Author's name withheld by his desire.
I always thought I stayed away from MSG!! for allergies. Sure
didn't know it is in all this stuff. This is rather disturbing.
No wonder we gain weight and just "love " the coffee, low fat
salad dressings, chips , even certain soups. TIMs say they don't
add MSG but they don't mention "HYDROLIZED PROTEIN " do they ?
YOU WILL BE SHOCKED when YOU read this article.
Here's an interesting article that warrants a read. We will be
extra vigilant in checking labels from now on. The content of
this article has links to substantiate its claims - Scary stuff!
MSG (a slow poison)
Very interesting
The food additive MSG (Mono-Sodium Glutamate) is a slow poison.
MSG hides behind 25 or more names, such as "Natural Flavoring."
MSG is even in your favorite coffee from Tim Horton's and
Starbucks coffee shops!
I wondered if there could be an actual chemical causing the
massive obesity epidemic, and so did a friend of mine, John Erb.
He was a research assistant at the University of Waterloo in
Ontario, Canada and spent years working for the government. He
made an amazing discovery while going through scientific journals
for a book he was writing called "The Slow Poisoning of America."
In hundreds of studies around the world, scientists were creating
obese mice and rats to use in diet or diabetes test studies. No
strain of rat or mice is naturally obese, so scientists have to
create them. They make these creatures morbidly obese by
injecting them with MSG when they are first born.
The MSG triples the amount of insulin the pancreas creates,
causing rats (and perhaps humans) to become obese. They even have
a name for the fat rodents they create: "MSG-Treated Rats."
When I heard this, I was shocked. I went into my kitchen and
checked the cup-boards and the refrigerator. MSG was in
everything - the Campbell's soups, the Hostess Doritos, the Lays
flavored potato chips, Top Ramen, Betty Crocker Hamburger Helper,
Heinz canned gravy, Swanson frozen prepared meals and Kraft salad
dressings, especially the "healthy low-fat" ones.
The items that didn't have MSG marked on the product label had
something called "Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein", which is just
another name for Monosodium Glutamate.
It was shocking to see just how many of the foods we feed our
children everyday are filled with this stuff. MSG is hidden under
many different names in order to fool those who read the
ingredient list, so that they don't catch on. (Other names for
MSG are "Accent, Ajinomoto," "Natural Meat Tenderizer," etc.)
But it didn't stop there.
When our family went out to eat, we started asking at the
restaurants what menu items contained MSG. Many employees, even
the managers, swore they didn't use MSG. But when we ask for the
ingredient list, which they grudgingly provided, sure enough, MSG
and Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein were everywhere.
Burger King, McDonald's, Wendy's, Taco Bell, every restaurant -
even the sit-down eateries like TGIF, Chili's, Applebee's, and
Denny's - use MSG in abundance. Kentucky Fried Chicken seemed to
be the WORST offender: MSG was in every chicken dish, salad
dressing. and gravy. No wonder I loved to eat that coating on the
skin - their secret spice was MSG!
So why is MSG in so many of the foods we eat? As a preservative,
or a vitamin?
Not according to my friend John Erb. In his book "The Slow
Poisoning of America," he said that MSG is added to food for the
addictive effect it has on the human body.
Even the propaganda website sponsored by the food manufacturers
lobby group supporting MSG explains that the reason they add it
to food is to make people eat more.
A study of the elderly showed that older people eat more of the
foods that it is added to. The Glutamate Association lobbying
group says eating more is a benefit to the elderly, but what does
it do to the rest of us?
"Betcha can't eat just one," takes on a whole new meaning where
MSG is concerned! And we wonder why the nation is overweight!
MSG manufacturers themselves admit that it addicts people to
their products. It makes people choose their product over others,
and makes people eat more of it than they would if MSG wasn't
added.
Not only is MSG scientifically proven to cause obesity, it is an
addictive substance. Since its introduction into the American
food supply fifty years ago, MSG has been added in larger and
larger doses to the pre-packaged meals,soups, snacks, and fast
foods we are tempted to eat everyday.
The FDA has set no limits on how much of it can be added to food.
They claim it's safe to eat in any amount. But how can they claim
it's safe when there are hundreds of scientific studies with
titles like these:
"The monosodium glutamate (MSG) obese rat as a model for the
study of exercise in obesity." Gobatto CA, Mello MA, Souza CT ,
Ribeiro IA. Res Commun Mol Pathol Pharmacol. 2002.
"Adrenalectomy abolishes the food-induced hypothalamic serotonin
release in both normal and monosodium glutamate-obese rats."
Guimaraes RB, Telles MM, Coelho VB, Mori C, Nascimento CM,
Ribeiro. Brain Res Bull. 2002 Aug.
"Obesity induced by neonatal monosodium glutamate treatment in
spontaneously hypertensive rats: An animal model of multiple risk
factors." Iwase M, Yamamoto M, Iino K, Ichikawa K, Shinohara N,
Yoshinari Fujishima. AHypertens Res. 1998 Mar."usunoki. Exp
Neurol. 1978 Hypothalamic lesion induced by injection of
monosodium glutamate in suckling period and subsequent
development of obesity." Tanaka K, Shimada M, Nakao. Oct 1978.
No, the date of that last study was not a typo; it was published
in 1978. Both the "medical research community" and "food
manufacturers" have known about the side effects of MSG for
decades.
Many more of the studies mentioned in John Erb's book link MSG to
diabetes, migraines and headaches, autism, ADHD, and even
Alzheimer's.
So what can we do to stop the food manufactures from dumping this
fattening and addictive MSG into our food supply and causing the
obesity epidemic we now see?
Several months ago, John Erb took his book and his concerns to
one of the highest government health officials in Canada . While
he was sitting in the government office, the official told him,
"Sure, I know how bad MSG is. I wouldn't touch the stuff.." But
this top-level government official refuses to tell the public
what he knows.
The big media doesn't want to tell the public either, fearing
issues with their advertisers. It seems that the fallout on the
fast food industry may hurt their profit margin. The food
producers and restaurants have been addicting us to their
products for years, and now we are paying the price for it. Our
children should not be cursed with obesity caused by an addictive
food additive.
But what can I do about it? I'm just one voice! What can I do to
stop the poisoning of our children, while our governments are
insuring financial protection for the industry that is poisoning
us?
This message is going out to everyone I know in an attempt to
tell you the truth that the corporate-owned politicians and media
won't tell you.
The best way you can help to save yourself and your children from
this drug-induced epidemic is to forward this article to
everyone. With any luck, it will circle the globe before
politicians can pass the legislation protecting those who are
poisoning us.
The food industry learned a lot from the tobacco industry.
Imagine if big tobacco had a bill like this in place before
someone blew the whistle on nicotine? If you are one of the few
who can still believe that MSG is good for us and you don't
believe what John Erb has to say, see for yourself. Go to the
National Library of Medicine at *www.pubmed.com*
Type in the words "MSG Obese" and read a few of the 115 medical
studies that appear.
We the public do not want to be rats in one giant experiment, and
we do not approve of food that makes us into a nation of obese,
lethargic, addicted sheep, feeding the food industry's bottom
line while waiting for the heart transplant, the diabetic-induced
amputation, blindness, or other obesity-induced, lifethreatening
disorders.
With your help we can put an end to this poison. Do your part in
sending this message out by word of mouth, e-mail, or by
distribution of this printout to your friends all over the world
and stop this "Slow Poisoning of Mankind" by the packaged food
industry. Blowing the whistle on MSG is our responsibility, so
get the word out.
..........
In the last two months I was wondering why I had regained about 8 pounds, as I had not changed my regular eating habits, BUT I was making it a habit to go to Tim Hortons for an extra large "half French-vanillar-half-Coffee" each day, day after day, this had become routine for me for two months and I was 8 pounds heavier than my self-determined weight. When the above article was given to me.....wow....I understood why. I had no idea that MSG was put in Tim Hortons coffee. Together with the "doughnuts" they sell (which I never eat) and the MSG in the coffee no wonder most of the people in Tim Hortons are over-weight!
Keith Hunt
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