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The Slow Poisoning of America...MSG

The Slow Poisoning of America through MSG I wondered if there could be an
actual chemical causing the massive obesity epidemic, so did John 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 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 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 Campbell's soups, the Hostess Doritos,
the Lays flavoured 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, McDonalds, Wendy'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 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, http://
<http://www.spofamerica.com/> 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/ 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! 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 every day.

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 A.. 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 "manufacturers" have known 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?

There is a bill in 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 purposefully added an addictive chemical to their foods.

Last month the House of Representatives passed the "Personal Responsibility
in Food Consumption Act" to protect the food and beverage industry from
civil lawsuits. Under the measure, known as the "Cheeseburger Bill," people
who buy food or drinks couldn't sue the companies that made them, the stores
that sold them or the restaurants that served them if they got fat from
the products, so long as the products met existing laws.

The Senate is expected to take up a similar bill later this year. The Bill
has already been rushed through the House of Representatives, and is due for
the same rubber stamp at Senate level. read for yourself at:
<http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwas...ton/8458081.htm>
http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwas...ton/8458081.htm
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 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 am sending this e-mail 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 e-mail to everyone. With any luck,
It will circle the globe before Congress 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 John
Erb has to say, see for yourself. Go to the National Library of Medicine, at
<http://www.pubmed.org/> http://www.pubmed.org/ . Type in the words "MSG
Obese", and read a few of the 115 medical studies that appear.

"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
Luther King Jr.

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