Sober Nutrition
Well it's no secret that we weren't healthy. Our minds weren't
healthy and our bodies definitely suffered from many forms of
abuse - including nutritional deficiencies.
Alcoholism can primarily have two bad effects on one's nutrition:
Alcoholics frequently do not eat a balanced diet, liquid meals
do not count and no- there are not enough vitamins in a Guinness
to keep you healthy and strong. An alcoholic can ingest most of
their total daily calories from alcohol. Alcohol also interferes
with the body's ability to use the nutrients it does receive by
affecting how well it can use them by means such as liver
disease or impaired liver functioning. So even if sufficient
nutrients are consumed in an alcoholic's daily diet, alcohol can
so effectively disrupt body functions as to cause
nutrient-related deficiencies.
These factors affect both energy supply, or metabolism, and the
maintenance of the body's physical structures. Once an alcoholic
becomes sober they may notice immediate differences in the way
their bodies feel and may lose weight rather quickly and assume
they are being healthy. The truth is we still do not know how to
eat nutritionally and because of the affects of mal-nutrition on
the mind as well as the body it may be difficult to maintain
sobriety on weakened senses.
In learning to live a sober life, it is important that we begin
to eat nutritionally balanced meals on a regular basis. But
where do we start? It seems like there is more advice, more
vitamin options and everywhere you turn around someone is giving
different advice toward national health. The first key is
moderation (wait! what's that?!). Taking too many vitamins can
be detrimental to your health and not balancing your diet can
cause undesirable effects. Even if healthy smoothies taste great
they shouldn't be consumed for every meal and every snack.
The best course of action would be to talk to a nutritionist and
follow a montinored eating plan. There are many options out
there so please talk to your doctor before you drastically
change your eating habits.