Guest guest Posted May 14, 2006 Report Share Posted May 14, 2006 > > May 1, 2006 - A diet high in omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) and > vitamin E reduces the risk for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), > according to the results of a case-control study reported in the April 28 > Online First issue of the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and > Psychiatry. > > " Despite several studies that investigated environmental exposures in > relation to ALS, age, gender and smoking are the only established risk > factors, " write J. H. Veldink, MD, from the University Medical Center > Utrecht in The Netherlands, and colleagues. " Several, not mutually > exclusive, pathological processes may contribute to motor neurone death in > ALS in a so-called convergence model, including oxidative stress, > mitochondrial dysfunction, protein misfolding, axonal strangulation, > apoptosis, inflammation, glutamate excitotoxicity and defects in > neurotrophin biology. Nutrients are factors that could influence these > processes and thereby the risk of developing ALS or its clinical > expression. " Does this " glutamate excitotoxicity " have any relation to L-glutamine supplementation? Thanks, - www.zenpawn.com/vegblog [...snip...] > > J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatr. Posted online April 28, 2006. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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