Wednesday, May 1, 2019

Nutrition For Addicts: Healing The Body

 on July 8, 2014 in Healthy LivingLiving SoberTaking Care of YourselfTreatment

As more studies reveal how diet and health are intertwined, nutrition might finally be gaining ground in addiction treatment.
“People who have been abusing [drugs and alcohol] tend to lose sight of self-care,” says Maura Henninger, a naturopathic doctor based in New York City, and they have to learn it over again.
However, nutrition for addicts is not yet the norm in most treatment programs, one reason being their short duration.
Most people in recovery aren’t thinking about eating well in their first 30 days of sobriety, a common length of stay at rehab.

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