"Trawley Trash" > wrote in message
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> On Sun, 6 Oct 2013 18:02:57 -0700
> "Julie Bove" > wrote:
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>> I guess I am rambling off here. I do believe that her diet could
>> have brought about the mental issues. Studies have linked certain
>> foods (wheat and/or gluten in particular) to various mental
>> problems. But they are only a problem for certain people who may
>> perhaps be predisposed.
>
> B-vitamin deficiency sound likely from your description of her
> diet and behavior. B-vitamin deficiencies cause apparent mental
> illness. For niacin it goes dermatitis, diarrhea, dementia, and
> then death. The four Ds. Not necessarily in that order.

Could be. Dunno.