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Excitotoxins: (12/24/5)

Dr Amy Yasko who has AutismAnswer.com goes into great detail on why our kids with neurological dysfunction need to avoid excitotoxins. Seems like a clearly defined, well documented, fairly straight forward foundational piece of her protocol.

No matter where you are on considering her protocol…being Gluten Free/Cassein Free provides a great starting place for this…simply avoiding peas & other foods that are naturally really high in excitotoxins & avoiding MSG will pretty much handle this necessary dietary change.

Glutamate & Aspartate Levels (scroll to the bottom for graphs). This article is a great explanation of the foundation of her entire protocol.

This is a great way to approach diet with these kids based on simply knowing the foods that are really high & avoiding them. When children are NOT exhibiting any behaviors (stims, outbursts, etc.) this requirement can be lessened & foods with higher levels of excitotoxins can be tolerated…but probably never wise to use MSG.

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