Post by Rhonda on Feb 2, 2006 11:09:38 GMT -5
The truth about MSG, the ADDICTIVE ingredient in food!!
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2006 21:35:38 -0500
MSG = is an ADDICTIVE ingredient found in many of our foods that we
eat, which goes by many different names: (ie) "monosodium
glutamate"..."hydrolyzed vegetable
protein"..." accent"..."aginomoto"..."natural meat
tenderizer"..."natural flavoring"...etc.. etc..MSG is addictive
because it makes food "tasty"!... but....it contributes to the
OBESITY epidemic of canadians and americans.... so, shoppers,"read
the labels"!...
enjoy the article below...it's a bit long but worth the read!..
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MSG - The Slow Poisoning Of America
MSG Hides Behind 25+ Names, Such As 'Natural Flavoring' MSG
Is Also In Your Favo rite Coffee Shops And Drive-Ups
9-12-05 - 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 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 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 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 tha t 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
MS G. 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 and every restaurant like: TGIF, Chili's,
Applebee's and Denny's use MSG in abundance.
Even be careful at your "health food store", do not spend
your dollars on ANYTHING that has "Hydrolyzed Vegetable that
is MSG.
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.
When you go to your local grocery store deli, every SINGLE
food there has MSG, or one of the 25 hidden names of 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 America" he said that
MSG is added to food for the addictive effect it has on the
human body. www.spofamerica.com Even the propaganda
website sponsored by the food
manufacturers lobby group supporting MSG at:
www.msgfactscom/facts/msgfact12.html explains that
the reason they add it to f ood is to make people EAT MORE OF
THEIR PRODUCTS.
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 obesi ty, 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'. GobattoCA, Mello MA,
Souza CT, Ribeiro IA.Res Commun Mol Pathol Pharmacol. 2002.
* 'Adrenalectomy a bolishes 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. Read about it for yourself at:
www.yahoo.com.
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 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 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
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 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 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.
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2006 21:35:38 -0500
MSG = is an ADDICTIVE ingredient found in many of our foods that we
eat, which goes by many different names: (ie) "monosodium
glutamate"..."hydrolyzed vegetable
protein"..." accent"..."aginomoto"..."natural meat
tenderizer"..."natural flavoring"...etc.. etc..MSG is addictive
because it makes food "tasty"!... but....it contributes to the
OBESITY epidemic of canadians and americans.... so, shoppers,"read
the labels"!...
enjoy the article below...it's a bit long but worth the read!..
v
v
MSG - The Slow Poisoning Of America
MSG Hides Behind 25+ Names, Such As 'Natural Flavoring' MSG
Is Also In Your Favo rite Coffee Shops And Drive-Ups
9-12-05 - 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 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 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 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 tha t 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
MS G. 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 and every restaurant like: TGIF, Chili's,
Applebee's and Denny's use MSG in abundance.
Even be careful at your "health food store", do not spend
your dollars on ANYTHING that has "Hydrolyzed Vegetable that
is MSG.
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.
When you go to your local grocery store deli, every SINGLE
food there has MSG, or one of the 25 hidden names of 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 America" he said that
MSG is added to food for the addictive effect it has on the
human body. www.spofamerica.com Even the propaganda
website sponsored by the food
manufacturers lobby group supporting MSG at:
www.msgfactscom/facts/msgfact12.html explains that
the reason they add it to f ood is to make people EAT MORE OF
THEIR PRODUCTS.
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 obesi ty, 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'. GobattoCA, Mello MA,
Souza CT, Ribeiro IA.Res Commun Mol Pathol Pharmacol. 2002.
* 'Adrenalectomy a bolishes 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. Read about it for yourself at:
www.yahoo.com.
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 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 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
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 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 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.