In The Fight Against Substance Abuse, Experts Have Found That Fish Oil Supplements Are An Effective Ally

Consuming a diet loaded with nutrients has forever been critical for health, but now clinical studies demonstrate that there probably is a link between drug dependency and dietary inadequacies. Carolyn Reuben, a nutrition expert (and the executive director of the Community Addiction Recovery Association in Sacramento, CA) believes that our bodies often respond to certain nutritional inadequacies in a fashion that can ultimately result in psychological troubles and/or drug abuse.

She and other nutritionists consider deficiency in omega-3 as part of the problem.
Based on an addict’s substance of choice or major complaints, Reuben says experts can figure out which amino acids, vitamins and nutrients are lacking.

People struggling with drug often do not consume a sound diet. What Is More, drugs wipe out fundamental nutrients from the addict’s body, so replacing and preserving them are an important part of recovery. Moreover, drugs use up vitamins and nutrients from the user’s body, so replenishing and maintaining them are an important part of rehabilitation.

Reuben believes, paraphrased, that there’s an an intrinsic connection between our behavior and our nourishment, a direct connection between our food intake and good mood. When someone starts taking alcohol or engaging in substance abuse and their answer is, “I don’t feel high, I feel natural,” that’s the key that indicates they were born with a bio-chemical abnormality. They are deficient in something and we can fix that with our diet, sometimes with amino acids, fish oil, vitamin C or B. Fish oil benefits seem to be really important.

This method is based on research by Professor Stephen Schoenthaler, PhD, who found a relationship between high sugar intake, reduced vitamin intake and hostility, in 1985. He learned that prison inmates who were given daily nutritional supplements experienced up to a 43% decrease in violence, which led researchers to start investigating the association between nutrition and addiction. More recent research have also learned that giving inmates omega-3 capsules also reduces violence.

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