Consuming a diet loaded with vitamins and nutrients has always been central to a healthy life, but now studies demonstrate that there probably is a relationship between substance addiction and dietary insufficiencies. Carolyn Reuben, a nutrition authority (and the executive director of the Community Addiction Recovery Association in Sacramento, CA) believes that our bodies can respond to certain nutritional deficiencies in a fashion that can in the end contribute to mental health disturbances and/or drug abuse.
She and other nutrition experts view deficiency in omega-3 fatty acids as part of the issue. Based on an addict’s drug of choice or primary complaints, Reuben says investigators can pinpoint which amino acids, vitamins and nutrients are lacking.
Those suffering with drug often do not eat a nutritious diet. What Is More, substances use up vitamins and nutrients from the substance abuser’s body, so replacing and sustaining them are an important part of recovery. Furthermore, drugs exhaust vitamins and nutrients from the user’s body, therefore replacing and maintaining them are an important part of rehabilitation.