This could explain the reason why you can't go without a Tim
Horton's coffee, you can't stop eating those snacks or you can't lose that
weight! It's definitely given me something to think about and maybe throw out a
few things!!! Here's an interesting article that warrants a read. We will be
extra vigilant in checking labels from now on.
The content of this article has links to substantiate its
claims - Scary stuff!
MSG (a slow poison) Very interesting
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 cup-boards 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
restaurants 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? As 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 propaganda 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 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. But how can they claim it's
safe when there are hundreds of scientific studies with titles l ike 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.
AHypertens 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
manufacturers" 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 go vernment 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 advertisers. 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 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, 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 "Slow Poisoning of
Mankind" by the packaged food industry.
Blowing the whistle on MSG is our responsibility, so get the
word out.
