autism

Lowering Glutamate | Honokiol (Magnolia Bark)

Lowering Glutamate | Honokiol (Magnolia Bark)

Honokiol (connected to magnolol) also known as Magnolia Bark Extract , is rapidly gaining in popularity due to its ability to help relive the symptoms many aliments associated with excess glutamate. Honokiol helps to convert excess glutamate into GABA. While it is primarily known to help combat cancer, inflammation, depression, sleep disturbances, EBV, Lyme and manage pain, it also carries quite a few risks, especially when recreationally misused. Please do your own research and consult with your medical provider before starting this one as it impacts benzodiazepine sites. This is just a brief overview of what [...]

Lowering Glutamate | Honokiol (Magnolia Bark)andistowe2024-08-24T18:47:54-04:00

Lowering Glutamate | Magnesium

Lowering Glutamate | Magnesium

Magnesium- In our experience, magnesium has made the most significant impact in reducing our symptoms within a flare. Magnesium protects against glutamate damage, sits on the NMDA glutamate receptor, calms cells, helps to raise GABA, improves motility, is a potent antioxidant, increases glutathione, and can help to resolve many various health issues. It is also my understanding that one will quickly burn through magnesium due to neuron firing when in an excitotoxic state (or a flare). Low magnesium is also associated with oxidative stress and a significant fall in cellular glutathione, low vitamin D, and a dramatic [...]

Lowering Glutamate | Magnesiumandistowe2024-08-24T18:57:46-04:00

Lowering Glutamate | Bee Pollen

Lowering Glutamate | Bee Pollen

Update: I've had several questions as to where we've sourced our bee pollen. While we have historically purchased ours from our local health food store, here is a link for a great organic Amazon option, Greenbow Organic Bee Pollen. Bee Pollen- There has been a recent article out indicating the neuroprotective benefits of bee pollen on excess glutamate. The article shows that bee pollen effectively reduced the neurotoxic effects of methylmercury by improving neurotransmitter defects, inflammation, apoptosis, and glutamate excitotoxicity. This study also confirms that mice treated with methylmercury exhibited increased levels of glutamate and low [...]

Lowering Glutamate | Bee Pollenandistowe2024-08-24T18:30:19-04:00

Why Are More Males Affected With Autism?

Why Are More Males Affected With Autism?

While there are many theories on this, I found the glutamate and immune activation connection to be the most interesting. Often you will hear children with autism have experienced some sort of trauma (prematurity, stroke, etc.) or substantial changes to immune function, leading to immune activation (vaccines, illness, and it is now linked that mothers immune activation can trigger immune activation within the fetus, and so on) that parents believe may have triggered or caused their autism. Both trauma and immune activation cause an increase in glutamate. “It was initially thought that autistic children had fewer glutamate [...]

Why Are More Males Affected With Autism?andistowe2019-04-07T21:38:39-04:00

Histamine Intolerance (Eczema, Allergies & MCAD)

Histamine Intolerance (Eczema, Allergies & MCAD)

This information is here to help support you if you struggle with histamine intolerance or mast cell activation. Not everyone will necessarily need to implement these changes. Early on, our son's eczema drastically increased while working with our integrative pediatrician on dietary changes and incorporating a handful of supplements (which we’ve since discontinued). What were once small little dime-sized rough spots on his skin grew into an angry head-to-toe rash covering most of his body. Assuming it was something his skin was coming into contact with, I overhauled household items he was frequently exposed to – [...]

Histamine Intolerance (Eczema, Allergies & MCAD)andistowe2024-08-24T07:54:17-04:00

Oxalates

Oxalates

This information is here to help support you if you struggle with an oxalate intolerance. Not everyone will necessarily need to implement these changes. Oxalate (Oxalic Acid) is a molecule widely found in plants but can also be found in the human body- either as a result of dietary sources or endogenous production. Like glutamate, and when in excess, oxalates can be problematic and contribute to a long list of health issues. Some Foods/Herbs Highest in Oxalate Parsley Sorrel Lambs Quarters Spinach Rhubarb Beets Potatoes (including chips/french fries) Nuts (including nut butters & many grain-free flours) Okra [...]

Oxalatesandistowe2023-04-29T17:02:29-04:00

A Story of Hope with REID: “She Didn’t Test as Having Autism or Speech Delay”

A Story of Hope with REID: “She Didn’t Test as Having Autism or Speech Delay”

We occasionally get letters or comments from parents that have seen improvements in health with REID. To help provide hope to so many still in the trenches, I’ve decided to make more of an effort to share some these comments (with their permission, of course). Many of us don’t have it all figured out, but we cling to the hope and words of progress. Everyone’s journey is different, diet changes may not reap huge changes for all, but it is absolutely helping some. Like this family, glutamate and the REID diet have been a huge piece to [...]

A Story of Hope with REID: “She Didn’t Test as Having Autism or Speech Delay”andistowe2019-09-29T17:11:31-04:00

A Story of Hope with REID: Overcoming Autism Symptoms at the Age of 23

A Story of Hope with REID: Overcoming Autism Symptoms at the Age of 23

We occasionally get letters or comments from parents that have seen improvements in health with REID. To help provide hope to so many still in the trenches, I’ve decided to make more of an effort to share some these comments (with their permission, of course). Many of us don’t have it all figured out, but we cling to the hope and words of progress. Everyone’s journey is different, diet changes may not reap huge changes for all, but it is absolutely helping some. Like this family, glutamate and the REID diet have been a huge piece to [...]

A Story of Hope with REID: Overcoming Autism Symptoms at the Age of 23andistowe2019-09-29T17:12:03-04:00

A Story of Hope with REID: “Went from Daily Tantrums to Almost Never”

A Story of Hope with REID: “Went from Daily Tantrums to Almost Never”

We occasionally get letters or comments from parents that have seen improvements in health with REID. To help provide hope to so many still in the trenches, I’ve decided to make more of an effort to share some these comments (with their permission, of course). Many of us don’t have it all figured out, but we cling to the hope and words of progress. Everyone’s journey is different, diet changes may not reap huge changes for all, but it is absolutely helping some. Like this family, glutamate and the REID diet have been a huge piece to [...]

A Story of Hope with REID: “Went from Daily Tantrums to Almost Never”andistowe2019-09-29T17:18:01-04:00

A Story of Hope with REID: “Healing Began with Removing Free Glutamate”

A Story of Hope with REID: “Healing Began with Removing Free Glutamate”

We occasionally get letters or comments from parents that have seen improvements in health with REID. To help provide hope to so many still in the trenches, I’ve decided to make more of an effort to share some these comments (with their permission, of course). Many of us don’t have it all figured out, but we cling to the hope and words of progress. Everyone’s journey is different, diet changes may not reap huge changes for all, but it is absolutely helping some. Like this family, glutamate and the REID diet have been a huge piece to [...]

A Story of Hope with REID: “Healing Began with Removing Free Glutamate”andistowe2019-09-29T17:00:36-04:00