MSG is added to food for the addictive effect

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"Dave Kadlecek" <dkadlecek

"SCC List Peace and Freedom Party" <pfp-scc

Monday, April 11, 2005 12:27 PM

Re: [pfp-scc] Monosodium Glutamate msg = Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein causes fat-ness?

 

 

without expressing any opinion about MSG and whether or not it

causes obesity, the author of the forwarded email says, "The items that didn't have MSG had

something called Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein, which is just another

name for Monosodium Glutamate", which is clearly incorrect; depending on

one's source, Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein either often contains MSG or

always contains MSG, but it is not just another name for the same

substance. See below, for one anti-MSG internet source saying hydrolyzed

vegetable protein (and, apparently, almost any processed protein) always

contains MSG and a more neutral intenet source saying hydrolyzed

vegetable protein often contains MSG. Note that neither says that

hydrolyzed vegetable protein is the same thing as MSG, as the email's

author claims. If he plays so loose with the facts about one thing that

is relatively easy to check, it is reasonable to assume that he is

distorting or overstating the rest of his claims too (i.e., that the

studies he cites probably exist, but that he is misinterpreting their

conclusions).

 

/Dave Kadlecek

 

 

from "http://www.wholehealthmd.com/hk/articles/ask/0,1476,34,00.html":

 

What is hydrolyzed vegetable protein?

Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein (HVP) (sometimes referred to as

Hydrolyzed Plant Protein) is widely used in the food industry as a

savory flavoring agent to bring out the natural flavors in food. A

chemical process called acid hydrolysis breaks down protein into amino

acids from various food sources (corn, wheat, soybeans, cottonseed).

Food scientists discovered that the protein in certain vegetables

could be broken down and re-arranged to simulate the taste of meats.

While there are numerous variations, generally, two basic types of HVP

are used: light, which is used in poultry, pork, and vegetable

products, and dark, which is used in broths, sauces, gravies, meats,

stews. Many foods contain HVP, including processed foods such as

bouillon, soup, sauce mixes, gravy, crackers, chips, instant soups,

processed meat, frankfurters. If you are sensitive to

monosodiumglutamate (MSG), it is important to note that some companies

add MSG to Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein products.

 

Date Posted: 03/11/2000

 

from "http://www.truthinlabeling.org/nomsg.html":

Following the FDA's announcement in 1995 that "...FDA considers foods

whose labels say "No MSG" or "No Added MSG" to be misleading if the

food contains ingredients that are sources of free glutamates, such as

hydrolyzed protein,"(7) the incidence of such misleading and deceptive

labels regulated by the FDA began to decline. At the same time,

similar labels regulated by the United States Department of

Agriculture (USDA) continued proliferating. At the USDA they don't

simply fail to enforce the regulation. The USDA actually approves

labels of meat and poultry products that claim "No MSG,No MSG

Added," or "No Added MSG" when they contain free glutamic acid.

 

Clearly, it is false and misleading to claim "No MSG" or "No MSG

Added" on a product label when MSG is present, even if it is present

as a constituent of an ingredient.

 

Those making such claims should be able to demonstrate, through valid

tests for free glutamic acid content, that there is zero free glutamic

acid in their products.

 

Even if one could assume that a particular label reflected the

ingredients actually in the product (which one cannot), review of

product labels to determine the presence of MSG would not be

satisfactory, and will not substitute for analysis of end product. The

number of products/ingredients /substances that contain MSG is not

finite, i.e., new ingredients that contain MSG are invented and/or

renamed every day. To keep track of them would be virtually

impossible. Moreover, MSG can be freed from protein during processing

or manufacture given appropriate conditions. For example, any

ingredient that contains a bit of protein can be hydrolyzed if

hydrochloric acid, enzymes, heat, and/or other substances or

conditions that cause glutamic acid to be separated out of its host

protein are present. Hydrolyzation of protein inevitably creates some

(processed) free glutamic acid (MSG).

 

Only if there is zero free glutamic acid in an end product can one

legitimately claim that there is no MSG. The burden of proof for a

claim about the absence of MSG must lie with those making the claim.

 

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"Scott Munson" <scott

Sunday, April 10, 2005 10:59 PM

!b_a_Act: Slow Poisoning of America

 

I wondered if there could be an actual chemical causing the massive obesity epidemic, so did a

friend of mine, 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 flavored 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 may 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://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/facts/msgfact12.html 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 prepackaged 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. 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 IA. 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. August 2002

 

Obesity induced by neonatal monosodium glutamate treatment in spontaneously hypertensive rats: an

animal model of multiple risk factors. Yamamoto M, Iino K, Ichikawa K, Shinohara N, Yoshinari

Fujishima Hypertens Res. March 1998

 

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. October 1978

 

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.

 

Even as you read this, George W. Bush and his corporate supporters are pushing a Bill through

Congress, and it’s 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 purposely added an addictive chemical to their foods.

 

Read about it for yourself at: http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/8458081.htm

 

 

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. It is important that Bush and his corporate supporters get it through

before the media lets everyone know about MSG, the intentional Nicotine for food.

 

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.

 

The food producers and restaurants have been addicting us to their products for years, and now we

are paying the price for it. If you are one of the few who can still believe that MSG is good for

us, Go to the National Library of Medicine, at http://www.pubmed.com Type in the words "MSG Obese",

and read a few of the articles for yourself.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Fredric Bastiat, "The Law", 1846

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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