Excitotoxicity
Excitotoxicity is the process by which nerve cells are damaged or killed by excessive stimulation by neurotransmitters such as glutamate.
Excitotoxicity Articles
What Is Causing the Autism Epidemic?
During an April 10, 2025 Presidential Cabinet meeting, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. indicated that “By September we will know what has caused the autism epidemic.” “And we’ll be able to eliminate those exposures,” Kennedy asserted ... Read More
How Wireless Devices Might Lead to Autism Symptoms
Wireless devices may contribute to autism symptoms by interrupting normal neuronal signaling and causing an influx of calcium into the brain. Devices such as mobile phones, Wi-Fi routers, baby monitors, ultrasounds, and other wireless communication devices emit electromagnetic radiation fields ... Read More
Low-Glutamate Diet
One mom in California, biochemist Katherine Reid PhD, used her science-based knowledge to create a low-glutamate diet that stabilizes protein and eliminates all inflammatory foods that were excitatory for her daughter with autism. The diet is called the Reduced Excitatory ... Read More
Excitotoxicity Stories
Patrick and Charlie: Healing from Autism with a Low Free-Glutamate Diet
I am a mom of two boys with developmental delays. In 2009, at age three and a half, Patrick was diagnosed by a developmental pediatrician with Autism Spectrum Disorder. At that time, he had below-average language skills, struggled to play ... Read More