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 Study participants were asked to stick pins in a voodoo doll that represented their spouse to measure aggression.
April 14th, 2014
03:02 PM ET
Low blood sugar makes couples more aggressiveYou've heard the term "hangry," right? People who are hungry often report being unreasonably angry until they're fed. "Hangry" is a relatively new buzz word, but science is backing it up. A new study published in the journal PNAS suggests married couples are more aggressive when they have low blood sugar levels. Background Everyone gets upset at their spouse or significant other sometimes. But self-control hopefully prevents you from taking that anger out on them in a physical manner. And "aggression often starts when self-control stops," says Brad Bushman, a psychologist at Ohio State University who's studied aggression for 25 years. What refills your self-control tank? Energy, which comes in part from the food you eat. The study Researchers recruited 107 married couples to participate in the study. The husbands and wives measured their glucose (or blood sugar) levels every morning and night for 21 days. Each night they were asked to stick up to 51 pins in a voodoo doll, depending on how angry they were at their spouse. The researchers compared this aggression level to the participants' average glucose levels over the study period. At the end of the 21 days, researchers had the couples come into the lab for another test. They asked each husband and wife to compete against their significant other in a virtual game. The couples were told the winner got to blast the loser with a loud, obnoxious noise. (In reality, their partner was not on the receiving end.) Researchers measured how long and how intense the winner chose to blast the noise, and compared that aggression level to their average blood sugar level. The results Study participants with lower nightly blood sugar levels were more aggressive - both in "pinning" their voodoo doll and in blasting their partner with a louder noise for longer. These findings remained true even after researchers controlled the data for relationship satisfaction. More evidence This study supports previous research done by Bushman's lab at Ohio State University. In an earlier study, Bushman and his colleagues found participants who drank a sugar-sweetened beverage behaved less aggressively than those who drank a beverage sweetened with a sugar substitute. Another study linked diabetes to more aggressive behavior. Because glucose increases self-control, people who have difficulty metabolizing glucose should have less self-control, the researchers theorized. In a separate series of studies, Bushman showed diabetics were less inclined to forgive others. "These findings provide the first evidence that forgiveness depends on how efficiently the body uses glucose," the study authors wrote. Takeaway The study authors say giving people more access to food could reduce aggression in certain settings, such as prisons or psychiatric hospitals. As for the rest of us: "I would recommend couples discuss sensitive issues over dinner," Bushman said. "Or better yet, after dinner."
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This article contains an error. The name of the school is THE Ohio State University
Oh fer the love of skippy...you need a definite article that much?
Have an apple, you'll feel better.
We all know it's Big-ass-public-university "Ohio State" for God's sake. The university marketing department aside, who on earth cares whether or not someone includes the The.
Chill out folks, they are obviously just a proud alumnus at OSU and was not being entirely serious about it being an error. It's just a school pride thing.
Well it was "THE Ohio..." until "GO FLYERS"
Is that what they call Dayton now that they own the other has been school?
Obviously, most people who replied to your message failed to see the sarcasm.
I would ask for more pins,been dieting a few months and my Husband drives me crazy! On second thought........a couple more dolls also! lol
I read my husband this headline. Before I'd even gotten to the meat of the article (which I did read him), he said, "No s***. They needed research for this?"
P.S. I'm a hypoglycemic with Insulin Resistance Syndrome. We KNOW when my blood sugar is low by my behavioral and other changes... Guess which emotion is most evident during periods of hypoglycemia? π
This is why it is so hard to diet and try to lose weight while in a committed relationship or marriage. Every time I cut back on calories to try to lose a few pounds, the house becomes chaos, with my irritability. I just want to keep the peace. Life is too short to be hangry all the time. I don't like being mean to my husband, but when I'm in weight-loss mode I just want everyone to leave me the F alone. This does not make for a happy household.
So go ahead and pig out on everything in the house...
See how long you have a 'household' after that.
(Hey, I didn't make up the rules, I just know them).
Exercise and moderation.
Helps with the mood issues AND the weight loss.
And don't give up – pay me now or pay me later!
I hope you know there are healthy foods out there that raise your blood sugar levels. Don't use your irritability as an excuse to eat badly.
Sounds like lack of self-control to me. People who know they get overly irritable when they're really hungry need to learn to self-medicate. Like the new Snickers ads, just keep snacks handy, so you're not a jerk to those around you.
Snickers is right! You're not yourself when you're hungry! (You're Robin Williams)
Now I know why my wife is such a B!#$H to me all the time.
I can go for long periods of time without eating and not have any effects, but man, if my husband misses two meals he becomes a whiny bear. Not aggressive, but real whiny, short, agitated, roaring constantly about how hungry he is. He stays that way until we can find food to feed him.
My husband was the same way. He got totally crabby and short-tempered when he was hungry. I knew that wasn't really "him," and he couldn't help it. So I made sure he had little snacks that weren't high in calories but were attractively presented so he didn't get tempted to cram candy or something. He would change like magic as soon as his blood sugar was on the rise. I didn't mind; he was a good guy.
More voodoo science.....all to support continued research and development for medications to CONTROL, not CURE type 2 diabetes.....come on people.....we've seen cures for other more serious diseases here in the last 10 years....Why have we not seen one for Type 2 diabetes? I'll tell you why.....because if they came out with a cure, then the food industry wouldn't have a reason for pushing all those sugary snacks and sodas off on the American public to get them addicted....then after years of exposure, basically shutting down a part of the human body, the pancreas.....then the medical community gets its cut......remember, nothing gets past the FDA without years (and millions of dollars) of research....That's the GOVERNMENT"S cut.....Then the medical community prescribes all these 'wonder drugs' that LOWER your blood glucose level...not reverse all those years of effects.....and the cost goes ever higher to the patient who is really the only loser in this whole process....because the GOVERNMENT continues to over tax people's incomes (at least those of us who stay healthy enough to WORK!) until we get to a point where we end up on a fixed income and then have to decide between food and medicines....all the while the GOVERNMENT has already moved on to the next generation for their tax revenues, potential addiction and eternal enslavement to the Government machine!
When you have diabetes, your blood sugar is too HIGH and you need to bring it down. You're not allowed to eat candy. If the candy industry were controlling whether diabetes is cured, they'd insist upon a cure ASAP so that all of the diabetics who CANNOT eat candy would get better so they could start spending money on candy.
Your 'facts' are a bit off but really the problem seems to be that you really really need a voodoo doll to pinpoint your 'hangriness' towards the government. Clue; the government is not a person, nor is it even one organization.
We used to use the word "peckish" to describe the feeling of being both hungry and irritable.
Nothing new under the sun.
Another study shows Obese couples who are eating all the time and full are getting along good.
uh mark, after all that ranting & raving, perhaps YOU would benefit from eating something sweet.get a handle on that 'hangry' man.not healthy.and to the ladies with the whiny husbands, don't the husbands know how to get up & get their own food?maybe being treated like an infant makes them act like an infant.just saying.
On a bad day at work, went upstairs to try & get some admin help from the dept secretary. She took one look at me and held up a bowl of M&M's.....and it worked!
They needed a study to determine people get nasty when they are hungry?
buzz words get ridden to death by people trying to sound "in the know"...speak English...
Nowhere in this article does it suggest the wife have a home cooked meal ready and waiting for her husband when he comes home from a long days work.
My wife gets grouchy when she's hungry, but sticking pins in a doll? Blasting with noises? Who the frack was in these studies, Archie and Edith? I would NEVER do that kind of stuff to my beloved, blood sugar or no blood sugar.
Sounds like half the comments here are from junior high kids waiting for the bus. Do your homework, kids. This is grownup stuff.
What makes me laugh about this is the article right next to this one is about a married woman who quit sugar and lost weight and is happy with her husband... So? Which is it CNN? It's like everything else now a days, pit two sides so both seem the wrong or right side depending on perspective.
another excuse for people to be angry. lovely
Sometimes hungry crying infants seem to become downright desperate. Were supposed to grow up and put our attention on things other than food all day. But I'm not sure those primitive feelings just disappear.
This is why I don't date fat chicks.
Nothing a hand job & a cookie couldn't handle.
My husband is verbally agressive before AND after eating
My hubby is verbally agressive before AND after eating
It's why fat people are perceived as being jolly
Everybody knows babies are cranky when they're hungry. Why would adults be any different?
Does anyone else find it hilarious that they actually used voodoo dolls for this 'research'?
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