MED: glutamate excitotoxicity

[Guest guest]

There is one additional point when it comes to avoiding glutamate, and that is

the closely related amino acid glutamine. Glutamine is a component of

glutathione, and some people with CFS (including myself) have found that

supplementing glutamine is helpful at times (especially when in combination with

cysteine, for instance NAC, another glutathione component.)

However, glutamine is converted into glutamate in a large number of biochemical

reactions. So, supplementing glutamine will be increasing the level of

glutamate.

Yet another reason that each one of us has to try each treatment for

him/herself.

Jerry