Excitotoxins: The Taste That Kills

I am a fan of this doctor. Research seems to be on target and very helpful for me. I am all for learning stuff that will help me in my efforts to keep healthy. Highly Recommended!

Need to know information about some components of your food. As usual, what tastes really good may not be good for your health. Choosing your food carefully and wisely can make a huge difference in the quality and length of your life. You may especially want to protect your brain cells.

Excellent book with great information about things to avoid to improve your health. The information is startling actually.I have to admit it’s a little bit dry at times but the information is really remarkable.

Published in 1997, will be reading with an open mind and coming to my own conclusions.

Excitotoxins make bland foods taste great. However, there is a maximum allowed to be added to food. The reason is that an excess is toxic. NATURAL FLAVOR, as an ingredient, is actually excitotoxins to enhance the flavor that naturally occurs in the food. With so many food products adding the maximum NATURAL FLAVOR, the result is an excess after the first serving of the day. The resulting symptom is brain fog. Prolonged use of excess excitotoxins can cause irreversible damage. The list of NATURAL FLAVOR ADDED includes MSG and hydrolyzed yeast extract. Get the book and keep it handy as a reference; your likely to forget what you'll need to know.

I'm giving this book a 5-star rating even though it's very difficult to read. Excitotoxins has way too much scientific material for the average reader, but it's extremely important and relevant to people who are interested in the nutritional connection to neurological disorders such as alzheimer's, parkinsons and ALS. It's truly unfortunate that author Russell Blaylock chose a lame subtitle "the taste that kills," instead of specifically targeting a neurologically-oriented audience.Blaylock points the finger straight at excitotoxins, a family of food-born amino acids that have the capability to excite brain neurons to death. Excitotoxins are the common underlying culprit in many neurological disorders. They build up in the brain and have been conclusively shown to either precipitate or aggravate many neurological problems. Food additives such as aspartame, MSG and hydrolized vegetable protein are the primary sources of excitotoxins in our diet.Blaylock claims "the FDA has failed in its stated purpose of protecting the public from harmful substances being added to the food supply...People must be warned." In a nutshell, that's what this book is about. Consider it a knowledgeable warning from a highly accredited, passionate source.We can no longer count on our government to protect us from questionable substances produced by big chemical or food companies. The word "questionable" means that the substances do not make us sick or kill us right away; rather, they have to accumulate over time to trigger or reveal disease. The smartest personal survival/protection strategy is to get educated. This book is part of your essential education. Plough through it or at least skim through it to the parts that interest you.I especially recommend Excitotoxins to anyone with a neurological disorder and/or their families, to physicians who treat neurological disorders, to pregnant women, and to all humans who are seriously interested in the link between food additives, health and longevity.

This is an extremely important book that I wish everyone in the world would read (or listen to). Dr. Blaylock discusses the dangers of MSG (monosodium glutamate) and other sources of free glutamate or glutamic acid in food.Although we all need some glutamate for our brains to function properly, excess glutamate can overexcite the neurons in the brain and cause them to burn out. The brain cells literally die. The resulting brain malfunctions can include such diseases as Parkinson's, Huntingdon's, Alzheimer's, ALS, multiple sclerosis, depression, autism, and attention deficit. It depends on what portion of the brain is most severely injured.Glutamate is added to many (or perhaps most) packaged and prepared foods, often under innocuous-looking names such as "natural flavourings" or "autolyzed yeast". While many people are aware that they should avoid "MSG" in foods because of much publicity surrounding Chinese Restaurant Syndrome, they don't often realize that "natural flavourings" can be another term for hidden MSG.The upshot is that to avoid damaging your brain, you should join the JERF movement (Just Eat Real Food). The Weston A. Price Foundation is a good place to start if you want to learn about how to eat healthy whole food. Dr. Blaylock has presented at their conferences.