num_pages: 320
description: Ex•cí•to•tox•in: a substance added to foods and beverages that literally stimulates neurons to death, causing brain damage of varying degrees. Can be found in such ingredients as monosodium glutamate, aspartame (NutraSweet®), cysteine, hydrolyzed protein, and aspartic acid.Citing over five hundred scientific studies, Excitotoxins explores the dangers of aspartame, MSG and other substances added to our food.
language: English
title: Excitotoxins: The Taste that Kills
titlecomplete: Excitotoxins: The Taste that Kills
genres: Medical, Self Help, Food, Nutrition, Medicine, Science, Health, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 371
publisher: Health Press (NM)