Quantum brain healing treats certain diseases with a restricted diet to alter brain chemistry. The GARD diet or glutamate aspartate restricted diet is an elimination diet developed for the treatment of epilepsy that identifies foods and ingredients to avoid. Items to avoid are gluten, soy, corn, glutamate, MSG, casein, aspartame and hydrogenated oil.
Gluten is commonly found in wheat and grains. Casein is a protein found in cow’s milk and dairy products.
Soya is a bean. Corn and all corn products such as corn syrup and corn starch should be avoided. Many products contain corn syrup as a sweetener instead of sugar. MSG or mono-sodium glutamate is a very common food ingredient in processed foods and often found in Chinese food. Aspartame is a chemical which is a sugar substitute known as Nutrasweet.
This diet restricts glutamate and aspartate. They are non-essential amino acids that stimulate the brain. They are the parent compound of MSG and aspartame. Aspartame is a well-known neurotoxin and has been linked to brain cancer in Italy. Glutamate and aspartate can cause seizures and trigger neurodegenerative diseases in some people. The GARD diet allows the gut to heal and recover due to the removal of gluten, dairy, soy and corn. These foods can damage the villi of the intestines and result in celiac disease or food intolerance.
There are patients who believe that this diet works to prevent or reduce seizures in people with mesial temporal lobe epilepsy. It may also work for brain diseases that attack or shrink the hippocampus region of the brain. This regimen may be useful to try in patients with Alzheimer’s or in patients with undefined seizures. This diet needs to be a permanent eating change to avoid future seizures. Seizures may stop or improve within several weeks.
This diet does not restrict carbohydrate consumption. This allows for high glycemic and high carbohydrate foods. For best results keep this diet organic if possible. All refined foods should be avoided when possible.
© 2010 Dr. R. Stone, MD in Alternative Medicine – India
