The Ingredient on Every Label That's Hijacking Your Brain
About this episode
Dr. Terri discusses the impact of excitotoxins in processed foods on brain health with nutritionist Elizabeth DiMeo.
You've cleaned up your diet. You're taking your hormones. You're doing everything right. And you're still dealing with headaches. Brain fog. Anxiety. Fatigue you can't explain. What if the problem isn't your hormones at all and it's been sitting in your pantry the whole time? In this episode, Dr. Terri sits down with nutritionist Elizabeth DiMeo to break down excitotoxins, chemicals hiding in everyday processed foods that literally overstimulate and damage brain cells. From aspartame to MSG to yeast extract and carrageenan, these ingredients are showing up in food bars, baby formula, school lunches, diet sodas, and snack foods that most of us consider perfectly fine. And the symptoms they cause look almost identical to hormone deficiency. This isn't about shame. It's about information the food industry has never wanted on the label. If you've ever been handed a Prozac prescription for anxiety, a Ritalin referral for your kid, or told your symptoms are just stress, this episode is for you. What you'll discover: What excitotoxins actually are, how they get into the food supply, and why their symptoms are so easy to misdiagnose [06:09] Why the symptom list for excitotoxin overload…
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