Very interesting article on excitotoxins

[Lori575]

I found this article on excitotoxins and it talks about how they are causing all types of issues in humans, including endocrine disorders, autism, etc.  Scarey stuff!  I am becoming a firm believer and am in the process of trying to adopt clean eating habits:

Here's a paragraph from the article

"Different people will have differing reactions to excitotoxins. Some “lucky” folks have the ability to detoxify them from the body and see little or no reaction. I find that most people will see some reaction, so keep on the look out for how you feel and what you ate. Very high intake of any excitotoxin can lead to abnormal learning, addictive behaviors, behavioral and emotional issues and even affect the endocrine systems in children. When animals are fed MSG early in life, they can develop short stature, small endocrine organs pituitary, adrenal glands, thyroid gland, ovaries, testes and pancreas) and a high risk of seizures. Some of these effects are reversible, some are permanent."


http://www.drjoeesposito.com/articals/excitotoxins.html


Here's a link to another article which also suggests supplements to help combat the the negative effects of these excitotoxins:

http://insuranceandwellness.com/Excitotoxins.pdf

[Lori575]

You are welcome!  It scared me, that's for sure!  I had a bout of weird symptoms a couple years back and many of them nuerological.  I have actual nerve damage from whatever it was and have to deal with this painful tingling almost daily, when I get these adrenaline-like rushes.  I almost wonder if eating all the sugar-free candies/pops, etc. could have contributed to it since the Dr.'s say they don't know what caused it other then the Graves/Hashi's....but then the Endocrine says nope because my levels are normal.  Just makes me wonder what I've done to my body by eating all this stuff when I read these articles.  I'm not sure if it's me just constantly looking for reasons, or what, but they do seem to make sense.

[magpieannie]

Great articles! Thank you! I will be looking for hidden MSG when I shop and my family and I will avoid drinking  diet soda and eating products with Nutra-Sweet after reading this!

[laura1967]

Thank you for sharing good info!  :)