Excitotoxins – is the Taste Worth the Risk?

ByDr. Jo

Excitotoxins – Part 4 – Is it worth it to ingest these excitotoxins? Catch the beginning of this story here: https://www.drjomd.com/2011/08/excitotoxins-part-1/ https://www.drjomd.com/2011/09/excitotoxins-part-2/ https://www.drjomd.com/2011/09/excitotoxins-part-3/ And hidden sources of MSG here: https://www.drjomd.com/2011/08/hidden-sources-of-msg/   Is it worth it to ingest these excitotoxins? Hardly! Now that you know, will you keep feeding processed food and diet drinks to your…

Excitotoxins Abundant in Processed Food

ByDr. Jo

Excitotoxins – Part 3 Review the previous articles here: https://www.drjomd.com/2011/08/excitotoxins-part-1/ https://www.drjomd.com/2011/09/excitotoxins-part-2/ And hidden sources of MSG here: https://www.drjomd.com/2011/08/hidden-sources-of-msg/ How much processed food and diet drinks or candies or mints are you eating on a daily basis? If that’s your main diet, you are ingesting a heavy load of excitotoxins. You will have trouble finding prepared…

Excitotoxins – Neurotransmitters in Over-Drive

ByDr. Jo

Excitotoxins – Part 2 MSG, Aspartame dangers uncovered. You will find part 1 here: https://www.drjomd.com/2011/08/excitotoxins-part-1/ And hidden sources of MSG here: https://www.drjomd.com/2011/08/hidden-sources-of-msg/ Turns out the original assumption that glutamate supplied energy to the brain was almost right. But rather than supplying energy to the brain glutamate, aspartate and several other amino acids carry nerve messages…

Hidden Sources of MSG

ByDr. Jo

From Excitotoxins, the Taste that Kills: “As discussed previously, the glutamate manufacturers and the processed food industries are always on a quest to disguise MSG added to food. Below is a partial list of the most common names for disguised MSG. Remember also that the powerful excitotoxins aspartate and L-cysteine are frequently added to foods…