Generic placeholder image

Current Pharmaceutical Design

Editor-in-Chief

ISSN (Print): 1381-6128
ISSN (Online): 1873-4286

Review Article

A Complex Interplay between Nutrition and Alcohol use Disorder: Implications for Breaking the Vicious Cycle

Author(s): Brooke White and Sunil Sirohi*

Volume 30, Issue 23, 2024

Published on: 23 May, 2024

Page: [1822 - 1837] Pages: 16

DOI: 10.2174/0113816128292367240510111746

Price: $65

Abstract

Approximately 16.5% of the United States population met the diagnostic criteria for substance use disorder (SUD) in 2021, including 29.5 million individuals with alcohol use disorder (AUD). Individuals with AUD are at increased risk for malnutrition, and impairments in nutritional status in chronic alcohol users can be detrimental to physical and emotional well-being. Furthermore, these nutritional deficiencies could contribute to the never-ending cycle of alcoholism and related pathologies, thereby jeopardizing the prospects of recovery and treatment outcomes. Improving nutritional status in AUD patients may not only compensate for general malnutrition but could also reduce adverse symptoms during recovery, thereby promoting abstinence and successful treatment of AUD. In this review, we briefly summarize alterations in the nutritional status of people with addictive disorders, in addition to the underlying neurobiological mechanisms and clinical implications regarding the role of nutritional intervention in recovery from alcohol use disorder.


Rights & Permissions Print Cite
© 2024 Bentham Science Publishers | Privacy Policy