Boston Medical Center has long offered cooking classes tailored to medical conditions such as diabetes, but its newest offering focuses on using cooking to help patients struggling with addiction on their road to recovery, according to the Concord Monitor.
The program teaches patients how healthy cooking can help their recovery process by cutting out sugary foods that activate the same area of the brain as drugs and replacing them with nutritious alternatives.
"Good healthcare is about more than just direct clinical services," said Michael Botticelli, executive director of the hospital's Grayken Center for Addiction, according to the Concord Monitor. "Recovery is not just about stopping the use of alcohol and drugs, it's about how do we return people to a sense of wellness and a sense of well-being."