Nutrition In Recovery

Memorial Hermann Prevention and Recovery Center (PaRC) takes pride in offering the best in food quality and customer service to their patients and family. We encourage each patient to eat as much as they like as proper nutrition is a vital part of one's health recovery. Therefore providing tasty meals is essential to ensure that each patient is regaining the proper caloric intake.

PaRC has been awarded the 2008 “Spirit of Excellence” award from Modern Healthcare and has attained a 96% customer service satisfaction score from them for the last 3 quarters. PaRC has been voted “Best of the Best” out of the entire Memorial Hermann Healthcare System 14 times and has been in the 90% Club 20 times since 2007.

PaRC understands the importance of nutrition in recovery from substance abuse and because of that understanding PaRC is on the forefront of offering their patients and staff healthy alternatives. They have incorporated many healthy ‘swaps’ to the menu; substituting brown rice for white rice, using 100% whole wheat pasta and breads and introducing a variety of healthy grains such as faro, quinoa, couscous and barley.

Proper hydration is also fundamental in nutrition and addition recovery. Water is available at every meal and throughout the day. Water removes toxins from the body and carries nutrients, glucose and oxygen to cells to promote repair. Water prevents constipation, relieves headaches, curbs appetite and snacking and maintains electrolyte balance. Water is a beneficial part of your recovery.