74. Christina Veselak - Feeding the Recovering Brain

The Jill Cruz Podcast

✅ Integrating mental health nutrition into psychotherapy can bring quicker recovery results. 02:46
🍗 When our blood sugar drops adrenaline kicks in: when did you last eat protein? 04:24
🐟 Protein helps people with chronic relapse: premenstrual women should eat 20g of protein every 3 hours. 06:07
🥨 People switch addictions in the early phases of recovery: Jill ate ice cream every night & later replaced it with pretzels. 09:29
🧠 When we can’t seem to shift negative behavior or thinking patterns, we should look at the brain: give your brain nutrients, not drugs. 11:49
🐎 Animal proteins contain vitamin B12, biotin, zinc & amino acids: what are other sources of amino acids? 16:43
🥘 Eat your protein, fats & fiber: more protein means fewer cravings. 18:12
💀 Eating protein saves life and improves overall health: people with poor eating habits can eat themselves to death. 20:26
🍨 Example of a recovering 64-year-old woman: hunger vs. craving. 23:07
💤 Not having enough protein at lunch can cause cravings at night: anybody can do it! 25:57
💊 Sometimes we need to go for “purified food”: it can turn cravings and even suicidal impulses off in just 20min. 28:07
🚫 Don't take supplements on your own, there can be side effects! 30:07
✅ The supplement helped when Jill's daughter went through a breakup. 31:48

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