UNC Researchers Find MSG Use Linked To Obesity

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Aspartame also has also caused an epidemic of

obesity: http://www.mpwhi.com/aspartame_makes_you_fatter.htm It has

a synergistic and additive effect with MSG, an excitotoxin. The

aspartic acid in aspartame is also an excitotoxin. The combination

of the two has created a global epidemic of obesity, like a double

whammy. Check out www.truthinlabeling.org on MSG.

 

All my best,

Betty

www.mpwhi.com, www.dorway.com and www.wnho.net

Aspartame Toxicity Center, www.holisticmed.com/aspartame

 

 

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Betty

 

This study is excellent. No bones about it. People (Chinese) who

consume MSG are fatter than those who do not.

 

Adrienne Samuels

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Public release date: 13-Aug-2008

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Contact: Patric Lane

<patric_lanepatric_lane

919-962-8596

<http://www.unc.edu/>University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

 

 

 

UNC researchers find MSG use linked to obesity

 

CHAPEL HILL People who use monosodium glutamate, or MSG, as a fflavor

enhancer in their food are more likely than people who don't use it

to be overweight or obese even though they have the same amount of

physical activity and total calorie intake, according to a University

of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Public Health study

published this month in the journal Obesity.

 

Researchers at UNC and in China studied more than 750 Chinese men and

women, aged between 40 and 59, in three rural villages in north and

south China. The majority of study participants prepared their meals

at home without commercially processed foods. About 82 percent of the

participants used MSG in their food. Those users were divided into

three groups, based on the amount of MSG they used. The third who

used the most MSG were nearly three times more likely to be

overweight than non-users.

 

" Animal studies have indicated for years that MSG might be associated

with weight gain, " said Ka He, M.D., assistant professor of nutrition

and epidemiology at the UNC School of Public Health. " Ours is the

first study to show a link between MSG use and weight in humans. "

 

Because MSG is used as a flavor enhancer in many processed foods,

studying its potential effect on humans has been difficult. He and

his colleagues chose study participants living in rural Chinese

villages because they used very little commercially processed food,

but many regularly used MSG in food preparation.

 

" We found that prevalence of overweight was significantly higher in

MSG users than in non-users, " He said. " We saw this risk even when we

controlled for physical activity, total calorie intake and other

possible explanations for the difference in body mass. The positive

associations between MSG intake and overweight were consistent with

data from animal studies. "

 

As the percentage of overweight and obese people around the world

continues to increase, He said, finding clues to the cause could be

very important.

 

" The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and other health organizations

around the world have concluded that MSG is safe, " He said, " but the

question remains is it healthy? "

 

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Co-authors on the study included Liancheng Zhao and colleagues from

Fu Wai Hospital and Cardiovascular Institute at the Chinese Academy

of Medical Sciences in Beijing. Other researchers on this study were

from Northwestern University in Chicago and the INTERMAP Cooperative

Research Group.

 

The study is available online at:

<http://www.nature.com/oby/journal/v16/n8/full/oby2008274a.html>http://www.natur\

e.com/oby/journal/v16/n8/full/oby2008274a.html

 

Note: He can be reached at (919) 843-2476 or <kahekahe.

 

School of Public Health contact: Ramona DuBose, (919) 966-7467,

<ramona_duboseramona_dubose

News Services contact: Patric Lane, (919) 962-8596,

<patric_lanepatric_lane

 

 

 

 

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