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Nutrition During Recovery

Nutrition During Recovery. Lindsey Richardson. Nutrition for the Addict. An addict will spend most of the day doing, searching and/or being under the influence of drugs and/or alcohol…so how important is nutrition in their daily life?

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Nutrition During Recovery

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  1. Nutrition During Recovery Lindsey Richardson

  2. Nutrition for the Addict • An addict will spend most of the day doing, searching and/or being under the influence of drugs and/or alcohol…so how important is nutrition in their daily life? • According to Homefamily.net; Heavy drinkers can consume 50% or more of their calories from alcohol. Alcohol contains "empty calories" because it does not have the nutrients needed for health.

  3. Inside the Addict’s Body • Heavy drinkers entering treatment have digestive, circulation and internal problems, and a poor appetite due to the damage to their body tissues. • Drug addicts are an average of 20-30 pounds under weight when the enter treatment, have poor skin, thin hair, little circulation in their body, sunken eyes and protruding bones due to the damage drugs have done to their body.

  4. Nutrition and Recovery • How important is nutrition during recovery? • Good nutrition while in recovery can both correct the effect of poor eating habits and repair and rebuild tissues is needed during recovery. (homefamily.net) • Good nutrition during recovery can also continue after treatment is done, making it a life style change.

  5. Nutrition and Recovery • Proper nutrition is critical to physical and emotional health during recovery • Relapse to using the drug of choice is also more likely when blood sugar fluctuates due to the irregular intake of food, which is why regular meals are so important. • Addicts and alcoholics often forget what it's like to be hungry and instead interpret this feeling as a drug craving, so they should be encouraged to consider the possibility that they may be hungry when cravings become strong.

  6. Canada’s Food Guide to Healthy Eating

  7. Canada’s Food Guide to Healthy Eating • According to Canada’s food guide the “normal” adult person should consume in one day: • 7-10 servings of fruits and vegetables • 6-8 grain products (with a focus on whole grains) • 2-4 dairy products • And 2-3 meat and Alternatives • 8-12 glasses of water

  8. Nutrition on a Budget • Private treatment centers usually have a wide array of healthy foods, prepared by red seal chefs, because the clients pay thousands of dollars for treatment. • Publicly funding facilities do not have the same luxuries. Most facilities are funded through government agencies, local business, fund raising and tax relief programs. There are no red seal chefs, and not a lot of money in the budget for food (food sometimes being donated by the food bank like at SAM’s).

  9. Private Facility (New Seasons Treatment Center in California) Breakfast: Public Facility (Southern Alcare Manor in Lethbridge) Breakfast: 2% milk, coffee and tea, low sugar cereal, toast, peanut butter and jam, and apples or oranges Eggs, bacon, sausages, French toast and/or pancakes are offered on weekends Sample Menus: Food For Thought! Fresh-squeezed Orange Juice, Oatmeal & Bran, locally-grown Seasonal Fruit, Yogurt, Eggs, assorted Whole-grain Breads and Bagels, Sweet Butter & assorted Nut Butters, Jams, Milk, and Soy Milk.

  10. Private Facility Lunch: Salad of Various Baby Lettuces and Micro Greens, Diced Garden Tomatoes finished in a Pomegranate Vinaigrette. Broiled Breast of Chicken with a Grain Mustard and Herb Sauce. Steamed Lemony Asparagus, Toasted Brown Rice. Iced Rooibos Tea w/ lemon. Public Facility Lunch: Sandwiches with processed meat, soup (either homemade or from a can), cake, pie or cookies, and fruit salad, as well as coffee, tea, and 2% milk. Sample Menus

  11. Private Facility Dinner: Private Facility Dinner: Deep fried chicken strips, gravy, boiled potatoes, frozen vegetables, salad (with ranch, Italian, or 1000 island), left over cake, pie or cookies, fruit salad, coffee, tea or 2% milk. Sample Menus Roasted Vegetable Soup w/ Parmesan Croutons Broiled Salmon w/ Basil Pesto, Ratatouille Rosti PotatoesCaramelized Plum Crostata w/ Creme FraicheIced Decaffeinated Green Tea

  12. My Questions to YOU • If we know that nutrition is a very important part of life, and there is even guide lines for healthy eating, then why is nutrition being over looked at public facilities? • What can we do to change the importance of nutrition at public facilities? • Where can the extra money come from? • We know that private facilities have a higher success rate than public, so how much of an impact does nutrition play in sobriety?

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