MSG is Quite Toxic: Some basic information

Slow Poisoning    [ The Slow Poisoning of America (http://www.spofamerica.com) ]

I wondered if there could be an actual chemical causing the massive  obesity   epidemic, so did John Erb. He was a research assistant at  the University of Waterloo, 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 the scientists have to  create them. They make these morbidly obese creatures by injecting  them with MSG when they are first born. The MSG triples the amount of insulin the  pancreas creates, causing rats (and humans?) to become obese They  even have a title for the race of fat rodents they create "MSG-Treated Rats"  MSG?  

I was shocked too. I went to my kitchen, checking the cupboards and  the fridge. MSG was in everything! The Campbell's soups, the Hostess  Doritos,  the Lays flavoured potato chips, Top Ramen, Betty Crocker Hamburger  Helper, Heinz canned gravy, Swanson frozen prepared meals, Kraft salad  dressings, especially the 'healthy low fat' ones. The items that didn't have MSG 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. They hide MSG under many different names in order to fool those who catch on.  

But it didn't stop there. When our family went out to eat, we started  asking  at the restaurants what menu items had 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, McDonalds, Wendy's,  Taco  Bell, every restaurant, even the sit down ones like TGIF, Chilis',  Applebees  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 may of the foods we eat? Is it a preservative or a  vitamin? Not according to my friend John. In the book he wrote, an  expose of the food additive industry called The Slow Poisoning of America (http://www.spofamerica.com)  It 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 at: file://www.msgfacts.com/facts/msgfact12.html  explains  that the reason they add it to food is to make people eat more.  

A study of elderly people showed that people eat more of the foods  that it is added to. The Glutamate Association lobby group says eating more benefits the elderly, but what does it do to the rest of us? "Betcha can't each just one" takes on a whole new meaning where MSG is concerned! And we wonder why the nation is overweight? The 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.

How can they claim it is 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 > RC, 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

Yes, that last study was not a typo, it WAS written in 1978. Both the  medical research community and food "manufacturers" have known MSG's  side   effects for decades! Many more studies mentioned in John Erb's book  link MSG to Diabetes, Migraines and headaches, Autism, ADHD and even  Alzheimer's.

But  what can we do to stop the food manufactures from dumping fattening and  addictive MSG into our food supply and causing the obesity epidemic we now  see?  There is a bill in Congress called the "Personal Responsibility in  Food  Consumption Act" also known as the "Cheeseburger Bill", this sweeping  law bans anyone from suing food manufacturers, sellers and distributors. Even if it comes out that they purposely added an addictive chemical to their foods.  

Last month the House of Representatives passed the "Personal Responsibility in Food Consumption Act" to protect the food and beverage industry from civil lawsuits. Under the measure, known as the "Cheeseburger Bill,"  people  who buy food or drinks couldn't sue the companies that made them, the stores  that sold them or the restaurants that served them if they got fat  from the  products, so long as the products met existing laws.   The Senate is expected to take up a similar bill later this year." The Bill has already been rushed through the House of Representatives, and is  due for the same rubber stamp at Senate level.  read for yourself at: http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/8458081.htm   Several months ago, John Erb took his book and his concerns to one of  the  highest government health officials in Canada. While 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  refused to   tell the public what he knew.

The big media doesn't want to tell the  public  either, fearing legal issues with their advertisers. It seems that the fallout on the fast food industry may hurt their profit margin.   So what do we do? 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 am sending this email out to everyone I know in an attempt to show  you  the truth that the corporate owned politicians and media won't  tell you. 

The best way you can help save yourself and your > children from this > >  drug-induced epidemic, is to forward this email > to everyone. With any  luck, > >  it will circle the globe before Congress can pass > the Bill protecting  those > > who poisoned 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? Blow the whistle on MSG.

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.   

"Our lives begin to end    the day we become silent  about things that matter."  -- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.