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 "Glutamate in Stroke
High levels of free glutamate in plasma and cerebrospinal fluid, that is, brain fluid, are released in patients with stroke. This is the basis for the use of experimental antiglutamate treatments. The first 24 hours seem to be most important if the stroke is progressive while for a stable/contained stroke the first six hours show elevation in glutamate. With the increased awareness of neurotoxic effects of free glutamate, patients with strokes should receive low free glutamate diets to assist in reducing neurologic deterioration."- George R. Schwartz, In Bad Taste: The Msg Symptom Complex : How Monosodium Glutamate Is a Major Cause of Treatable and Preventable Illnesses, Such As Headaches, Asthma, Epilepsy, heart (Get the book.) |
 "While technically MSG is only one of several forms of free glutamate used in foods, consumers frequently use the term MSG to mean all free glutamate. For this reason, the FDA considers foods whose labels say "No MSG" or "No Added MSG" to be misleading if the food contains ingredients that are sources of free glutamates, such as hydrolyzed protein.
The Fix
If you suspect you have an adverse reaction to MSG, avoid the food sources at home and in restaurants."- Phyllis A. Balch, CNC, Prescription for Dietary Wellness: Using Foods to Heal (Get the book.) |
 "If we consume diets high in free glutamate or aspartate, we risk serious brain damage. And if we happen to carry the gene for a high risk of Alzheimer's disease, elevated levels of blood glutamate from a bad diet may be just the trigger that is needed to initiate the disease. The same is true for Parkinson's disease and ALS.
Aging makes us susceptible to other threats, as well. Our brain depends on a steady supply of glucose to function. While it can use other fuels to a limited extent, glucose is its main fuel."- Russell L. Blaylock, M.D., Health and Nutrition Secrets (Get the book.) "Of special concern are soy-based formulas, since they too are high in free glutamate as well as phytoestrogens. One of MSG's more alarming properties is its affect on anger. Researchers who injected MSG in microscopic concentrations into the hypothalami of test animals' brains were able to produce intense rage reactions in the subjects232—a not-unexpected effect since the hypothalamus is an integral part of the brain's limbic system, the complex of nuclei concerned with emotional elaboration." - Russell L. Blaylock, M.D., Health and Nutrition Secrets (Get the book.) "I am unaware of any studies looking for mutagenicity, yet numerous studies have shown that MSG, free glutamate and other excitotoxins produce enormous amounts of free radicals in tissues—which are a major cause of cancer induction in tissues and organs. By consuming foods on a daily basis that are high in excitotoxic additives, we would certainly expect high levels of free radicals and lipid peroxidation in numerous tissues. Again, no one has looked at the possible association." - Russell L. Blaylock, M.D., Health and Nutrition Secrets (Get the book.) "Many of the liquid nutritional diets given to hospitalized stroke patients contain substantial levels of free glutamate and/or aspartate. Even as they start to recover, stroke patients are often fed foods containing the additive MSG. This not only increases the likelihood for increased brain injury, but also increases the likelihood of a seizure. Because of brain swelling caused by the stroke or pre-existing hypertension, many of these patients are given powerful diuretics. To combat swelling, neurosurgeons and neurologists will also resort to the use of steroids." - Russell L. Blaylock, M.D., Health and Nutrition Secrets (Get the book.) |
 "Many foods, such as soybeans and tomatoes, contain naturally high levels of free glutamate, which may cause MSG reactions in particularly sensitive individuals. The processed form—monosodium glutamate—is the sodium salt of glutamic acid, and it is the highly refined substance (which actually looks a lot like table salt) that is added in huge quantities to most processed foods at manufacturing facilities. Restaurants also frequently add MSG to their menu items."- Pat Sullivan, Wellness Piece by Piece: How a Successful Entrepreneur Discovered the Pieces to His Chronic Health Puzzle (Get the book.) |
| "With the increased awareness of neurotoxic effects of free glutamate, patients with strokes should receive low free glutamate diets to assist in reducing neurologic deterioration.47
Helping the Heart, Hurting the Brain
The observation that glutamate infusion may aid in the recovery of the heart from cardiac surgery and ischemia indicates its ability to stimulate the heart.48 In a normal state this may relate to the precipitation of
Davalos A, Castillo J, Serena J, Noya M: Duration of glutamate release after acute ischemic stroke. Stroke, 28(4):708-10,1997." - George R. Schwartz, In Bad Taste: The Msg Symptom Complex : How Monosodium Glutamate Is a Major Cause of Treatable and Preventable Illnesses, Such As Headaches, Asthma, Epilepsy, heart (Get the book.) |
 "These are special proteins that transport free glutamate from the fluid surrounding the neurons (extracellular space) into surrounding astrocytes. Remember, free glutamate in the extracellular space can kill the neurons. This removal process occurs very rapidly under normal conditions.
Loss of the glutamate transporter is a specific defect thus far seen only in ALS. Dr. Rothstein found that when he applied a drug known to block the glutamate transporter to a spinal cord slice in a culture, glutamate levels rose to high levels that persisted for weeks."- Russell L. Blaylock, M.D., Excitotoxins: The Taste That Kills (Get the book.) |
| "Glutamate is present in commercial soups which may contain up to 1,300 mg of free glutamate per 6 oz cup. A twenty pound baby eating one cup would get 130 mg per kg of body weight. The toxic dose for immature mice is 250-500 mg per kg. This is too small a margin of safety. But humans are 5 times more sensitive than mice and 20 times more sensitive than monkeys to brain damage from glutamate. Aspartame is equally toxic in destroying brain neurones. These exotoxins are being examined for their possible role in causing degenerative brain diseases like Alzheimer's and Huntington disease." - Dr. Abram Hoffer, M.D., FRCP(C), Healing Children's Attention & Behavior Disorders (Get the book.) |
 "MSG and cancer
Numerous studies have shown that MSG, free glutamate and other excitotoxins produce enormous amounts of free radicals in tissues - which are a major cause of cancer induction in tissues and organs. By consuming foods on a daily basis that are high in excitotoxic additives, we would certainly expect high levels of free radicals and lipid peroxidation in numerous tissues.
- Russell Blaylock, M.D."- Mike Adams, Grocery Warning: How to recognize and avoid the groceries that cause cancer, diabetes, heart disease, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and other common diseases (Get the book.) |
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