Obesity and MSG

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Hi Everyone

This article was sent to me by a very dear friend. It is very one

sided but it does give you something to think about. Hope you enjoy

reading it.

in Canada

I am quite sure you might not know this information but you will

now.

READ IT AND WEEP or GET MAD!!!!!

Then I suggest we cut it out of our diets as best you can!

Slow Poisoning

I wondered if there could be an actual chemical causing the massive

obesity epidemic, so did a friend of mine, Erb. He was a

research assistant at the University of Waterloo, 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 a chemical 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 race of

fat rodents they create: " MSG-Treated Rats "

MSG?

I was shocked too. I went to my kitchen, checking the cupboards and

the fridge.

MSG was in everything! The '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 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 catch on.

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, Mcs, 's, Taco Bell, every restaurant, even the sit

down ones like TGIF, Chilis', Applebees 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 may of the foods we eat? Is it a preservative or

a vitamin?

Not according to my friend . In the book he wrote, an expose of

the food additive industry called The Slow Poisoning of America,

(www.spofamerica.com < http://www.spofamerica.com ), 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 at

http://www.msgfacts.com/facts/msgfact12.html explains that the

reason they add it to food is to make people eat more.

A study of elderly people showed that people eat more of the foods

that 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: NICOTINE for FOOD!

Since its introduction into the American food supply fifty years

ago, MSG has been added in larger and larger doses to the

prepackaged 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 is 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 RC,

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 Yes, that last study was not a typo, it WAS written

in 1978. Both the medical research community and food " manufaturers "

have known MSG's side effects for decades!

Many more studies mentioned in 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, 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:

ttp://www.yahoo.com.http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?

tmpl=story & u=/ap/20040311/ap_on_go_co/obesity_lawsuits_4 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, 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 the fast

food industry may hurt their profit margin.

So what do we do?

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 guys like Bush are

insuring financial protection for the industry that is poisoning us.

I for one am doing something about it.

I am sending this email out to everyone I know in an attempt to show

you the truth that the corporate owned politicians and media won't

tell you.

The best way you can help 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 Bush can pass the Bill

protecting those who poisoned 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?

Blow the whistle on MSG.

If you are one of the few who can still believe that MSG is good for

us, and you don't believe what 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 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, waiting for the slaughter.

With your help we can put an end to this, and stop the Slow

Poisoning of America. Let's save our children.

Now, add this to all the chemicals we use in our home etc etc...you

can see what I am saying.