I think you would be interested in the Autism gluten/dairy Youtube videos. Just those dietary restrictions have reversed autism in some kids. Many parents of autistic kids have sworn that their child was never the same after getting vaccinated. Vaccinations are a very unnatural way to get a disease, i.e. instantly shooting millions of viral units, and several different kinds at that, into the bloodstream. That's not the manner in which we usually get viral infections. So, my own thought is that the immune system goes whack, and whatever there is a large quantity of in the intestines...especially compounds that many are allergic to anyway...becomes an enemy combatant in the gut).
There is a pricey drug rehab in Austin, TX, BTW, that uses diet (and exercise, and probably fish oil) in their program (Starr Recovery as I recall). Reportedly, they have good results (or at least better than the avg. 10-15% recovery rate of most rehabs).
Thanks Cottages. Glad to see someone here is up on this aspect of factors causing illness and even criminal behavior. Yes, lots of bad things in vaccines, from thimerosal (mercury compound), squalene, other toxic preservatives, etc. etc.
RE drug rehab, there are some enlightened ones. Years ago, a friend in nYC had a girlfriend who the court ordered to a drug rehab; at that place everyone got acupuncture to help overcome addictions. And of course, there is immense corruption RE this among, drug companies, govt, physicians etc.
Again, I recall reading (years ago) of studies even among hardened criminals in jails that saw great improvement in criminal behavior after diet change. Bt it certainly is not the norm. I note in the movies, they often portray smokes as the currency among the inmates? Is this true now? Was it ever true? (Can't trust Hollywood. But sometimes based on reality.)
It's no coincidence that a high percentage of habitual gamblers are addicted to cigarettes (and probably alcohol and caffeine too). Again, not to give JVDS a pass, he needs to be kept away from humanity. But he is capable of being "better." Problem with everyone actually is the reason it is called the allergy/addiction syndrome. We get addicted to our worst (hidden) allergies!
Every cigarette smoker coughed when he first inhaled. But the body adapts and actually makes many become addicted.
From the videos, you hardly see Joran without a smoke in his mouth. (But part of Joran's problem is that his parents probably gave him a pass for every evil or criminal behavior he committed as he was growing up. Just reinforced him.)
But interesting that he probably knows the chemical aspect at some level. He told the police, I was high on--what was it marijuana?--but the tests came back negative. (Yes I realize he was trying to mitigate his sentence.) And their court sytem in Peru allows leniency for a crime committed under the influence of drugs. But the truth is that many people's brains are whacked out not just from hard drugs, but from caffeine, alcohol, even sugar or common foods such as wheat or dairy. And then many become addicted to those (for them) allergenic foods which is why perhaps most people eat only a few foods every day. They will feel tired, headachy, "arthriticy" when they start to withdraw.
But in relevance to JVDS or to serious mental illness, the father of this field was Theron Randolph, MD. (He himself got sick/allergic in medical school from exposure to formaldehyde in the anatomy class.) In the late 1940's I believe, he led an (in?)famous experiment at a large Chicago hospital where he was staff. It may have been "double blind"--through a tube into her stomach, a woman was given extracts of foods. I think whenever beets, IIRC, was given her she became totally psychotic for 4-5 days. After that she was totally normal if she avoided that food--wherever it may be found hidden in other foods as well.
Instead of applauding that their own physician just made a great discovery in medicine and psychiatry, and cured a psychotic patient, the big hospital fired him on the spot.