Re: Better Safe than Sorry

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> Guar Gum is sometimes used in place of MSG; also, sometimes MSG

itself is

> labeled as guar gum as an interchangeable label.

>

> Carrageenan (seaweed derivative) is a natural source of MSG.

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Yikes! I hope not!!!! Wouldn't you have the same rxn as you do when

you consume MSG? I haven't noticed any headaches from guar or

carageean-oops, forget the spelling. That is interesting, but I hope

she is wrong.

Thanks,

Janelle

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All I know is whenever I get MSG I get a headache, shaky, sleepy,

food cravings and sometimes faint. Since I have completely

eliminated it from my diet, I can tell within and hour when I get

it. Just the smell of it sometimes gives me a headache (I hate

driving by KFC). I have never reacted to guar gum or carrageenan.

> I was just at the health food store, and this is what one of the

> employees there told me:

>

> Guar Gum is sometimes used in place of MSG; also, sometimes MSG

itself is

> labeled as guar gum as an interchangeable label.

>

> Carrageenan (seaweed derivative) is a natural source of MSG.

>

> She seemed quite knowledgeable. I'm wondering if anyone else has

gotten

> any of this?

>

> Vivace, 26yo w/Asperger's Syndrome, Dysthymia, and PTS

> Mother of , 6yo w/Autism and heaven knows what else