4 of the 7 medicalised children came off drugs

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PRACTICE Case: Cop Boy
 Norfolk 11 year old Boy court-ordered not to harass police!
 20 arrests for assault, damage (inc police property), theft, etc
 Excluded from school
Ψ Diagnosed as non-treatable personality disorder
 Severe undiagnosed tachycardia, feared sudden death
 Deficient in calcium, chromium, manganese & selenium
 High aluminium, cadmium & lead
 Allergic to 15 foods inc potato & orange & 6 chemicals
 Pyroluria (Mauve or Purple Factor) & candida albicans
Court deferred sentence then unconditional supervision order
 Tachycardia improved, became happier and better behaved

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PRACTICE Case: School Exclusion: Suffolk Boy
 11 yr old diagnosed ADHD, occasional violent outbursts
 High dose Ritalin prescribed
 Quiet loner, high intelligence
 Excluded from school, ratified permanent by governors
 Assessed nutritionally and appeal to LEA
 Multiple allergy/intolerance and mineral deficiencies
 Pyroluric, Tourette’s Syndrome with tics
 School judged wrong to exclude without proper investigation
 Improved with dietary restorative programme
 Returned to school and making progress without Ritalin

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OTHER RESEARCH: Walsh et al 2004 in the USA:
Reduced Violent Behaviour following Biochemical Therapy
 207 patients diagnosed behavioural disorder
 Treatment based on 8000 patient experience
 Screened for chemical imbalances, pyroluria,
metabolic disorders, toxic metals
 Of 76% who complied, 92% reduced assaults
 58% eliminated diagnosed behaviours

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OTHER RESEARCH:Aylesbury Prison Study
Gesch et al: Brit.J.Psych. 2002 181, 22-28
 Following Schoenthaler (USA)
 Double blind placebo controlled trial
 Multi vitamin & mineral with EFAs supplemented
 Subjects reduced offending in prison by 35%
 Good statistical evidence
 Questioned quality of prison diet
A larger prison study is under way in the UK
funded by the Wellcome Foundation

11. OUTLINE PROCEDURE
Assessment form: Consent, Symptoms, Diet, Lifestyle
Behavioural & Educational inventories
Hair sample for mineral and toxic status
Blood sample (Skin-prick) for food intolerance
Urine sample for kryptopyrroles (pyroluria)
Results integrated for assessment report
Dietary Plan, spring water/filtered water consumption
Supplements: Minerals, Vitamins, Probiotic, Fish Oils
NHS referrals through GP
Mentoring subjects and families by Rotarians
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12. CONTRIBUTIONS
Partnership with statutory agencies:
health, social services, education & police
Contributions from food and water providers
Contributions from Nutritional Supplement Suppliers
University Independent Project Management
Rotary Funding for test and extra costs outside scope
of partner contributors:
Estimate £300 per subject
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