Compulsive gambling has much in common with other addictions and compulsions. The popular belief is that IT IS ALL IN THE MIND. This would imply that a compulsive gambler can be talked out of his gambling addiction by rational argument or perhaps by drug therapy. This has not been a very helpful approach.
The idea that it may be associated with a nutritional disorder is not a well accepted concept.
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Jurriaan Plesman BA (Psych) Post Grad Dip Clin Nutr
Editor of
The Hypoglycemic Health Association of Australia.