What they DON’T tell you about MSG

by Makeisha Lee,
Black Health Consultant
www.CleanseFormula.com

We have been mislead into thinking that various foods are safe to consume on a regular basis. Just because the labels say they are fresh or natural, doesn’t mean it’s healthy for you.

The truth is that there are chemicals deliberately being placed in our foods that are causing us to be obese and very sick. One of these is MSG or Monosodium Glutamate.

MSG is a very popular flavor enhancer in many foods (foreign and American).

Some manufacturers place "NO MSG Added" labels on their products, and many assume that this is safe.

However, the reality is that these companies are still hiding MSG in their foods by calling it something else.

For instance, when referring to soy sauce and other processed flavor enhancers that already contain MSG, the label will read "Hydrolyzed Protein" and/or "Glutamic Acid."

By listing these ingredients, it is legal for these companies to claim that there is no added MSG in the product. They know it’s in there, but you don’t!

But why should this be a cause for concern?

Well, the food industry continues to make billions at the expense of our health.

The use of MSG in food has been linked to obesity and countless illnesses.

The first researcher to find evidence of such was Dr. John Olney of the Washington University Medical School in St. Louis, Missouri. In 1968, he found that MSG injected in mice resulted in serious brain damage and obesity.

Since then, MSG has been found to produce the same effect on humans.

Authors of the published book entitled "The Slow Poisoning of America" found evidence that MSG is in fact very addictive and leaves you asking for more of the same, thus contributing to weight gain.

The FDA even admits that MSG has been proven to induce asthma attacks. Hence, we still have the cover-up attempts with "MSG Replacers" being manufactured as we speak.

The next wave of hastily approved additives are being produced by a company called Senomyxs. In a recent "New York Times" article, the CEO of Senomyxs was quoted saying, "We’re helping companies clean up their labels." This deceit is precisely what we, as consumers need to watch out for.

This is all designed to keep us physically addicted to the foods, so that we can keep buying and they can keep making money.

A new European study conducted at the University of Liverpool, concluded that MSG and Aspertame in combination with food colorings causes even more harm to nerve cells, than each of the additives alone.

This was later published in the "Journal of Toxicological Sciences." Despite these findings, the FDA does not accept that adding these substances to our food poses a health risk. So, what does this mean to us?

It means that we have to take the initiative and become aware of the importance of healthy nutrition, and avoid foods that have been manipulated and transformed to mimic natural flavors, colors (added for attractiveness), and preservatives.

Read your labels, paying particular attention to the terms "artificial flavoring or coloring" because MSG is being grouped under that labeling.

Also, here are a few items to watch out for that have MSG in them: many restaurant soups, most sausages sold at supermarkets, instant soup mixes, most McDonald’s foods (including the salads), KFC fried chicken and most of their products, Doritos, Pringles, Accent (the spice), medications in gelcaps (which have glutamic acid in the gelatin), and many more.

So definitely, we want to be more conscious of the need to consume only products that are free from chemicals and additives. When in doubt, do without. Some 50 million organic consumers are already doing this!

Makeisha Lee is a health and nutrition consultant. For more information about cleansing and detoxifying your body, contact her at 614-595-1425 or makeisha@cleanseformula.com or learn more at www.CleanseFormula.com.