Glutamate

Glutamate is an excitatory neurotransmitter that can cause neural inflammation and cell death (excitotoxicity) in the presences of excess calcium. It can cause many symptoms associated with autism, ADHD and SPD, and most processed foods contain high amounts of free glutamate.

Glutamate Articles

How Wireless Devices Might Lead to Autism Symptoms

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
Documenting Hope Publishes Peer-Reviewed Paper on Autism Symptoms Reversal

Documenting Hope Publishes Peer-Reviewed Paper on Autism Symptoms Reversal

Twins Case Report We are thrilled to share the news that Documenting Hope has published a new paper, Reversal of Autism Symptoms among Dizygotic Twins through a Personalized Lifestyle and Environmental Modification Approach: A Case Report and Review of the ... Read More
Which Diet Is Best for a Child with Autism?

Which Diet Is Best for a Child with Autism?

Parents have been implementing special diets for years to help improve the health of and reduce symptoms in their children with autism. Given the number of cookbooks and blogs dedicated to this subject, it appears the gluten-free/casein-free (GFCF) diet was ... Read More
Neurotransmitter Imbalances

Neurotransmitter Imbalances Main Info Page

What Are Neurotransmitter Imbalances? Neurotransmitter imbalances are common in mood and behavior disorders such as: Bipolar disorder Depression Anxiety Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) Pyrrole disorder Eating disorders Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) ADHD/ADD Schizophrenia Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) Addictive behaviors Many ... Read More
How to Reduce Inflammation

How to Reduce Inflammation

It's important to know how to reduce inflammation if your child has a neurodevelopmental disorder, mood disorder, autoimmune disorder or other chronic health condition. Inflammation is the body’s way of fighting against harmful pathogens and toxins and protecting itself. An ... Read More
Diet Checklist

Diet Checklist

We've developed a basic diet checklist for you to consult because making dietary changes is the first step to healing. Have you established which diet or diets would be well-suited for your child’s health condition? Have you done a food ... Read More
Healing Diets and Foods

Healing Diets and Foods

What Does Healing the Gut Entail? Keeping the gut clean and not continually having your child eat foods with toxins and chemical preservatives will help facilitate healing the gastrointestinal tract more efficiently. Sometimes changes are subtle and on a deeper ... Read More
Food Affects Mood

Food Affects Mood

How Does Food Affect Mood? No one likes to hear the old adage "you are what you eat", but food affects mood, especially for children. Children in general can be very sensitive to foods, resulting in mood changes very quickly ... Read More

Glutamate Expert Interviews

Glutamates and Autism with Katie Reid PhD
Navigating the Low-Glutamate REID Diet with Andi Stowe of Nourished Blessings
GABA and Glutamate: What Works for Anxiety? with Trudy Scott CN

Glutamate Stories

No posts found.

Glutamate Books

No posts found.

Health & Healing Expo

Where the Future of Root-Cause Medicine is Connected.

Connect, Learn, Heal, Together