Alpha-lactalbumin Whey Protein – Treating Neurological Dysfunction, including Epilepsy and Autism, via the Gut (Eubiosis)
Moo! α-Lactalbumin is a whey protein constituting 22% of the proteins in human milk and 3.5% of those in cow milk. Most parents love the idea of treating their child with autism or epilepsy with diet. Diet is so popular because you do not need a doctor - no drugs, no prescriptions, just healthy food. This blog is about the science, which often takes us to drugs that need a prescription, but when talking about using the gut to fine - tune how the brain works, much can be achieved with nutraceuticals. We previously saw how the ketogenic diet, which has been reducing epilepsy for one hundred years, actually works by modifying which bacteria grow in the gut. The super high fat diet encourages specific bacteria to flourish and it is these bacteria which indirectly cause the cessation in seizures. You can replicate the effect with probiotic bacteria, without needing the highly restrictive diet at all. Today I will introduce Alpha-lactalbumin, which is a commerci...