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My Internet search has led me to the
consensus that Glutamic Acid is one of the few nutrients that crosses the
blood/brain barrier and is a major player in brain/neural function. It is an
excitatory amino acid, causing an increase in neural activity. The National
Institute of Health is conducting a study of the role of Glutamic Acid in reducing
nerve damage in certain cancer patients who are being treated: http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT00369564.
My search also shows that Glutamic Acid is used to treat patients suffering
from depression, ADD, ADHD, fatigue and chronic
fatigue, alcoholism, epilepsy, muscular dystrophy, mental retardation, and
schizophrenia. Glutamic Acid does appear to be helpful in maintaining
heart health and prostate health. That said, for sufferers of stroke, the brain
has too much Glutamic Acid, causing nerve cells to die from overstimulation, so
doctors medically suppress it.
I do not recommend that people supplement
their diets with Glutamic Acid – that is a completely personal decision after
you conduct your own research. I do know that there is plenty of it in the
foods we eat: meat, eggs, poultry and fish. And bone broth of course. It really
is all about the food. People who eat nutrient dense, traditionally prepared
foods experience robust health unfettered by the many medical problems suffered
by those who follow the Standard American Diet (SAD).
I do know that ADD, fatigue, and chronic
fatigue can all be cured by a diet which heals the gut. My family has done it,
and bone broth has been a key part of our recovery. My reading has convinced me
that depression, ADHD and other autism spectrum disorders, schizophrenia,
bi-polar disease and others can also be cured by healing the gut, as discussed
in Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride’s Gut and Psychology Syndrome. Dr.
McBride’s work was the basis for our great health recovery. You can learn more
at www.gapsdiet.com.
To learn how to prepare bone broth, visit
these posts and videos on my blog: Remember
to Save Those Turkey Bones!
MSG
Finally, Glutamic Acid is the foundation for
monosodium glutamate, or MSG. As many people know, MSG is an illness and
disease causing, human created thing stuck in “food” so that “food producers”
do not have to spend more money making real food. People especially sensitive
to MSG can suffer seizures, respiratory failure, brain lesions and many, many more
problems.
MSG is everywhere. Perhaps its greatest
threat is that it is the basis for aspartate, which is heavily used in the production
of diet soft drinks. Dr. Marcelle Pick states: “According to Beverage Digest, overall
sales of soda (sugar and diet) were 10.2 billion cases in 2005; that rounds out
to be about 828 eight-ounce servings a year (or 2-½ servings per day) for every
man woman and child” (see Diet soda — how healthy is it?). Aspartate and glutamate are excitotoxins that
stimulate the neural cells to death. The more you drink or eat of this MSG and
artificial sweeteners, the more of your brain you kill. As an added bonus, you increase
your chances to invite and promote cancer. Here is an interview with Dr.
Russell Blaylock, M.D. giving greater details: http://www.naturalnews.com/020550_MSG_aspartame_cancer.html
MSG, aspartame and other flavor enhancers are
clearly more examples that processed “foods” do destroy health.
The comments to this entry are closed.
Hey Laura,
Thanks for the great blog posts, which are most appreciated.
I eat most of my food raw, including grass-fed meat, fat and organs, although I've been experimenting with different bone broths/stocks recently, according to your advice (for skin healing, tooth healing etc.).
I've noticed that every time I consume broth (even just a cup), it triggers a "trance" feeling, as well as a very mild headache. I suspect that I'm sensitive to the free glutamic acid in the broth, which must be excitotoxic for me (like MSG, aspartame etc.). This reconciles with many forum posts that I've read on broth glutamate-induced excitotoxicity for those sensitive to glutamate.
Glutamate and amine sensitivity are very interesting topics, implicating all kinds of things like sub-clinical hypothyroidism, excess PUFA tissue concentration etc.
I'm perturbed because I feel that bone broths would be very healing for me, if I could tolerate them (I don't want to harm my neurons in the process).
I've even tried eating raw cartilage from all areas of the animal (even the spinal discs!), which I chewed to a pulp (very chewy) but I still had a reaction.
Can you give me your opinions/advice please?
Very best regards,
Scotty
Posted by: Scotty | May 17, 2010 at 05:32 AM
i would like to know more info. i too get bad head aches when drinking small amounts of home made grass fed broth. nowu got my worried if i hav hypothyroidism, cuz my mom does. wy did this topic die. i cant find any info on wy bone broth makes me feel so sick
Posted by: xig | January 28, 2012 at 11:42 PM
Thank you both for reading. I think I replied to Scotty directly, and I probably didn't have much to say.
Go to this link to learn more about troublesome reactions to broth. At least it is a place to start! http://www.mothering.com/community/t/1337259/is-bone-broth-all-that-it-is-hyped-up-to-be-lets-talk-about-tf-myths
Posted by: Laura Combs | January 29, 2012 at 06:46 PM