Learn to Avoid The Taste That Kills

Diet Soft drinks. Don't bother. You won't lose weight, actually you might gain some. When confronted with a choice of sweeteners, steer clear of anything in a pink, blue or yellow packet. Choose the brown or white packet. Raw sugar is the best choice. Artificial sweeteners are excitotoxins. Excitotoxins kill brain cells. 

“Ex-ci'-to-tox-in: a substance added to foods and beverages that literally stimulates neurons to death, causing brain damage of varying degrees. Can be found in such ingredients as monosodium glutamate, aspartame (NutraSweet®), cysteine, hydrolyzed protein, and aspartic acid.” - Wikipedia.



The best source of information on excitotoxins is the book Excitotoxins: The Taste That Kills by Russell Blaylock. Blaylock is a retired neurosurgeon who studied and researched excitotoxins for many years before publishing this book. He knew the food industry would do everything in their power to keep his findings from public awareness and attempt to stifle his work. Knowing this would be the case, he took care to make an airtight case against excitotoxins which would be hard for anyone to dispute.

Seventy-five to ninty percent of the food products found in a typical food store have been enhanced to some degree by the addition of excitotoxins. These chemical agents are often listed as “spices” and “natural flavors” on ingredient labels. Learn to read labels and avoid the following ingredients:

Monosodium glutamate, hydrolyzed vegetable protein, hydrolyzed protein, hydrolyzed plant protein, plant protein extract, sodium casseinate calcium casseinate, yeast extract, textured protein, autolyzed yeast and hydrolyzed oat flour.

Think twice about these additional ingredients: malt extract, malt flavoring, bouillon, broth, stock, flavoring, natural flavoring, natural beef or chicken flavor, seasonings and spices. Most of these terms are used to disguise the use of chemicals that are excitotoxins.

Aspartame alone is found in over 6,000 food products (read the label on that container of non-fat yogurt). Although they have not banned its use, the FDA released a list of 92 side effects associated with aspartame consumption. These include: Abdominal Pain, anxiety attacks, arthritis, asthma, bloating, edema (fluid retention), blood sugar control problems (hypoglycemia or hyperglycemia), brain cancer, breathing difficulties, burning eyes or throat, burning urination, chest pains, chronic cough, chronic fatigue, confusion, death, depression, diarrhea, dizziness, excessive thirst or hunger, fatigue, flushing of face, hair Loss or thinning of hair, headaches/migraines, hearing loss, heart palpitations, hives, hypertension (high blood pressure), impotency and sexual problems, inability to concentrate, infection susceptibility, insomnia, irritability, itching, joint pains, laryngitis, marked personality changes, memory loss, menstrual problems or changes, muscle spasms, nausea or vomiting, numbness or tingling of extremities, panic attacks, phobias, poor memory, rapid heart beat, rashes, seizures and convulsions, slurring of speech, swallowing pain, tremors, tinnitus, vertigo, vision loss and weight gain.

For more information on aspartame click here.  Better yet, get a copy of Excitotoxins: The Taste That Kills.  It's a real eye opener.

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