You Are What You Eat: The Impact of Nutrition on Alcohol and Drug Use.
Experimental research has shown that nutrition influences behavioral deviance.



The current project addresses the impact of nutrition on problem alcohol and drug use in a nationally representative sample of US adults.



The study relies on the daily dietary nutrition data and the substance use measures in the 2007-2008 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.



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.



Nutrition represents a promising extension of the biosocial perspective in substance use disorders.
a Department of Sociology , University of Louisville , Louisville , Kentucky , USA.
Ryan D
RD
Schroeder
b Department of Criminal Justice , University of Louisville , Louisville , Kentucky , USA.
George E
GE
Higgins
D000328:Adult; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004032:Diet; D002149:Energy Intake / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008385:Marijuana Smoking / Q000503:physiopathology*; D018977:Micronutrients; D008875:Middle Aged; D009749:Nutrition Surveys; D009752:Nutritional Status; D012737:Sex Factors; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology*; D055815:Young Adult
D018977:Micronutrients
Nutrition; alcohol; drugs