Using MSG - SLOW POISONING OF AMERICA [and CANADA]

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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, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada 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 as 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,
HYPERLINK "http://www.spofamerica.com/"http <http://www.spofamerica.com/> ://www.spofamerica.com <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:
HYPERLINK "http://www.msgfacts.com/facts/msgfact12.html"http <http://www.msgfacts.com/facts/msgfact12.html> ://www.msgfacts.com/facts/msgfact12.html <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. 2002 Aug
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. 1998 Mar
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. 1978 Oct

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. But what can we do to stop the food
manufacturers from dumping fattening and addictive MSG into our food
supply and causing the obesity epidemic we now see? Even as you read
this, a political lobby is pushing a Bill through Congress 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:
HYPERLINK "http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/8458081.htm"http <http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/8458081.htm> ://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/8458081.htm <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 this lobby gets Congress to pass this law 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.

So what do we do? The food producers and restaurants have been
addicting us to their products for years, and now we are paying the price
for it. Our children should not be cursed with obesity caused by an
addictive food additive. But what can I do about it? I'm just one voice, what can I do to stop the poisoning of our children, are elected officials are insuring financial protection for the industry that is poisoning us.

I for one am doing something about it. I am sending this email out to
everyone I know in an attempt to show you the truth that the corporate
owned politicians and media won't tell you. The best way you can help
save yourself and your children from this drug-induced epidemic, is to
forward this email to everyone. With any luck, it will circle the globe
before they can pass the Bill protecting those who poisoned us. The food industry learned a lot from the tobacco industry. Imagine if big tobacco had a bill like this in place before someone blew the whistle on Nicotine? Blow the whistle on MSG. If you are one of the few who can still believe that MSG is good for us, and you don't believe what John Erb has to say, see for yourself. Go to the National Library of Medicine, at
HYPERLINK "http://www.pubmed.com/"http <http://www.pubmed.com/> ://www.pubmed.com/ <http://www.pubmed.com/> . Type in the words "MSG Obese", and read a few of the 115 medical studies that appear.

We do not want to be rats in one giant experiment, and we do not
approve of food that makes us into a nation of obese, lethargic, addicted
sheep, waiting for the slaughter. With your help we can put an end to this,
and stop the Slow Poisoning of America.

Let's save our children says (John Erb) ...
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