Recent studies of drug addiction have shown that addictive drugs have the ability to alter gene expression throughout the reward circuitry of the brain leading to persistent addicted states. This explains why it is so difficult to break addictive habits even when an individual has a desire to discontinue an addictive stubstance. It also explains why we often substitute one addiction for another.
Fortunately, nutritional research has repeatedly shown that optimal nutrition reduces addictive tendencies and makes withdrawal from addictions easier. Generous intake of vitamin C appears to be particularly important for those suffering with sugar and opiate addictions.
Reference:
Maze, Ian, and Nestler, Eric J., The epigenetic landscape of addiction, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 2011; 1216, 99-113.
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