Body Systems Affected by MSG

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Body Systems Affected by MSG

 

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Allergic response – MSG is not a true allergen but may directly

affect immune response by stimulating the nervous system. May affect

eosinophil (white blood cell) levels. Also - Over 85% of individuals

with Type 1 Diabetes have antibodies to the enzyme the body uses to

turn Glutamate into GABA - glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD). Their

immune system attacks the means by which glutamate is metabolized,

even though it does not attack glutamate itself. Because of their

immune response to GAD, Type 1 diabetics are at risk of having an

excess of glutamate in their systems already.

 

 

Blood Pressure - may create taurine deficiency – calcium channels

stay open – causing high blood pressure and counteracting calcium

channel blocking medication.

 

 

Blood vessels – Glutamate is vasoactive - it changes the diameter of

the blood vessels - one reason why it may cause headaches.

 

 

Brain – during periods of hypoglycemia where low blood glucose levels

leave the brain with low defenses, or allergy response where the

blood vessels become " leaky " , MSG may cross the blood brain barrier

and damage brain cells by excitatory neurotoxicity. By affecting the

pancreas and creating a situation of hypoglycemia, MSG may bring down

the brain's barriers, carrying it's own key, in a sense, to get to

the brain.

 

 

Digestive system – may create taurine deficiency due to its effect on

cysteine. Cysteine competes with glutamate for uptake. Unfortunately,

cysteine is used to make taurine, and taurine is used to make bile.

Bile, which is made by the liver and stored in the gall bladder is

used to break up fats into managable pieces for digestion. If bile

formation is compromised - diarrhea and " gall bladder attacks " may

occur.

 

 

Endocrine System - GABA (gamma amino butyric acid) is created by

feedback mechanism from MSG. GABA may be addictive. Related to the

date-rape drug GBH. GABA stimulates the pituitary to produce growth

hormone. Research has shown that MSG can also overstimulate prolactin

production by the pituitary and cause sterility in female animals.

Nearly half of all pituitary tumors are prolactin secreting.

 

 

Hearing - The hair cells of the ear use glutamate as a

neurotransmitter. Over-stimulation of these cells by glutamate can

result in ringing in the ears. Glutamate opens calcium channels.

 

 

Heart Rate - May create taurine deficiency – (taurine regulates

heartbeat) causing irregular or racing heartbeat.

 

 

Hypoglycemia – MSG's stimulation of pancreas decreases blood glucose,

making hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) worse.

 

 

Hypothalamus – part of the brain most susceptible to attack because

it is the " sensor " of the brain, out in the open so to speak, not

protected by the blood brain barrier because it needs to monitor

levels of hormones in the blood. This part of the brain directs the

action of the pituitary gland which directs the action of the entire

endocrine system. Many MSG sensitive persons become diagnosed with

thyroid disfunction and are put on synthetic hormone due to

hypothyroidism. This would suggest that the hypothalamus may be

compromised and unable to effectively direct the pituitary gland and

consequently the thyroid. The hypothalamus also regulates hunger, and

body temperature. The hypothalamus is also responsible for rage and

panic as well...

 

 

Lungs - Asthma - due to MSG's stimulatory effect on the nervous

system (See Johns Hopkins research) would explain why asthma is

induced in some by MSG.

 

 

Nervous system - MSG stimulates nerves in tongue and elsewhere

directly (that's why they use it). Glutamate in excess can

overstimulate nerve cells until they die.

 

 

Pancreas – glutamate stimulates the pancreas and may cause Type II

diabetes, obesity, and insulin resistance. In individuals with Type 1

diabetes, it may cause an excess of glutamate since 85% of those with

Type 1 diabetes have antibodies which attack GAD - the enzyme

responsible for converting glutamate into GABA.

 

 

Thyroid function – See Hypothalamus above

 

 

Vision - There are glutamate receptors in the retina. Laboratory

studies on animals have shown the retina to be damaged by MSG.