Hate to point this out ...
BUT it is our own MS lesions that produce the Glutamate that causes all the axon/neuron damage.
Taking in more Glutamate from our diet is obviously not a good idea.
Here is how the Glutamate does the dastardly deed.
THE BELOW LINK IS VERY, VERY CRITICAL TO UNDERSTANDING HOW NEURONS DIE ie the Calcium connection!!!!
http://www.psychiatrist.com/pcc/brainstorm/br5806.htm (Glutamate assassin/excitotoxic neuron murder)
The Second Stage of MS is "The Degererative Stage" in which "excess Glutamate" runs wild on a killing spree. First phase, of course, is the "Inflammatory Stage".
http://home.ix.netcom.com/~jdalton/ms-two-stages.pdf
jackD
http://www.psychiatrist.com/pcc/brainstorm/br5904.htm (main article)
http://www.psychiatrist.com/pcc/brainstorm/br5906.htm (therapeutic potential)