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Malnutrition is common in chronic alcoholics. Nutrient deficiency in alcoholics also leads to neurotransmitter dysfunction. Summary of an older, very comprehensive scientific review. Hypocalcemia (too little calcium), hyponatremia (too little sodium), hypokalemia (too little potassium), and hypophosphatemia (too little phosphate) have all been associated with chronic alcoholism. Low serum magnesium, selenium, and zinc levelsare also observed in alcoholism. Deficiencies of ...

A vitamin D deficiency increases the craving for opioid drugs - if the vitamin is given as a tablet, the addictive pressure decreases. This is the finding of an international team of researchers led by U.S. scientist Professor David Fisher. Another observation of the researchers: those who lack vitamin D are better helped by opioids against pain. Scientists also see ...

Severe alcoholics very often have glaring gaps in their vitamin C intake. This was found by American researchers in almost 70 patients who were admitted to the clinic over the course of a year. Three out of four affected had vitamin C blood levels even below the limit that medicine defines as scurvy. The doctors not only treated the patients ...

Vitamin C deficiency is a common, unfortunately mostly unrecognised problem among problem drinkers. Only one in three alcoholics has sufficient vitamin levels during withdrawal, French doctors found out. They investigated how common vitamin C deficiency is in people who stop drinking - and found that only one in three had adequate vitamin levels at all. The vitamin C deficient patients ...