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Largest Gain in Academic Test Performance in American Educational History
Nearly 800,000 out of the 1.2 million students participated in the study for the next 4 years (from 1979 to 1983). Computers kept track of how every student was doing academically in 803 schools in New York City. This was the largest study of diet in the world. By 1983, after only 4 years, the New York City School’s academic test scores went from below the national average to well above the national average in all 803 schools at all grade levels. An independent research team of investigators at California State University reported that the New York City Schools experienced the largest gain in academic test performance in American educational history. Results were confirmed by 102 other school districts who adopted the diet changes with similar results. While the New York City study was in progress, Dr. Schauss wrote his second book in 1980, Diet, Crime and Delinquency. This book reprinted many times was discussed by researchers and faculty at many colleges and universities for over 10 years, because the idea that what people ate and its effect on brain function was just an emerging science. Around that time researchers around the world were beginning to recognize that the lack of specific nutrients in the diet could impair behavior, learning, or cognitive performance.
FMB Product Development Begins in 1983

Following the New York City Diet-Academic Performance Study’s completion, Dr. Schauss’ next objective was to develop a “Feed My Brain” children’s chewable food supplement. Finding the key nutrients needed for the FMB Children’s Formula was not easy. That’s why FMB took years to develop. With the assistance of the Chief Nutritionist for the New York City School System, Dr. Schauss began to identify nutrients that contributed to the dramatic gain in academic performance. After 3 years of evaluating computer data, various nutrients and foods were identified that studies published in the scientific literature suggested might affect learning and intelligence.