010: Plant-Based Nutrition for Addiction and Mental Health with Adam Sud

Adam Sud is a behavioral wellness and nutrition expert, international speaker, and the founder and CEO of Plant Based for Positive Change, a nonprofit dedicated to advancing research and understanding of how nutrition impacts mental health and addiction. In this episode, Adam shares how an attempted suicide by drug overdose led him to seek treatment for his addictions. Adam talks about how his body became his greatest ally with the help of plant-based nutrition after years of addiction, chronic diseases, and mental health challenges. He walks us through a study he led at an addiction treatment center investigating how nutrition and nutrition education impact individuals in early addiction recovery. 

KEY TAKEAWAYS:

• Feeling disconnected from my body 
• Misguided self-care with Adderal
• Why addiction makes sense
• Supernormal stimuli
• The Infinite Study
• Jesse eats meat for the first time in 7 years
• Adam's definition of addiction and recovery

Work with Adam Sud:

IG: @plantbasedaddict

Tiktok: @plantbasedaddict

Website: adamsud.com

The Infinite Study featured in Forbes

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