Excitotoxins and Your Health

Excitotoxins are substances that can damage your brain and nervous system over time. Mono sodium glutamate and aspartame danger occurs when you eat foods with these additives on a regular basis.

What Are Excitotoxic Substances?

Excitotoxins bind with what are called “receptors” in the neurons of the brain. This allows a buildup of calcium within the cell that can damage or even kill the cell, gradually destroying your nervous system.

Some of these substances can come from within your body and are associated with conditions of hypoxia (lack of oxygen), and hypoglycemia. However what you need to be concerned with is excitotoxic substances in your diet and how to avoid them.

Mono sodium glutamate toxicity, and aspartame danger are examples of how food additives can damage your brain and nervous system.

Here are several examples of common excitotoxic food additives:

• Mono sodium glutamate (MSG)
• Aspartame (Nutri-sweet)
• Hydrolyzed vegetable protein (also contains MSG)
• Ccystoic acid (which the body converts to cysteine)

These should be avoided whenever possible, because even limited exposure to them can cause damage to your brain and nervous system. The problem is that the food industry has hidden the presence of excitotoxins with deceptive labeling on food products.

Here are a few clues to the presence of these substances in the foods you buy:

• Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein
• Textured Protein
• Rice syrup or brown rice syrup
• Enzyme modified proteins
• Soy Sauce or Extract
• Bouillon
• Malted Barley (flavor)

Aspartame danger is another problem that comes from a popular food additive used as a sweetener. It is found in many products like soft drinks, and candy.

foods. You should avoid this substance as well. Aspartame danger comes from it’s breakdown under heat to form compounds such as ethyl alcohol and formaldehyde, which are toxic to the brain.

The Processed Food Connection

Processed foods often contain excititoxins, which are used as flavor enhancers. Taste is engineered into these manufactured foods to get people to eat more and become somewhat addicted to the taste of these foods.

The bottom line is sales and profit margin, and if using dangerous substances will lead to more consumption of their food products (if you can call it food) then these companies will not hesitate to add these chemicals if they are legally allowed to.