Guest guest Posted July 24, 2007 Report Share Posted July 24, 2007 Does anyone have any info on MSG being linked to liver/ Liver problems in some people? Thanks, Victoria Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 25, 2007 Report Share Posted July 25, 2007 Chinese Traditional Medicine , " victoria_dragon " <victoria_dragon wrote: > > Does anyone have any info on MSG being linked to liver/ Liver problems > in some people? > > Thanks, > Victoria > I just did a search on it and came up with this, hopefully it is what you are looking for, or atleast it should give you a start How does the body usually deal with excess amino acids? Most amino acids if not used right away, are not stored as amino acids. The body has elaborate means of changing extra amino acids into other amino acids, and removing nitrogen and changing amino acids into fuel to be stored. There are processes such as " transamination " and " deamination " which occur mostly in the liver. In patients with compromised livers, however, they may have trouble transaminating cysteine, for example, into taurine, the amino acid that acts counter to glutamate. Also, an excess of the amino acid aspartate (found in Nutrasweet) may result in excess glutamate, since the body can convert aspartate directly to glutamate. Aspartate and glutamate affect some of the same receptors. In a different example, there is an enzyme that the body uses to convert excess glutamate into another neurotransmitter called GABA. In many patients with Type II Diabetes, their bodies view the enzyme responsible for turning MSG into GABA as an enemy and create antibodies to attack it so that it cannot do its job. This is a problem. The body is compromised in its job of getting rid of excess glutamate. It again is a question of balance, and what tips it. http://www.msgtruth.org/whatisit.htm this is usually a good source too http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monosodium_glutamate this is a government funded website that is more western, but it might also have some useful info that you are looking for http://search.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/query?MAX=500 & SERVER1=server1 & SERVER2=serv\ er2 & PARAMETER=monosodium+glutamate & DISAMBIGUATION=true & FUNCTION=search & x=0 & y=0 hopefully that helps you out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 25, 2007 Report Share Posted July 25, 2007 Thanks. I'm passing this info onto a friend. From some things he's told me it makes a lot of sense. Especially that mention of Type II diabetes. Thanks again. Victoria Chinese Traditional Medicine , " mrasmm " <mrasmm wrote: > > Chinese Traditional Medicine , " victoria_dragon " > <victoria_dragon@> wrote: > > > > Does anyone have any info on MSG being linked to liver/ Liver problems > > in some people? > > > > Thanks, > > Victoria > > > > > I just did a search on it and came up with this, hopefully it is what > you are looking for, or atleast it should give you a start > > How does the body usually deal with excess amino acids? > > Most amino acids if not used right away, are not stored as amino > acids. The body has elaborate means of changing extra amino acids > into other amino acids, and removing nitrogen and changing amino acids > into fuel to be stored. There are processes such as " transamination " > and " deamination " which occur mostly in the liver. In patients with > compromised livers, however, they may have trouble transaminating > cysteine, for example, into taurine, the amino acid that acts counter > to glutamate. Also, an excess of the amino acid aspartate (found in > Nutrasweet) may result in excess glutamate, since the body can convert > aspartate directly to glutamate. Aspartate and glutamate affect some > of the same receptors. In a different example, there is an enzyme > that the body uses to convert excess glutamate into another > neurotransmitter called GABA. In many patients with Type II Diabetes, > their bodies view the enzyme responsible for turning MSG into GABA as > an enemy and create antibodies to attack it so that it cannot do its > job. This is a problem. The body is compromised in its job of > getting rid of excess glutamate. It again is a question of balance, > and what tips it. > > http://www.msgtruth.org/whatisit.htm > > this is usually a good source too > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monosodium_glutamate > > this is a government funded website that is more western, but it might > also have some useful info that you are looking for > http://search.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/query? MAX=500 & SERVER1=server1 & SERVER2=server2 & PARAMETER=monosodium+glutamate & DISAMBIGUATION=true & FUNCTION=search & x=0 & y=0 > > hopefully that helps you out > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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