Robert Lustig, MD: Why and How Ultra-Processed Food Inhibits Neurotransmitters? Watch the full video
Robert Lustig explains how fructose in ultra-processed food blocks glutamine synthase, an enzyme that converts glutamate to GABA. When GABA drops and glutamate rises, the brain loses its ability to calm down, potentially triggering anxiety, aggression, and other behavioral problems.
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Glutamine synthase.
Fructose inhibits glutamine synthase.
Glutamate levels are high and GABA levels are low.
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