Fwd: [SSRI-Research] Autism and ADHD - Caused by Neurotoxin MSG?

[Guest guest]

I personally believe that many different neurotoxins can cause autism. Logically

why would one cause it and not suspect that others could cause it too. But I am

convinced that it is caused by neurotoxins. As well as ADHD.

 

regards,

 

Frank

 

 

Research

JustSayNo

Sun, 18 Jan 2004 11:54:42 -0500

[sSRI-Research] Autism and ADHD - Caused by Neurotoxin MSG?

 

Press Release Sent to the SafeHarbor Group:

Autism and ADHD Linked to Addictive Food Additive

 

For the last fifty years, the medical community has been baffled by the rise

in cases of Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder and Autism. These two

diseases, unheard of before 1950, have been striking an increasing number of

children. Physicians have been unable to explain to parents why their

children are suffering these maladies despite there not being any family

history of the disorder.

 

Finally these parents will know the answer. Thanks to John Erb, a

developmental disorder researcher and author of the book The Slow Poisoning

of America , the cause of ADHD and Autism is no longer a mystery. " These

diseases appear to be caused by a food additive commonly known as MSG or

monosodium Glutamate. " John Erb explains, " MSG is added to food because of

its addictive qualities, it is nicotine for food. It is highly reactive in

the human brain and other organs. "

 

MSG and its related ingredients have been found in increasing amounts in

processed and fast foods. Almost every restaurant and most processed foods

from snacks and soups to ready made meals have glutamate in them in some

form or another. MSG has no nutritional value. Scientific studies have

shown that food laced with the MSG cause people to eat more of it, and

faster, than food without it.

 

" Corporations use this knowledge to sell their products. Their competition

uses MSG, so they keep adding it in larger amounts to keep up with them, "

John Erb comments. The FDA has no limits on how much MSG can be added to

foods, even though as little as two tablespoons of it has been shown to

cause epileptic convulsions and death in animals such as dogs.

 

MSG is a highly reactive amino acid. It is used by scientists in studies to

purposely cause death to areas of the brain and is fed to rodents to make a

strain of obese and pre-diabetic test subjects. MSG is classified as a

neurotoxin: too much of it introduced to the brain can cause rapid cell

death. It is this kind of destruction that John Erb states is the cause of

ADHD and Autism. He came to this conclusion after reviewing hundreds of

medical journal articles detailing the ways in which glutamate affects

organs such as the brain. According to John Erb, " When a woman becomes

pregnant, the placental barrier is not fully formed in the first month of

fetal development. The chemicals the mother eats can go directly to the

developing child. The glutamate stimulates rapid growth in the brain,

creating ADHD symptoms. Too much glutamate over-stimulates areas of the

brain, resulting in neuronal cell death. This destruction to the neurons

results in the symptoms categorized as Autism. "

 

MSG is used in almost every institutional se! tting across the country.

From hospitals to school cafeterias to elderly care facilities, MSG is being

added to mass produced food to increase its palatability. Women are being

exposed to a major toxin that can cause irreparable damage to their child

even before they discover they are pregnant.

 

Shocked by his discovery, John Erb met with Dr. Thomas Ward, Nova Scotia's

Deputy Minister of Health, a pediatrician who specialized in Neonatology.

When Mr. Erb explained to Dr. Ward about the dangers of MSG, Dr. Ward

replied, " I know how awful the stuff is, I would never touch it. " When John

Erb pressed the Deputy Health Minister to remove it from all food products,

Dr. Ward said that it was an issue for the federal government, and suggested

that Mr. Erb take his book The Slow Poisoning of America to the federal

government and " Hit them over the head with it. "

 

John Erb took his discovery to Dr. Susan! Bryson, head of the Autism

Research Center in Halifax, and one of the leading Autism scientists in

Canada. She was amazed by his findings, and confirmed that current studies

being done by the National Institute of Health show that the cause of Autism

has been linked to a toxin invading the embryo's brain stem at as early as

twenty days after conception. The NIH had not yet identified the toxin, but

thanks to John Erb's discovery, they now know the direction in which to

focus their research.

 

" The sooner people know that MSG can cause ADHD and Autism in their unborn

children, the sooner they can take steps to avoid being another victim of

the steadily increasing numbers of these disorders, " John Erb states.

Autism, unheard of before 1950, (MSG was introduced to the American diet in

1948) has now risen to epidemic proportions, with one in every 200 children

born with the affliction.

 

" There may be a genetic component deciding who is stricken with ADHD and

Autism, otherwise when you consider the rampant use of MSG in today's diet,

every child would be born with either ADHD or Autism. But if the growth

curve keeps going the way it has, it won't be long before this is the case.

" MSG has been hidden in food ingredient lists as hydrolyzed vegetable

protein, autolyzed yeast extract, soy protein isolate, and many other names.

Every year, the amount of this substance hidden in foods rises

astronomically. Just because the name MSG does not appear on the label,

does not mean that the food does not contain the excitotoxin glutamate.

 

" People should demand that the food industry, both restaurants and food

manufacturers, remove the added glutamate in all its forms from anything we

ingest, " John Erb states emphatically. " The fact that they add it to make

us addicted to their food is appalling enough, but considering it is doing

terrible damage to our children, for that t! here is no excuse. The sooner

these corporations are held accountable for poisoning us, the sooner we can

eradicate ADHD and Autism from the maternity wards across the nation. "

 

To order John and Michelle Erb's book please visit their website at:

http://www.spofamerica.com/