Epilepsy and the GARD Diet

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Complementary Alternative Medicine (CAM) treats several diseases with restricted diets to alter brain chemistry. The G.A.R.D. diet or Glutamate-Aspartate Restricted Diet is an elimination diet developed to treat epilepsy that identifies foods and ingredients to avoid. The items to avoid are gluten, soy, corn, glutamate, MSG, casein, aspartame, and hydrogenated oils.

Gluten is commonly found in wheat and grains. Casein is a protein found in cow milk and dairy products. Soy is a bean. Corn and all corn products like corn syrup and corn starch must be avoided. Many products have corn syrup as a sweetener rather than sugar.

MSG or monosodium glutamate is a common food ingredient in processed foods and Chinese food. Aspartame is a chemical 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 compounds of MSG and aspartame. Aspartame is a well-known neurotoxin and has been connected with brain cancer in Italy.

Glutamate and aspartate may cause seizures and may trigger neurodegenerative diseases in some people. The G.A.R.D. diet removes gluten, dairy, soy and corn which allows the gut to heal. These foods may damage the intestinal villi resulting in celiac disease or food intolerance.

Many patients believe that this diet stops or reduces seizures for people with Mesial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy. It may also protect the brain from diseases which attack or shrink the hippocampus area of the brain. Alzheimer’s patients or undefined seizure patients may benefit from this diet. It must be a permanent eating change to prevent future seizures. Seizures can stop or improve within several weeks.

This diet does not restrict carbohydrate consumption. It allows consumption of high glycemic and high carbohydrates foods. Refrain from all refined foods. Keep this diet organic for best results.

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Dr. Rebecca Stone earned an MBA in Finance from the University of St. Thomas in Houston, a Masters Degree from the Texas Health and Science University in Austin, BBA from the University of Texas at Austin, and a foreign Medical Degree in Alternative Medicine. Her medical writing includes over three hundred articles in the field of medicine and alternative medicine.

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