In a message dated 8/27/2008 2:04:25 P.M. Central Daylight Time, a nurse wrote:

Hello,

My name is L. I'm a...nurse... In 1978, I started having horible headaches that left me totally unable to function.  I would have nausea and vomiting for 24 to 48 hours, nonstop.  I would be so dizzy I could hardly stand and walk.  I went to several Doctors, the emergency room on a couple of occasions.  I had  CAT scans, xrays and any number of tests run all of which showed nothing.  I don't know what the doctors that I complained to thought I wanted, for I never asked for pain pills or any medications, I just wanted by head to quit hurting.  You see, it never stopped hurting and sometimes it was severe.  This went on for a period of 6 or 7 years.  One day I was going [out] with my husband and my headache started getting worse, I  was throwing up before we got home.  I prayed God either heal me of this or show me what I'm doing wrong, because I can't deal with is any longer.  When I got home, there was an article in the paper about MSG and it included the hidden sources of MSG.  I started reading labels and watching what I was eating.  Miracle of miracles, my head quit hurting for the first time in years.  I'm not saying I don't get headaches now, but if I watch what I eat, read the labels, it is so much better than it used to be.  However, for the last two months, I have noticed a marked incerase in the number of headaches.  I work night shift and almost every day I was waking up with a headache (the kind I get when I have eaten something with MSG).  I missed some work because of it and so I looked up on the internet to see if I could find anything new.  I am appalled to read how many things now contain MSG.  I have decided I will not eat out and will cook all food myself, which is more healthy anyway.  The headaches have improved again with these changes.  What worries me is that the general population is being affected and don't even realize it.  I consider it a blessing that I have this problem, because it keeps me from eating the things that have  MSG added to it.  Thank you for this web site.  If I can help in some way, please let me know.

Thanks again

L

Editor's Note.  Between 1990 and 2008, there were no articles in newspapers or on TV about the hazards of MSG.  If you'd like to know why, we recommend THE TOXICITY/SAFETY OF PROCESSED FREE GLUTAMIC ACID (MSG): A STUDY IN SUPPRESSION OF INFORMATION
 
 

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