Crack/ Cocaine Rebalancing Diet

Using crack and cocaine can have a negative impact on how the brain functions, resulting in depressions or mood swings. There is a diet that can help repair your body and mind, here it is.

The use of Crack and cocaine can severely deplete both dopamine and serotonin neurotransmitters causing problems with depression, mood swings, movement and sleep patterns. Certain amino acids are needed to re-build these neurotransmitters.

Dopamine: Tyrosine/ Phenylalanine

Serotonin: Tryptophan

Eating a balanced diet that is rich in foods that contain these amino acids can shorten the time needed for the body to rebalance these neurotransmitters and address the symptoms described above.

Fruit bowl

Bananas, kiwi fruit, pineapple, plums, apples

Foods rich in Tryptophan:

Breakfast:

Porridge
Eggs
Muesli
Milk
Wheat based cereals
Apples

Lunch:

Cottage cheese
Chocolate
Whole wheat pasta / bread
Sausages
Cheddar cheese
Avocado
Grapes
Plain yoghurt

Dinner:

Turkey
Chicken
Pork
Mackerel
Brown rice

Foods rich in Tyrosine and Phenylalanine:

Breakfast:

Porridge
Eggs
Muesli (go to the end of the page for the ultimate muesli)
Milk
Bananas

Lunch:

Cottage cheese
Chocolate
Whole wheat pasta/bread
Sausages
Low fat cheese
Sardines
Walnuts

Dinner:

Turkey
Chicken
Pork
Steak
Brown rice
Soya beans
Fresh berries

A diet rich in these foods should be followed help to boost the levels of both these neurotransmitters helping to rebalance the client and aid recovery.
The diet does not mean that you solely eat the above food, just that your balanced diet is rich in the above foods.

Original diet adapted from Nalaari agency, Bristol.

Recipes and ideas

The hi team are collecting recipes that are easy to manage so that you can follow this recovery diet. We are starting at the beginning with breakfast. Here is the hiwecanhelp ultimate muesli:

This is the ultimate muesli mix. If you have trouble finding the spelt flakes you can buy a basic muesli mix and add the rest to create a perfect muesli.

250g wheat (or spelt) flakes

250g barley flakes

60g sunflower seeds

60g pumpkin seeds

60g hazelnut roughly chopped

30g sesame seeds

3 fl oz each of water and sunflower old whipped to mix pour over the dry muesli and mix really well

Heat oven to 130 degrees

Cook the mixture in an over try for 30 minutes, stirring half way through the cooking process.

Add raisins and other dried fruit when the mix is cold.

Muesli Miracles

Wheat contains almost all nutrients required in the right amounts and in the correct composition. By eating muesli made from freshly ground wheat or other grains, we ingest all the vital substances they contain. Unadulterated carbohydrates, amino acids, saturated and unsaturated fatty acids, minerals, vitamins, trace elements, enzymes, aromatic substances and other essential micronutrients contribute considerably to our protection against a variety of degenerative diseases.

The B-complex vitamins in muesli also regenerate fat metabolism. They take care that carbohydrates are transformed into carbon dioxide and water and not into long-chain saturated fatty acids (SFAs). Those SFAs form an impermeable coat which would replace a permeable coating of essential fatty acids in our arteries and capillaries. The carbon dioxide is exhaled and the water is eliminated.

For all those who start this program with clear indications of degenerative diseases due to a long consumption of what we call the "North American" diet, it is advisable to prepare and eat muesli both morning and night. Within days, your digestion will improve. As soon as digestion is regular, the stool gold-brown, neither hard nor soft and free of foul odor, you can decide whether you want to continue eating muesli at night or if you would prefer to eat only one ounce of grain in the form of grouts or sprouts.

You won’t believe that this natural path to wellness is so simple. The trace element iron will improve the quality of your blood and magnesium will strengthen your muscles, in particular your heart. The vitamin B-complex of raw wheat will take care of the regeneration of your body’s cells, your nerves and your bones. What other food can do all of this for you?

The hi team collected some additional useful information about this great food from www.alive.com

If you have recipes to share contact the hi team and we will be happy to post them on the site.

Enjoy!