MSG OR HYDROLYZED PROTEIN

No wonder we gain weight and just "love " the coffee, low fat salad
dressings, chips , even certain soups. TIMs say they don't add MSG but
they don't mention "HYDROLYZED PROTEIN " do they ?

YOU WILL BE SHOCKED when YOU read this article.

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 Flavoring." MSG is even
in your favorite 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, Ajinomoto," "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?

"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:
"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.

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 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
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 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 [2]* *. Type in
the words "MSG Obese" and read a few of the 115 medical studies that
appear.

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.