Being a somewhat insatiably curious person, I find myself wondering about how we in early sobriety can use nutrition to support ourselves, how food and supplements might hasten our return to vibrant health. And there is a ton of information available, as my initial google searches have identified.
On the other hand, as a scientifically-trained physician, I am highly skeptical of unattributed blanket claims. Things like: Eat more vegetables, Never eat xxx, always eat a lot of yyyy- grab my attention in a bad sort of way.
So I have given myself a new task: Developing a health assessment useful for establishing a health baseline on quitting alcohol, and coming up with evidence-based recommendations for food and supplements.
Evidence-based means that I can show you (a) specific article(s) from peer-reviewed medical journals that provide good evidence to support that recommendation. It is the opposite of the 'snatched from thin air' recommendations found proliferating on the web.
As soon as I figure out how to do it, I will make a separate page summarizing these ideas, with references back to each specific post detailing the scientific evidence for this particular recommendation.
My Thanksgiving, BTW, was alcohol-free and pretty awesome. This was my first major holiday without alcohol, and it went pretty smoothly. Thank goodness I have a relatively drama-free family, so I didn't have to cope with the massive drinking around me or other major crazinesses that many of our community had to face, and I am grateful for that!!
On the other hand, as a scientifically-trained physician, I am highly skeptical of unattributed blanket claims. Things like: Eat more vegetables, Never eat xxx, always eat a lot of yyyy- grab my attention in a bad sort of way.
So I have given myself a new task: Developing a health assessment useful for establishing a health baseline on quitting alcohol, and coming up with evidence-based recommendations for food and supplements.
Evidence-based means that I can show you (a) specific article(s) from peer-reviewed medical journals that provide good evidence to support that recommendation. It is the opposite of the 'snatched from thin air' recommendations found proliferating on the web.
As soon as I figure out how to do it, I will make a separate page summarizing these ideas, with references back to each specific post detailing the scientific evidence for this particular recommendation.
My Thanksgiving, BTW, was alcohol-free and pretty awesome. This was my first major holiday without alcohol, and it went pretty smoothly. Thank goodness I have a relatively drama-free family, so I didn't have to cope with the massive drinking around me or other major crazinesses that many of our community had to face, and I am grateful for that!!
