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   >>
   >>Many of these cereals are corn-based. After your post I looked in the
   >>literature and located two articles that implicated corn (contains
   >>tryptophan) and seizures. The idea is that corn in the diet might
   >>potentiate an already existing or latent seizure disorder, not cause it.
   >>Check to see if the two Kellog cereals are corn based. I'd be interested.
   >
   >Years ago when I was an intern, an obese young woman was brought into
   >the ER comatose after having been reported to have grand mal seizures
   >why attending a "corn festival".  We pumped her stomach and obtained
   >what seemed like a couple of liters of corn, much of it intact kernals.  
   >After a few hours she woke up and was fine.  I was tempted to sign her out as
   >"acute corn intoxication."
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   >Gordon Banks  N3JXP      | "Skepticism is the chastity of the intellect, and

   How about contaminants on the corn, e.g. aflatoxin???



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What is aflatoxin?

Sharon