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As a MSG sensitive woman, I feel so strongly about the use of MSG in all its forms hidden or obvious, that I am re-printing excerpts from an excellent article by Dr. Samuels, Ph.D.
It's a labelling game. If you read
them, then you've seen words such as
autolyzed yeast, hydrolyzed protein, and whey protein. Each of these substances contain a percentage of
monosodium glutamate. It is appalling that the food industry consistently shows selective (dis-)interest in consumer health and right to clear information. MSG artifically boosts flavour, boosts sales
and contributes to dis-ease. It is as simple as that.
I highly recommend you go to the following web address and print out the full articles as well as research on your own and inform yourselves about natural and artificial glutamates. Just go to the Food and Drink category of a search engine and type in MSG. You will be amazed at the information.
http://www.holisticmed.com/msg/msg-food.txt
MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE: FOOD FOR THOUGHT BUT NOT FOR EATING
By Adrienne Samuels, Ph.D.
"A most interesting substance, MSG is added to food but has no nutritional value. It doesn't affect the food it is in, and it doesn't have any flavour. Rather, it produces its flavour enhancing effect by stimulating your taste buds."
"MSG doesn't change your food at all. MSG changes you. We know |
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that MSG excites the taste buds and causes adverse reactions. But we don't know
how or why. And we don't know whether or not MSG is doing something to people
who show no overt MSG reactions."
"...researchers have found a relationship between MSG and some of the dreaded
neurodegenerative diseases such as ALS, Parkinsonism, Huntington's disease,
and Alzheimer's disease, which all affect the elderly. Scientists used to
think that in adults, brain cells were protected from invasion of MSG. Now,
however, researchers realise that there are at least five areas in the brain
that are not well protected."
"MSG-sensitive people have reported numerous reactions, including simple skin
rash, bloating, fatigue, joint pain, shortness or breath, chest pain, severe
gastric distress, diarrhoea, asthma type symptoms, exercise induced asthma,
headache, migraine headache, irregular heart beat, atrial fibrillation, rapid
heart beat (called tachycardia), nausea and vomiting, anxiety attacks,
depression, hyperactivity in children, mood swings, mouth lesions, flushing, and
tremors. If you experience any of these symptoms, you must understand that
none are caused exclusively by MSG. Most, if not all, could be caused by
various (cont.) physical conditions as well as by other food additives.
But they can be caused by eating MSG." (cont. P2)
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Amoricaine-
Old French for
Brittany. Often misused as Américaine
(referring to American style) even in parts of
Europe and certainly on US menus. The
correct term refers to old Brittany style
cooking as in Calamars à
l'Amoricaine.
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