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FOR THOUGHT
It is only amino acids that are free (outside of
protein) when you ingest them that cause MSG-type adverse reactions.
Amino acids in
protein (bound in protein) will not
cause MSG-type adverse reactions.
MSG in organic products is just
as toxic as any other source of MSG. There are a number of MSG-containing
ingredients that have been given “organic” status by the National Organic Program. Organic or not, the MSG in all products is
neurotoxic.
Protein
powders are a prime source of MSG. They don’t contain intact protein.
They contain amino acids that have been freed from protein through a
manufacturing process. They invariably contain neurotoxic (brain
damaging), endocrine disrupting processed free glutamic acid (MSG) and
neurotoxic, endocrine disrupting aspartic acid. Some, if not all, also
contain neurotoxic L-cysteine.
Umami is the taste of monosodium glutamate that MSG
sensitive people can’t taste. If MSG has
a taste of its own (umami), why aren't highly
motivated MSG-sensitive people able to taste it?
MSG
kills brain cells and causes a variety of adverse reactions. It doesn't
matter if you call it “umami” or not.
The
glutamate industry has a lock on the media.
Not since the “60 Minutes” segment on
MSG aired in 1990 has there been mention in any national media that MSG might
be toxic.
Mercury
in combination with MSG increases the adverse
affects of MSG.
Obesity
begins in the womb if mother is passing
neurotoxic MSG to her fetus.
MSG is more
a political issue than a medical issue.
If MSG
wasn’t harmful, it wouldn’t be hidden. Those
who manufacture processed food often take great pains to hide the presence of
MSG from consumers. They sometimes replace monosodium glutamate with
MSG-containing ingredients that give no clue to its presence. They call
them “clean labels”. Manufacturers are also often less than truthful when
consumers inquire about the presence of MSG in their products.
The
International Food Information Council (IFIC)
represents itself as independent of industry, yet it is employed by Ajinomoto,
and others, to promote their products. IFIC
has a name that doesn't give away the fact that they might be promoting
questionable substances such as caffeine, BST, sugars, colors, MSG, and
aspartame.
Ban
MSG? Not a chance. If the FDA banned MSG, the drug
companies would lose billions. Think about how much money they make treating
asthma, migraine headache, seizures, depression, heart irregularities and all
of the other reactions to MSG. And cancer, too. Acid hydrolyzed proteins
contain carcinogenic propanols.
MSG-containing ingredients manufactured using
acid hydrolysis contain carcinogenic (cancer causing) propanols.
It is
impossible to tell from a label which ingredients are
manufactured using acid hydrolysis and which are not.
There is no US government body that is going to
tell you where MSG is hidden in food, cosmetics, dietary supplements, or
pharmaceuticals. (Not the Senate, Congress, Whitehouse, FDA, USDA, EPA, or
CDC. They have all been asked. They have all refused.)
MSG is all
about money -- a relative cheap substitute for real food.
MSG is all
about money --
adversely affecting insulin levels, causing some people who consume MSG
to be hungry – to want to eat more.
approval of
genetically modified food (GMO’s) and Bovine Growth Hormone (rBGH).
Most
traditions physicians have been conned into believing that the MSG in food (and
elsewhere) is harmless. (There are medical schools
text books and food encyclopedias with chapters written by Ajinomoto, Co., Inc.
that tell them so.)
Those who manufacture
processed food often take great pains to hide the presence of MSG from
consumers. They sometimes replace monosodium glutamate with
MSG-containing ingredients that give no clue to its presence. They call
them “clean labels”. Clean
labels are labels for products that contain MSG but don’t give a clue to its
presence. Manufacturers are also often less than
truthful when consumers inquire about the presence of MSG in their products.
Pharmaceutical companies are spending
millions of dollars developing glutamate
blockers with which to fight neurodegenerative disease like
Alzheimer's disease, while food companies are pouring processed (often hidden)
glutamate (MSG) into food.
The
Chinese and Japanese who are MSG-sensitive
Those
who are sensitive to
MSG will almost always be sensitive to the processed free aspartic acid found
in aspartame, AminoSweet, Neotame, NutraSweet, Equal and
Canderel.
It’s a rare chewing gum that won’t have
aspartame in it – not necessarily
labeled as such.
In
2002, Ohguro et al. found that rats fed
10 grams of sodium glutamate (97.5% sodium glutamate and 2.5% sodium
ribonucleotide) added to a 100 gram daily diet for as little as 3 months had a
significant increase in amount of glutamic acid in vitreous, had damage to the
retina, and had deficits in retinal
function, leading to blindness in some cases
Researchers
have observed abnormally high levels of glutamate in people and animals with
glaucoma. Glutamate is an amino acid that
excites nerve cells. In the eye this occurs during vision. Some experts
theorize that in glaucoma, either reduced blood flow or increased pressure on
nerve cells triggers the release of excess glutamate. In large amounts,
glutamate causes the nerve cells to fire intensively, which eventually destroys
them.
It's
the rare chewing gum that won't have aspartame
in it -- not necessarily labeled as such.
Hydrolyzed
proteins are industry’s excitotoxic stews.
MSG
in any ingredient is manufactured.
Neurotoxic
amino acids are intentionally added to
processed food.
MSG
is only one of many toxic substances hidden in
food. Two other neurotoxic amino acids
are aspartic acid (found in aspartame, AminoSweet, Equal, and Neotame) and
L-cysteine (used as a dough conditioner).
Some
companies claim "No MSG" in products
that contain MSG.
Claiming
“No MSG” or “No MSG Added” when MSG is present
is illegal. State Attorneys General have
taken manufacturers to court over false claims on product labels, and won their
cases when they did so.
New
studies indicate that about 1 in 100 children
have autism disorders. New government studies indicate that about 1 in 100
children have autism disorders. That's up from 1 in 150. And our FDA
refuses to take neurotoxic glutamic acid and neurotoxic aspartic acid out of
formula fed to infants, out of the food their nursing mothers eat and pass on
to them, and out of vaccines where the neurotoxic glutamic acid is mainlined to
children.
“Flavors”
and “flavorings” are proprietary ingredients.
Aspartic
acid and glutamic acid
are structural analogs.
Senomyx
produces a line of chemical
products that work through the nervous system to mimic the effects of salt,
sugar (sweetness), and monosodium glutamate.
All of these products are drugs being used without disclosure in food. None have been tested for safety. None are required to be identified on the
labels of foods that contain them.
It
is only amino acids that are free (outside of protein) when you ingest them that cause MSG-type
adverse reactions. The amino
acids in protein will not cause MSG-type adverse reactions.
Exercise
taken either before or after ingesting MSG will exacerbate an MSG reaction in MSG-sensitive
people. Included in those reactions are heart irregularities. That might explain why young athletes, who bulk up on
protein powder, and often drink MSG and/or aspartame-containing beverages
during athletic events, are collapsing on athletic fields.
The
FDA has refused to require identification
of neurotoxic, endocrine disrupting, processed free glutamic acid (MSG)
present in processed foods
There
may be MSG hidden in your holiday turkey and
fixings
There
are cancer-causing propanols in acid
hydrolyzed protein products (which always contain MSG)
There
are cancer-causing heterocyclic amines in
reaction/processed flavors which contain MSG
The 2008-2009
Annual Report: President's Cancer Panel: Reducing Environmental Cancer Risk
-- and it doesn't mention the
carcinogenic (cancer causing) propanols found in acid hydrolyzed protein
products used as protein extenders and/or flavor enhancers in food.
Microparticulated products
are being used without disclosure, in processed food
Reactions
to MSG cannot be diagnosed through "allergy" tests. Reactions to MSG are not allergic
reactions. They are reactions to a toxin or poison
Impurities are inevitably produced with production of
processed free glutamic acid (MSG)
The
glutamic acid in the human body is 100% L-glutamic acid -- no unwanted
by-products; no impurities. Food grade MSG may
be approximately 98.7% L-glutamic acid -- (1.3% impurities). Pharmaceutical grade
L-glutamic acid is approximately 99% or more L-glutamic acid -- (1% or less
impurities).
MORE
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
Food
advertised as "No MSG", No added
MSG", or "No MSG added"
Physicians
who perform lobotomies on children without
first ascertaining that their seizures are not being caused by sensitivity to
MSG
The
Wikipedia editors who are employed by the
industries they write about
Industry’s
penchant for intentionally adding neurotoxic,
endocrine disrupting, food additives to processed food
The
cost of health care for people reacting to intentionally
added neurotoxic, endocrine disrupting, food additives in processed food
Growing
acceptance of "umami" as the fifth
taste sensation
The
neurotoxic endocrine disrupting amino acids
used by industry in placebos in their double-blind studies of the safety of monosodium
glutamate
(“…there are no regulations about
what goes into placebos, and what is in them is often determined by the makers
of the drug being studied, who have a vested interest in the outcome.” ((http://healthfreedoms.org/2010/11/03/no-standard-for-the-placebo).
Publication
of badly flawed industry sponsored research in
peer-reviewed journals