Hello. Today I will try to convince you that we are what we eat.

Okay, now at first I want to make some statistics. Please, raise your hand if you love spicy
foods.

Okay - სლაიდზე გადასვლა

There is nothing to worry about. Okay, please lets continue. Raise your hand if love eating
meat.

Not my fault.

Okay, lets start from the beginning.

Why does food affect our mood in so many different ways? Our gut or gastrointestinal tract
(also known as our second brain) is home to billions of bacteria. The food we eat directly
affects our gut health and influences the production of neurotransmitters (our body’s
chemical messengers that are constantly carrying messages from the gut to the brain). Ninety
percent of serotonin receptors — our mood regulators that influence our biological and
neurological processes such as aggression, anxiety, cognition, mood, and sleep — are located
in the gut. So, for example, when we eat something sweet, it produces dopamine and
serotonin. The neurotransmitters carry those chemicals to the brain, and we feel happy. The
same goes with other kinds of food. Foods can trigger physiological changes associated with
emotions. Foods high in caloric value can trigger positive moods, and consuming protein can
improve motivation and concentration.

Lets back to the spicy foods. Some researches made an experiment about how spicy foods
may increase aggression. In the first study, participants first reported spice levels of food they
generally consumed on 100-point scale. They then rated their own personalities on
aggression. Research found a positive and significant relationship between consumption of
spicy food and self-reported propensity for aggression — like feeling “hot-headed” and
“easily irritated.” There was no correlation between spice consumption and peaceful traits
like “considerateness.”

Also I asked Chat GPT if meat eaters are more aggressive than vegetarian ones.. Here is the
answer.

Unfortunately, we have to eat polluted food and human behavior is so easily influenced by
toxic chemicals. The use of pesticides has increased since 1942. Recent studies depicts that
trace levels of multiple pesticides cause increased aggression. Trace pesticide mixtures have
induced abnormal hormone levels, which are associated with irritability, aggression and
multiple chemical sensitivity. There are also researches that suggest that fast foods contain
toxic chemicals which is so demanding for children who are the most vulnerable to pollutant
foods. As this bar chart depicts, During 2015–2018, over one-third (36.3%) of children and
adolescents consumed fast food on a given day in USA.

I read an article about how Malaysian prisons don’t provide carbonated drinks to inmates
who have a history of violence because if they’re consumed when someone is agitated, that
person is more likely to have an outburst. All of this science got me the conclusion: we are
what we eat.