MSG - The Slow Poisoning Of America
Ignore this email from Robban Sica at your peril. This MSG story, which I
have known about for years, is FAR WORSE than she tells you here. She only
sees if from its direct contribution to obesity; at least the obese are
still alive. The truth is MSG directly increases Glutamate levels and
directly in the presence of calcium they lead to CELL DEATH. Think Memory,
Alzheimer's, ADHD and all of Neurobiology.
This is not just a warning for those who at the very least get confused or a
headache, which I think is called the Chinese restaurant syndrome.
Neurotoxins are one of the thousands of chemicals found in everyone tested
adequately today. Realize how few people have intact memories, and we are in
an information intensive age.
Yes, get MSG out of your patient's diet for the obesity factor but get it
out of your family's diet for the LOSS OF NEURON factor! Think what
education costs and how little we retain. MSG is a good place to start and
when you include getting out High Fructose Corn products from your diet, you
will be forced to start eating organic food, which of course the latest
government regulation hopes to make into a joke by coming up with exemptions
for chemicals that we do not consider organic.
Garry F. Gordon MD,DO,MD(H)
President, Gordon Research Institute
www.gordonresearch.com
From: Robban Sica, MD
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
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 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' -
'Agino moto' - 'Natural Meet 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 Bell
And every restaurant 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.
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.
http://www.spofamerica.com
Even the propaganda website sponsored by the food manufacturers lobby
group supporting MSG at:
http://www.msgfactscom/facts/msgfact12.html
explains that the reason they add it to food 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 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'. GobattoCA, 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, IchikawaK, Shino hara 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:
http://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
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 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.
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