What’s the connection between substance abuse and nutritional deficiencies?
Is there a correlation between addiction and malnutrition? Often, when someone arrives for treatment, they show signs of malnutrition. For some, it’s related to the loss of appetite brought on by alcohol or drugs like heroin. In other ways, it’s just practical: If someone isn’t taking care of themselves in other ways, they aren’t watching their nutrition either.
The Mediterranean diet helps those in treatment to build back a healthy body and mind. 
Addiction recovery consists of much more than simply ending a chemical dependency. Even the food you eat plays a role. When food is in its most natural state, the body recognizes and responds to it more readily than processed snacks or junk foods. The level of nutrients satisfies more readily than empty foods. 