About EAT!: A Guide to Radiant Recovery Using Food and Amino Acids to Repair the Addicted Brain and Reduce Cravings By Christina Veselak:
EAT! Fuel Your Brain, Transform Your Recovery is a groundbreaking guide that connects nutrition to successful addiction recovery. Focusing on the often-overlooked link between brain chemistry and relapse, the book introduces the Feeding Recovery System, an evidence-based nutritional plan designed to stabilize mood, reduce cravings, and support long-term sobriety. With seven core keys—including blood sugar balance, amino acid therapy, and sleep support—EAT! provides practical, science-backed strategies to heal the addicted brain. Written with compassion and clarity, the book offers no-blame explanations for why recovery can feel so hard—and how food and supplements can make it easier. Whether you’re in recovery or seeking better emotional balance, EAT! gives you essential tools for brain health, self-care, and sustainable wellness. With playful illustrations and empowering advice, it’s an essential resource for anyone ready to reclaim their mental and emotional well-being.
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Author Bio:
Christina Veselak, MS, LMFT, CN, is passionate about reducing relapse rates and overdose deaths in people recovering from substance use disorders by using targeted nutrition to address the biochemistry of addiction and recovery. With 40 years of experience working as a psychotherapist and mental health nutritionist in the addiction treatment field, she brings an unparalleled breadth of knowledge and a wealth of compassion and expertise.
As one of the few people in the country who understands how feeding the brain with the nutrients it needs to repair itself and function optimally provides people with a much-needed foundation to be successful in their recovery journey, she has positively impacted the world of treatment and recovery through her online school for professionals, The Academy for Addiction and Mental Health Nutrition and her non-profit organization, Eating Protein Saves Lives, Inc. She also hosts a weekly podcast, Power-Up Recovery with Nutrition
Christina lives in WV with her husband and 2 part-time dogs, Nico and Buster. She loves to garden and plays the Irish Tin Whistle.