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Dietary Support for
the Alcoholic
By Sally Fallon Morell
recently learned that near the end of his life, Bill Wilson,
the founder of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), went to
Ihis board of directors and urged them to add nutritional
therapy to the AA protocols. The board turned him down.
Wilson had found that coffee and sugary treats—often served at AA
meetings—worsened his hypoglycemia symptoms and depression. When
he removed these foods from his diet, his blood sugar stabilized and his
depression cleared. He also became interested in the use of vitamin B for
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treating alcoholism. The board’s decision prevented the widespread sharing
of these discoveries, although his wife published a pamphlet on vitamin B 6
after his death.
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