Preventing Aggression

Hormone imbalances are a common cause of excessive aggression. Preventing aggression in those showing such imbalances is very often a question of elevating blood levels of progesterone.

Adrenalin can be described as the aggression hormone. A drop in blood sugar levels makes the body release adrenalin which in turn causes the cells to release their stored sugar. Adrenalin is the 'fight, flight, fright' hormone. As progesterone cannot be used by a cell if too much adrenalin is in the blood, the limbic region of the brain is badly affected, as it has the greatest concentration of progesterone receptors in the body.

In any program aimed at reducing aggression the limbic system cannot be ignored as it is an area in our brain controlling, rage, violence, panic, anxiety, sleep, hormones, depression, learning and our immune response.

Researchers have found that too low a level of cholesterol causes an increase in aggressive behaviour. Significantly, cholesterol is the precursor to progesterone.

To help control aggression it is essential to eat small, starchy, high fibre meals every 3 hours to keep blood sugar levels stable. Progesterone helps to stabilise blood sugar.