MSG (a slow poison)
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, "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 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.
"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.
