This was very interesting to read.  My mother has a very severe MSG
"allergy"...which now seems like maybe she just reacts to the poison faster
than some people.  We were at a Chinese restaurant one day as kids, she
suddenly couldn't breathe at all, and had to rush to the emergency room.
She wouldn't eat for days, scared it would happen again.  But the doctors
had told her right away it was the MSG.  Now grocery shopping takes my
father (I'm all grown up and don't live with them, and they don't eat Paleo)
ages, he has to meticulously study every label.  



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Subject: Re: dietary antigens and food allergy tests - need help

The obesity problem might have another angle not tested for, see below.
BTW it is legal for butchers to add stuff to ground beef, not sure if 
msg is one of them.
>> Subject: MSG (a slow poison)
 MSG (a slow poison) Pass this on.... Save yourself and your children 
from this drug-induced epidemic
The food additive MSG (Mono-Sodium Glutamate) is a slow poison. MSG 
hides behind 25 or more names, such as Natural Flavouring.' MSG is even 
in your favourite coffee from Tim Horton's and Starbucks coffee shops!
I wondered if there could be an actual chemical causing the massive 
obesity epidemic, and 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 scientists have to create them. They make 
these creatures morbidly obese by injecting them with MSG when they are 
first born.
The MSG triples the amount of insulin the pancreas creates, causing rats 
(and perhaps humans) to become obese. They even have a name for the fat 
rodents they create: 'MSG-Treated Rats.'
When I heard this, I was shocked. I went into my kitchen and checked the 
cupboards and the refrigerator. 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, and 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. MSG is hidden under many different 
names in order to fool those who read the ingredient list, so that they 
don't catch on. (Other names for MSG are 'Accent, 'Aginomoto,' 'Natural 
Meat Tenderizer,' etc.)
But it didn't stop there.
When our family went out to eat, we started asking at the restaurant 
what menu items contained 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, McDonald's, Wendy's, Taco Bell, every restaurant -- even 
the sit-down eateries like TGIF, Chili's, Applebee's, 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 many of the foods we eat? Is it a preservative, or a 
vitamin?
Not according to my friend John Erb. In his book The Slow Poisoning of 
America, he said that MSG is added to food for the addictive effect it 
has on the human body.
Even the pr opaganda 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.
A study of the elderly showed that older people eat more of the foods 
that it is added to. The Glutamate Association lobbying group says 
eating more is a benefit to 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!
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 ar e 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. But how can they claim it's 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 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, 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.
No, the date of that last study was not a typo; it was published in 
1978. Both the 'medical research community' and 'food manufac turers' 
have known about the side effects of MSG for decades.
Many more of the studies mentioned in John Erb's book link MSG to 
diabetes, migraines and headaches, autism, ADHD, and even Alzheimer's.
So what can we do to stop the food manufactures from dumping this 
fattening and addictive MSG into our food supply and causing the obesity 
epidemic we now see?
Several months ago, John Erb took his book and his concerns to one of 
the highest government health officials in Canada . While he was 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 refuses to tell the public what he knows.
The big media doesn't want to tell the public either, fearing issues 
with their adver tisers. It seems that the fallout on the 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 message 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 article 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 indust ry. 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<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, the 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 
printout to your friends all over the world and stop this 'S low 
Poisoning of Mankind' by the packaged food industry.
Blowing the whistle on MSG is our responsibility, so get the word out.



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