Hello all my health conscience friends, thought you
might like to read
this.
MSG - The Slow Poisoning Of America
MSG Hides Behind 25+ Names, Such As 'Natural Flavoring'
MSG Is Also In Your Favorite Coffee Shops And Drive-Ups
Via Sue McEwen
I wondered if there could be an actual chemical causing the massive
obesity epidemic, so did a friend of mine, John Erb.
He was a research assistant at the
He made an amazing discovery while going through scientific
journals for
a book he was writing called The Slow Poisoning of
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
fat rodents they create: "MSG-Treated Rats".
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 flavored 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 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. They hide MSG under many different
names in order to fool those who carefully read the ingredient list, so
they don't catch on. (Other names for MSG: '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 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
And every restaurant like: TIFF, Chili's, Applebee's and Denny's
use MSG
in abundance.
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. In
the book he wrote, an expose of the food additive industry called The Slow
Poisoning of
effect it has on the human body.
http://www.spofamerica.com
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 OF THEIR PRODUCTS:
www.msgfactscom/facts/msgfact12.html
A study of the elderly showed that people eat more of the foods 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 eat 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 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,
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, IchikawaK, 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 about
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?
Even as you read this, G. W. Bush and his corporate supporters are
pushing a Bill through 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.
The bill has already been rushed through the House of
Representatives,
and is due for the same rubber stamp at Senate level. It is important that
Bush and his corporate supporters get it through before the media lets
everyone know about 'MSG, the intentional Nicotine for food'.
Several months ago, John Erb took his
book and his concerns to one of
the highest government health officials in
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 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 e-mail 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 email 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 http://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, diabetic induced amputation, blindness or
otherobesity 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 print-out to all 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, get the word out
In love and Light
Sharyn Wynters
Naturopath
http://www.wyntersway.com
I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief
duty
to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble.
~ Helen Keller