MSG and Diabetes

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MSG and Diabetes _http://www.msgtruth.org/diabetes.htm_

(http://www.msgtruth.org/diabetes.htm)

 

 

Diabetes is a disease of metabolism, where blood sugar is not automatically

controlled by the body. This is due either to the pancreas' inability to make

enough insulin, which clears excess blood sugar (glucose) from the blood

stream, or by the body's resistance to insulin.

Type 1 Diabetes

In the search to understand the mechanisms of diabetes because of its

unprecedented rise in children, it was learned that roughly 85% of those

studied

with Type 1 diabetes had antibodies against glutamic acid debarboxylase (GAD) .

GAD is an enzyme the body uses to turn glutamic acid, (glutamate) into

gamma amino butyric acid (GABA).

_http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/322/22/1555_

(http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/322/22/1555)

_http://www.ohiohealth.com/healthreference/reference/B444170C-26F6-49DF-92AC12

B7A858173C.htm?category=questions_

(http://www.ohiohealth.com/healthreference/reference/B444170C-26F6-49DF-92AC12B7\

A858173C.htm?category=questions)

_http://www.diabetes123.com/dictionary/g.htm_

(http://www.diabetes123.com/dictionary/g.htm)

Ingesting MSG may present the patient with an excess of glutamate, which the

body has trouble converting because the immune system is attacking the very

mechanism the body uses to metabolize excess glutamate. These people

already have an excess of an amino acid the body can make - they do not need

additional free glutamate in their diet.

Why should MSG matter to a diabetic?

 

MSG causes a very large insulin response after it is ingested since there

are glutamate receptors in the pancreas. MSG manufacturers state that ingested

MSG does not result in a corresponding increase in blood levels of free

glutamic acid, but according to the following research done in Canada, ingested

MSG DOES result in higher plasma concentrations of free glutamic acid AND

higher insulin levels as well:

_http://ajpendo.physiology.org/cgi/content/full/278/1/E83_

(http://ajpendo.physiology.org/cgi/content/full/278/1/E83)

This study alone makes free glutamic acid's role in diseases like Diabetes

extremely relevant to the overuse of MSG and free glutamic acid in our food.

Type 2 Diabetes

It was also learned that 85% of children with Type 2 diabetes also suffer

from obesity:

See our page on _MSG and Obesity_ (http://www.msgtruth.org/obesity.htm)

Taurine

Taurine is now being investigated as a treatment for diabetes per this link:

_http://neuro-www.mgh.harvard.edu/neurowebforum/GeneralFeedbackArticles/12.16.

9612.19PM.html_

(http://neuro-www.mgh.harvard.edu/neurowebforum/GeneralFeedbackArticles/12.16.96\

12.19PM.html)

We will have soon give taurine its own special page on this site. Taurine

keeps appearing in the research regarding diseases affected by MSG such as

epilepsy, vision, atrial fibrillation, and blood pressure, etc, etc...)

Glutamate uses the same transport system as cysteine, taurine's metabolic

precursor, hence glutamate competes for uptake with the amino acid the body

uses to

make taurine. This could result in MSG overload causing taurine deficiency.

It is interesting to note that MSG Symptom complex shares many of the

symptoms of taurine deficiency.

Blood Pressure

MSG opens calcium channels, thus constricting blood

vessels – this may put diabetics with high blood pressure at risk by negating

calcium channel blocker medication.

Since cardiovascular disease is a problem for those with diabetes, it would

be wise to avoid any blood vessel constricting foods containing the free

amino acids -Tyrosine, Tyramine and Glutamate. This means most fermented foods,

as well as MSG, and hydrolyzed protein.

Artificial Sweeteners

Another unfortunate problem right now is that many diabetics are using

artificial sweeteners like Aspartame (Nutrasweet). Unfortunately, it contains

phenylalinine - the metabolic precursor to tyrosine. Tyrosine is well known to

be a blood pressure raiser. This is probably why many people complain of

headaches after eating Nutrasweet. Blood vessel constriction can cause

headaches.

Nutrasweet may actually be dangerous for diabetics, because of its effects

on the cardiovascular system.

Fruits and fruit juices already sweeten things well. Fruit sugar, or

fructose is available in powdered form to bake with or put in coffee. Stevia,

an

herb is also used as a sweetener. Powdered fructose works very well, has a very

low Glycemic Index (30), is not artificial, can be heated without releasing

poisonous substances (aspartame breaks down with heat and releases methanol

and formaldehyde), and is endorsed by the Diabetics associations as a natural

sugar substitute. Those with corn allergy, may want to find a brand not made

from corn products.

 

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