Health and Nutrition Secrets that can Save your LIFE

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Health and Nutrition Secrets that Can Save Your Life

by Dr. Russell Blaylock

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Excitotoxins: The Taste that Kills

Book Description (from the publisher)

 

Nutrasweet (Aspartame) has been scientifically linked to brain

tumors, brain cell damage and neurological conditions such as

Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease. According to author Russell

Blaylock, MD, a practicing, board-certified neurosurgeon, we are

witnessing enormous damage to the brain and nervous system due to the

ever-increasing amount of Nutrasweet and other excitotoxic subtances

added to our foods.

 

With detailed accuracy citing well over five hundred scientific

studies, Neurosurgeon Blaylock explores the " must-know " dangers of

these substances being added indiscriminately to our food supply.

 

Mike Wallace of " 60 Minutes " and his research team used the book

Excitotoxins: The Taste That Kills, as one of their sources to report

on the increasing evidence of a brain tumor connection.

 

Their December 29, 1996, program didn't, however, delve into the enormous

epidemic of illness caused by the increasing use of these substances.

Dr. Blaylock's book exposes it all in detail--from the questionable

history of " approvals " in the 1970s and the 1980s to the increasing

body of evidence showing serious brain effects, government inaction,

and industry propaganda and cover-up.

 

The use of aspartame, hydrolyzed vegetable protein, and monosodium

glutamate in prepared foods and beverages continues to increase on a

yearly basis.

 

Dr. Blaylock clearly demonstrates that the neurotoxic

potential of excitotoxins such as MSG and aspartame (NUTRASWEET ) is

so overwhelming that it can no longer be ignored.

 

Table of Contents:

A Crash Course in How the Brain Works - Very Special Amino Acids -

What Is an Amino Acid? - Exciting Cells to Death - Effect of

Excitotoxins on the Developing Brain - Creeping Death: The

Neurodegenerative Diseases - Alzheimer's Disease: A Classic Case of

Excitotoxin Damage - Seizures - Headaches - Brain Injury - Strokes:

Ischemia-Anoxia Hypoglycemia - AIDS Dementia - Aspartame, Brain

Tumors and the FDA

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So what are " excitotoxins " ? Basically, they are a group of compounds

that can cause special neurons within the nervous system to become

overexcited to the point that these cells will die.

 

That's right, they are excited to death. Excitotoxins include such things as

monosodium glutamate (MSG), aspartate (a main ingredient in

NutraSweet), L-cysteine (found in hydrolyzed vegetable protein) and

related compounds.

 

What makes this all the more intriguing is that " excitotoxins " appear

to play a key role in degenerative nervous system diseases such as

Parkinson's disease,

Alzheimer's disease,

Huntington's,

ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease)

and many others.

 

But the story doesn't stop there. It appears that an imbalance of

these excitotoxins during critical periods of brain development can

result in an abnormal formation of brain pathways; that is,

a " miswiring of the brain. "

 

This may lead to serious disorders such

as behavioral problems (hyperactivity, aggression, attention deficit

disorders, learning disorders, poor learning ability, and ADD)-and a

lifetime of endocrine problems such as menstrual difficulties,

infertility, and premature puberty.

 

One of the earliest observations seen in animals exposed to large

doses of MSG was gross obesity. Some neuroscientists have voiced

concern that America's explosion of childhood obesity may be related

to excitotoxins in food.

 

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MANIPULATING THE LANGUAGE (AND THE DATA)

 

The defenders of 'glutamate safety' have gone through an evolving

litany of defenses. First, they denied that brain lesions could

result from any dose of glutamate.

 

Then, when the evidence became

overwhelming, they claimed that these lesions only occurred when MSG

was injected and not ingested. When this was disproved, they denied

that human blood levels could reach concentrations that would be

toxic to the brain.

 

When this was shown not to be true, even by one of their own

defenders, they simply stated, " So what? It still cannot enter the

brain because of the blood brain barrier. "

(This is a special " gatekeeper " that normally excludes

toxic chemicals from

entering the brain from the blood.)

 

But, as even shown by the government-sponsored FASEB report, the

brain has several vital areas that have no barrier.

(For example, the

hypothalamus.)

 

And it was shown that glutamate can pass into

protected areas of the brain by seeping through the unprotected

areas.

 

Also, there are many medical conditions that cause the barrier

to fail, such as hypertension, diabetes, brain tumors, brain trauma,

heat stroke, vascular stroke, multiple sclerosis, neurodegenerate

diseases, and with some medications. All of these people would be at

great risk.

 

 

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BRAIN DAMAGE, NOT AN ALLERGIC REACTION

 

I often hear people say, " But I'm not sensitive to MSG. Chinese food

doesn't bother me. " This is a dangerous mistake. The destructive

effects of MSG and related compounds is not an allergic reaction, it

is a toxic reaction that occurs in virtually everyone. Some are more

sensitive to these destructive effects than others, but everyone is

affected to some degree.

 

The MSG-symptom complex differs from the excitoxic reaction. The

former is quite obvious to the person (headaches, pressure in the

chest, heart palpitations, numbness in the arms and face, etc.),

while the latter may remain clinically silent for many years.

 

 

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SILENT LESIONS

 

What makes " excitotoxins " so dangerous is the subtle way in which

they damage the nervous system. Often the damage goes on for years,

even decades, before clinically recognizable disease is evident. For

example, when an unborn child is exposed to MSG in the mother's diet,

behavioral and learning difficulties may not become evident until the

child starts school. Endocrine problems may not surface until puberty

or when the person is trying to start a family.

 

Degenerative brain diseases, such as Parkinson's or Alzheimer's

disease may take even longer. It is the slow, unrelenting destruction

of brain cells-secondary to exposure to food-born excitotoxins-that

may lead to either the precipitation of these diseases or their

aggravation. Most likely they are not caused by excitotoxins in the

food.

 

 

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SO WHY WON'T THE FDA COME OUT AND SAY MSG IS DANGEROUS?

 

For one thing, there appears to be a revolving door between the FDA

and the manufacturers of and companies that use MSG. We often see

that directors of the FDA on review panels suddenly appear some time

later either working for the industry or with firms that support the

industry.

 

In the FASEB report, the FDA gleaned the wording that it wanted and

packaged it so that it would say exactly what they wanted. For

example, they reported that the study found no link between ingested

MSG and neurodegenerative diseases. But in truth, what the report

said was that no studies have been done to even see if there is a

link. That is, no one is looking at these critical questions.

 

Second, the FASEB investigators took the industry's studies on daily

intakes of MSG at face value. This is ludicrous. Why won't the food

processors release the data on how much MSG and other excitotoxic

additives they add to each food item?

 

What is interesting is that the FASEB study did say that they did

consider concentration less than three grams a day as safe, which

would imply that more than that is definitely dangerous. But even

this is questionable.

 

 

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NUTRASWEET AND CANCER

 

Can NutraSweet cause brain tumors, uterine and ovarian cancer?

Research from its own laboratories says it can. In fact, that was why

it was first rejected by the FDA for human consumption. This study

found that, in all concentrations examined, NutraSweet produced a

very high incidence of brain tumors. (The high dose NutraSweet caused

a 47X increase in brain tumors over control animals.) Also found were

uterine and ovarian tumors.

 

The number of tumors produced seemed to be dose related. That is, the

more NutraSweet consumed, the more likely tumors would develop. It

appears that it is a breakdown product of NutraSweet called

diketopiperizine (DKP) that is causing the tumors. Interestingly,

with the passage of time more and more NutraSweet breaks down into

DKP. This is why the soft drink companies have started to date diet

colas. Heating NutraSweet also speeds up this process. This is why

using NutraSweet in hot beverages and for cooking is especially

hazardous.

 

There has been an enormous increase in the number of brain tumors

reported over the last decade. No other explanation has been given

for this incredible explosion of brain tumors. If the early

experiments linking NutraSweet with brain tumors is confirmed, we

should all be outraged, both at the industry and at the FDA, our

federal watch dog.

 

 

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LIST OF HIDDEN SOURCES OF MSG

 

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 fist of the most common names for

disguised MSG. Remember also that the powerful excitotoxins aspartate

and L-cysteine are frequently added to foods and according to FDA

rules require no labeling at all.

 

Additives that always contain MSG:

Monosodium Glutamate

Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein

Hydrolyzed Protein

Hydrolyzed Plant Protein

Plant Protein Extract

Sodium Caseinate

Calcium Caseinate

Yeast Extract

Textured Protein

Autolyzed Yeast

Hydrolyzed Oat Flour

 

Additives that frequently contain MSG:

Malt extract

Malt Flavoring

Bouillon

Broth

Stock

Flavoring

Natural Flavoring

Natural Beef or Chicken Flavoring

Seasoning

Additives that may contain MSG or excitotoxins:

Carrageenan

Enzymes

Soy Protein Concentrate

Soy Protein Isolate

Whey Protein Concentrate

Additives that may contain MSG or excitotoxins:

Carrageenan

Enzymes

Soy Protein Concentrate

Soy Protein Isolate

Whey Protein Concentrate

 

Protease enzymes of various sources can release excitotoxin amino

acids from food proteins

 

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