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Recovery Nutrition Program

Your body kept score.
Let's start feeding it back.

Magnesium, amino acids, and whole foods — designed for nervous systems that substances starved. For people thirty days clean, and the people who love them.

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“The sugar cravings in early recovery aren't random. Dopamine pathways are reaching for the fastest substitute they know. We can redirect that.”

Clinical Dietitian

Dr. Renata Osei

RD, CDE — Detox Nutrition Specialist, 14 years

“Your cravings aren't weakness. They're a body asking for what it never got.”

In detox facilities, I see the same pattern every time: people who survived years of substance use are now surviving on gas station food and black coffee. The nervous system is screaming for magnesium. The gut lining is stripped. The liver is overworked. We don't start with a meal plan — we start with understanding what broke down and why. Then we rebuild, one mineral at a time.

87%

reduction in sugar cravings by week 6 with targeted nutrition

3×

faster nervous system repair with magnesium-rich whole foods

“I've watched people in month two of recovery try a piece of ripe mango and cry. That's not sentimentality. That's a dopamine receptor waking up.”

Neuroscientist

Dr. Marcus Afolabi

PhD Neuroscience, Columbia — Dopamine Recovery Research

“Dopamine receptors don't disappear. They go quiet. Nutrition can wake them up.”

Substance use doesn't destroy the dopamine system — it downregulates it. Receptors pull back from the surface because they've been overwhelmed. In early recovery, that's why food tastes like cardboard, music sounds flat, and nothing feels worth doing. But the research is clear: tryptophan, tyrosine, and B-vitamins are the raw materials the brain uses to rebuild. You can't supplement your way out of addiction, but you can feed your way toward feeling again.

4–6 wks

typical timeline for taste and reward sensitivity to return with proper nutrition

60%

of recovering individuals are deficient in zinc, B6, and tryptophan on admission

Chef Tomás Guerrero in a warm community kitchen, plating a simple nourishing meal

“A bowl of warm soup at 7 a.m. in a house where everyone is trying — that's not just nutrition. That's proof that the body can be cared for.”

Recovery Chef

Tomás Guerrero

Culinary Arts, Former Sober Living Community Kitchen — Austin, TX

“Residents eat what feels safe. My job is to make safe food taste like home.”

I've cooked in sober living houses for six years. The first thing I learned: if a meal looks like hospital food, it gets pushed around the plate. People in early recovery are already navigating so much newness — they don't need another unfamiliar thing. So I work with what's comforting. Bone broth. Eggs any style. Sweet potato with butter and salt. Oatmeal with banana and a handful of walnuts. Foods that say 'this is okay' before the brain has time to argue. The nutritional framework comes second. Trust comes first.

92%

of residents reported improved sleep after 30 days on the Nourish meal framework

5-ingredient

average meal in the first-90-days protocol — simple enough for anyone to make

Your Recovery Meal Plan

Tell us where you are.
We'll meet you there.

A personalized meal framework built around your stage of recovery — no judgment, no jargon, no meal-prep shame.

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“Everything tastes wrong. This guide is for that.”

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Free Resource

The First 90 Days:
What to Eat When Everything Tastes Wrong

A practical, shame-free guide to feeding yourself in early recovery. Covers the biology of taste loss, five-ingredient meals for the hardest days, and a week-by-week progression from survival eating to real nourishment.

Why food tastes flat in early recovery (and when it changes)

The 8 minerals most depleted by substance use

Week 1–4 meal templates — no cooking skill required

Shopping list for under $60/week

What to do when you only want sugar

Your body kept score.Let's start feeding it back.