I’m sucking on a cinnamon Jolly Rancher as I type this, so my point of view may be suspect.
I am loving the study results recently published from Cardiff University in Great Britain. Lead researcher Simon Moore, who specializes in the study of ‘vulnerable youth,’ reported that kids who eat a lot of sugary treats when they are young commit more serious crimes in adulthood.
Say what?
Apparently Moore found that diet more so than any other environmental or social factor was a predictor for violent behavior later in life. I find this fascinating!
As a child who loved — and continues to love — candy and sugary snacks, I feel like I fall right into Moore’s pool of future violent offenders. And yet — to date, at least — I can’t say that I have done anything to fulfill my destiny of a life of crime.
When I think of all the Hot Tamales and Spice Drops and BB Bats and Kit Kat Carmels and Bit O’ Honey that I have eaten over my lifetime, I should have at the very least held up a 7-11 by now.
Who knows? Maybe I’m saving it all up for murder one. Or I perhaps I will start thermonuclear war!
Hey, I gotta live up to my potential.
