Excitotoxins : the taste that kills
"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"--Publisher website (June 2007)
Print Book, English, [1998], ©1997
Health Press, Santa Fe, N.M., [1998], ©1997
xxii, 297 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
9780929173252, 0929173252
36060015
A crach course in how the brain works
Very special amino acids
Exciting cells to death
Effect of excitotoxins on the developing brain
Creeping death: the neurodegenerative diseases
Alzheimer's disease
Other neurological disorders related to excitotoxins
Conclusion
Update and analysis
"How monosodium glutamate, aspartame (Nutrasweet) and similar substances can cause harm to the brain and nervous system and their relationship to neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's, Lou Gehrig's Disease (ALS) and others."
Includes new chapter