MSG Addiction?
MSG Obesity
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MSG (a slow poison) - Very interesting MSG
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 cupboards 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, "Aginomoto," "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 WOSRT offender.
It 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? Is it 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 every day.
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. Hypertens Res. 1998 Mar.
"Hypothalamic lesion induced
by injection of monosodium glutamate in suckling period and subsequent development
of obesity." Tanaka K, Shimada M, Nakao K Kusunoki. Exp Neurol. 1978 Oct.
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, life-threatening 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.