Praise for Excitotoxins: The Taste That Kills by Dr. Russell L. Blaylock

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''Excitotoxins is a valuable contribution to the understanding of the brain, and the need to protect it from assaults that result in various health problems and diseases.''

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''Upsetting, yet it is responsibly researched and well argued. It opens a fresh view on the hazardous relationship of food (in this case, the wrong food) and brain health.''

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DR. RUSSELL L. BLAYLOCK (CANTON, MISSISSIPPI) is a nationally recognized board-certified neurosurgeon, health practitioner, lecture and author of over seven books, including The Liver Cure: Natural Solutions for Liver Health to Target Symptoms of Fatty Liver Disease, Autoimmune Diseases, Diabetes, Inflammation, Stress & Fatigue, Skin Conditions, and Many More, Dr. Blaylock's Prescriptions for Natural Health: Natural Cures for 70 Common Health Conditions, and Excitotoxins: The Taste That Kills REVISED & UPDATED. He also writes a popular monthly newsletter which is published by Newsmax Media: THE BLAYLOCK WELLNESS REPORT. Dr. Blaylock attended the Louisiana State University School of Medicine and completed his internship and neurological residency at the Medical University of South Carolina. He is the 2004 recipient of the Integrity in Science Award granted by the Weston A. Price Foundation. He serves on the editorial staffs of the Journal of the American Nutraceutical Association, Surgical Neurology International, and the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons, official publication of the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons. He also serves as the assistant editor-in-chief for the journal Surgical Neurology International and is a reviewer for the journal Food & Chemical Toxicology among other journals. In addition, Dr Blaylock was a teaching lecturer for the Foundation on Anti-Aging and Regenerative Medicine fellowship program and served as clinical assistant professor of neurosurgery at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, MS. For 25 years he has practiced neurosurgery in addition to having a nutritional practice. Dr. Blaylock now devotes his full attention to nutritional studies and research. 

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Table of Contents to Excitotoxins: The Taste That Kills by Dr. Russell L. Blaylock

FOREWORD

INTRODUCTION                                             

1 A CRASH COURSE IN HOW THE BRAIN WORKS               

• THE INTERIOR OF THE BRAIN                             
• THE BRAIN STEM: THE GATEWAY TO THE BRAIN              
• THE MASTER GLAND AND ITS CONTROL                      
• THE ELECTROCHEMICAL BRAIN                            
• SYNAPTIC TRANSFER OF INFORMATION                     
• PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER                              
• THE BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER: PROTECTING THE BRAIN       
• CONCLUSION                                            

2 VERY SPECIAL AMINO ACIDS                           

• WHAT IS AN AMINO ACID?                              
• A LOCK AND KEY   
• CONCLUSION                          

3 EXCITING CELLS TO DEATH                           

• EXCITOTOXINS: TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING          
• EXCITOTOXINS AND THE DEVELOPING BRAIN             
• HOW EXCITOTOXINS WORK                             
• EXCITOTOXINS AND BRAIN CELL ENERGY                    
• ANALYZING RESEARCH DATA                              
• THE MALLEABLE BRAIN: PLASTICITY   
• CONCLUSION            

4 PROTECTING THE DEVELOPING BRAIN                      

• EXCITOTOXINS IN FOOD AND THE PREGNANT WOMAN          
• ENDOCRINE EFFECTS OF EXCITOTOXINS: HORMONES          
• DO CHILDREN GET ENOUGH EXCITOTOXINS IN THEIR DIETS TO CAUSE PROBLEMS?       
• TRUTH IN THE SCIENCES                                
• CONCLUSION                                           

5 CREEPING DEATH: THE NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES                                           

• NEUROLOGICAL TIME BOMBS                           
• DESIGNER DRUGS: THE BIG SURPRISE                  
• PARALYSIS AGITANS: PARKINSON’S DISEASE              
• AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS: LOU GEHRIG’S DISEASE   
• HUNTINGTON’S CHOREA    
• CONCLUSION                         

6 ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE: A CLASSIC CASE OF EXCITOTOXIN DAMAGE                             

• THE EFFECT OF NORMAL AGING                         
• WHAT IS ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE?                       
• MICROSCOPIC CHANGES SEEN IN ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE    
• EXCITOTOXINS AND ALZHEIMER-SPECIFIC PROTEINS       
• MEMORY LOSS IN ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE                
• WHAT CAUSES ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE?                 
• THE HIT MEN OF ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE                 
• OTHER CONNECTIONS TO EXCITOTOXINS                 
• ENERGY: THE KEY TO BRAIN PROTECTION              
• GETTING GLUCOSE TO THE BRAIN                      
• THE GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER SYSTEM OF THE BRAIN       
• DEFECTIVE ENERGY PRODUCTION IN ALZHEIMER’S NEURONS 
• FAILURE OF THE GATEKEEPER: THE BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER 
• DOMOIC ACID: MUSSEL MADNESS                         
• MAGNESIUM AND ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE                  
• CYSTEINE: ANOTHER CANDIDATE FOR NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES                     
• WHAT DO ANIMAL STUDIES TELL US ABOUT HUMANS?        
• WHAT SHOULD THOSE WITH ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE DO?

7 OTHER NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS RELATED TO EXCITOTOXINS                     

• SEIZURES                                  
• HEADACHES                            
• EXCITOTOXINS AND BRAIN INJURY           
• STROKES: ISCHEMIA-ANOXIA                 
• HYPOGLYCEMIA                  
• AIDS DEMENTIA AND EXCITOTOXINS            
• ASPARTAME, BRAIN TUMORS, AND THE FDA 
• CONCLUSION                                        

8 UPDATE & ANALYSIS                                       

• PHARMACEUTICAL AGENTS NUTRITIONAL PROTECTION 
• FURTHER IMPROVING BRAIN FUNCTION NUTRITIONALLY 
• STABILIZING THE BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER            
• WHAT DID THE FASEB REPORT REALLY SAY?   
• CONCLUSION     

APPENDIX I HIDDEN SOURCES OF MSG

GLOSSARY                       

NOTES

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

INDEX

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