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…

Excitotoxins, the Taste that Kills, a book review

ByDr. Jo

What would you do? If you found out that your daily meals contain a chemical additive that could cause brain damage in your children? If evidence indicates that this chemical could affect how your child’s brain forms and develops. If the damage caused by this chemical might not show itself until your child was older, manifesting…

Artificial Sweeteners – Do You Really Want to Put These Chemicals in Your Body?

ByDr. Jo

By request we’re taking a look at artificial sweeteners, their pros and cons. Then you can decide whether you really want to put these chemicals in your body. Thought that you would be interested in a list of the FDA approved artificial sweeteners with their generic and trade names: Saccharin (SugarTwin, Sweet’N Low) Acesulfame potassium…