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You Are What You Eat: The Impact of Nutrition on Alcohol and Drug Use
Ryan D Schroeder1, George E Higgins2
1a Department of Sociology , University of Louisville , Louisville , Kentucky , USA.
Background:
Experimental research has shown that nutrition influences behavioral deviance.
Objectives:
The current project addresses the impact of nutrition on problem alcohol and drug use in a nationally representative sample of US adults.
Methods:
The study relies on the daily dietary nutrition data and the substance use measures in the 2007-2008 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.
Results:
The findings generally show that macronutrients increase the odds of substance use and micronutrients decrease the odds of substance use, especially among females. In addition, nutrient imbalance is a particularly strong predictor of substance use for both males and females. Depression partially accounts for the relationship between dietary nutrition consumption and substance use.
Conclusions:
Nutrition represents a promising extension of the biosocial perspective in substance use disorders.
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