Alcohol, like opiates, reduce BDNF gene expression which moderates substance use.
Low BDNF = high substance use...uncontrolled substance use.
My DrLiverman.blogspot.com is based on lifestyle that promotes higher BDNF, improved metabolic health and reduced inflamaging.
Intermittent fasting, low glycemic diet, 4 minutes of high intensity interval exercise daily, weekly resistance training, 2 minutes of slow paced diaphragmatic breathing and brain speed training all increase brain and peripheral BDNF.
Addicts and alcoholics could apply this science in their recovery plans.
This includes gambling from prior studies.
Brain speed training alone reduced relapse of gambling or opiate use from 68% to 44% in separate published studies.
If combined lifestyle changes raises BDNF gene expression and levels, one could reasonably expect increased reduction of relapse.
In another study comparing high intensity interval training with and without brain speed training combined allowed men to pedal 115% farther in an exercise to exhaustion test compared to 42% without a second proved BDNF elevator.
Corticostriatal BDNF and alcohol addiction
Joseph Thomas (Tony) Liverman, Jr. MD
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