Posts: 5378
From: Ontario, Canada
Registered: Jun 2005

posted March 19, 2006 11:24 AM         

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MSG

And we wonder why we can't lose weight. Those of us addicted to Tim's may
>have a hard time letting go...........
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>Food for thought!
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> This is a real eye opener. Please read to the very end. It is worth
>printing and posting in every office lunch room or bulletin board.
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>MSG - used in Tim Horton's Coffee - (read this for sure)
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>Food additive "MSG" is a Slow Poison. Slow Poisoning MSG hides behind 25 or
>more names, such as "Natural Flavouring".
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>MSG is also in your favourite Tim Horton's and other brand coffee shops!
>Pass this on to those who still may be unaware or disbelieving of the
>dangers of MSG.
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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.
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>He was a research assistant at the University of Waterloo in Ontario,
>Canada
> and spent years working for the government.
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>He made an amazing discovery while going through sci entific 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&n bsp;the fat rodents they
>create: "MSG-Treated Rats".
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>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 flavoured 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
>marked
>on the product label had something called ''Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein'',
>which is just another name for Monosodium G lutamate. 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 carefully read the ingredient list, so they don't catch on.(Other names
>for MSG: 'Accent' - 'Aginomoto' - 'Natural Meet Tenderiser' etc)
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> But it didn't stop there. When our family went out to eat, we started
>asking at the restaurants what menu items had MSG.
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>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 was 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&nb sp;eat?.. Is it
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>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" he said that MSG is added to food for the addictive effect it has
>on the humanbody. <http://www.spofamerica.com/
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>Even the propaganda website sponsored by the food manufacturers lobby group
>supporting MSG at: http://www.msgfactscom/facts/msgfact12.html explains
>that
>the reason they add it to food is to make people eat more. A study of the
>elderly 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
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>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.
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>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 pre-packaged
>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 safe when there are hundreds of
>scientific studies with titles like these? :-
>< BR>>'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.
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>'Adrenalectomy abolishes the food-induced hypothalamic serotonin release in
>both normal and monosodium glutamate-obese rats'. Guimaraes RB, Telles MM,
>Coelho VB, Mori C, Nascimento CM, Ribeiro Brain Res Bull. 2002 Aug.
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>'Obesity induced by neonatal monosodium glutamate treatment in
>spontaneously
>hypertensive rats: an animal model of multiple risk factors'. Iwase M,
>Yamamoto& nbsp;M, Iino K, Ichikawa K, Shinohara N, Yoshinari Fujishima Hypertens
>Res. 1998 Mar.
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>'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.
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>Yes, that last study was not a typo, it WAS written in 1978. Both the
>medical research community" and "food manufacturers" have known about MSG's
>side effects for decades! Many more studies mentioned in John Erb's book
>link MSG to Diabetes, Migraines and headaches, Autism,& nbsp;ADHD and even
>Alzheimer's. But what can we do to stop the food manufactures from dumping
>fattening and addictive MSG into our food supply and causing the obesity
>epidemic we now see?
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>Even as you read this, G. W. Bush and his corporate supporters are pushing
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>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 addi ctive chemical to their
>foods.
> Read about it for yourself at: http://www.yahoo.com/.
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>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 Bush
>and his corporate supporters get it through before the media lets everyone
>know about 'MSG, the intentional Nicotine for food'.
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> Several months ago, John Erb took his book and his concerns to one of
>the
>highest government health officials in Canada. While sitt ing 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
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>tell the public what he knew.
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>The big media doesn't want to tell the public either, fearing legal issues
>with their advertisers. It seems that the fallout on fast food industry may
>hurt their profit margin. 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&nb sp;not be cursed with obesity caused by an
>addictive food additive. But what can I do about it?... I'm just one voice!
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>What can I do to stop the poisoning of our children, while our governments
>are insuring financial protection for the industry that is poisoning us!
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>This e-mail is going out to everyone I know in an attempt to tell you the
>truth that the corporate owned politicians and media won't tell you. The
>best way you can help to 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 politicians can pass the legislation
>protecting those who are poisoning 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?
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>If you are one of the few who can still believe that MSG is good for us,
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>you don't believe what John Erb has to say, see for yourself. Go to the
>National Library of Medicine, at http://www. pubmed.com/. Type in the words
>MSG Obese" and read a few of the 115 medical studies that appear.
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>We the public, do not want to be rats in one giant experiment andwe do not
>approve of food that makes us into a nation of obese, lethargic, addicted
>sheep, feeding the food industry's bottom line, while waiting for the heart
>transplant, diabetic induced amputation, blindness or other obesity
>induced,
>life threatening disorders. With your help we can put an end to this
>poison.
> Do your part in sending this mes sage out by word of mouth, e-mail or by
>distribution of this print-out to all your friends all over the world and
>stop this 'Slow Poisoning of Mankind' by the packaged food industry.
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>Blowing the whistle on MSG is our responsibility, get the word out.

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posted March 19, 2006 12:32 PM         

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From: Vancouver USA
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posted March 19, 2006 12:36 PM         

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The Campbell's soups, the Hostess Doritos,
>the Lays flavoured potato chips, Top Ramen, Betty Crocker Hamburger Helper,
>Heinz canned gravy, Swanson frozen prepared meals, Kraft salad dressings

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Well… there’s the biggest problem. Stop buying boxed/canned/prepared foods! Make them yourself!! It’s more nutritious, it tastes better, AND IT’S CHEAPER!! Seriously… Think about how easy it would be to make your own Hamburger Helper. What is it? Noodles, cheese and meat. (You’d have to make a cheese sauce, not just add it to the mixture… but still… easy beyond belief). Salad dressing? Stupidly simple! Gravy too.

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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

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Bleck! That stuff doesn’t even taste good. I’d be willing to bet money that if most people cut this junk out of their diet for 30 days and replaced it with healthy food (fresh, organic fruits and veggies, dairy/meat ((if you choose to eat it)) with no antibiotics and hormones, unprocessed sugar ((in moderation)) and grains), the fast food would taste yucky to them too.

It’s absolutely disgusting to me what the American government will allow in order to pursue the All Mighty Dollar.

There is a conversation I think this would fit well with in GU. I think I’ll post the link in there. Thanks for sharing!

This, along with Johnny’s Intact post, should be required reading for all Americans.

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From: New Brighton, MN, USA
Registered: Nov 2004

posted March 19, 2006 01:09 PM         

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"Digusting" doesn't even cover the range of emotions I felt reading this. "Outrage" doesn't cover it either. I threw away the bottle of MSG/Accent in the spice cabinet decades ago, but didn't realize the sneaky ba$tards just renamed it "Natural Flavoring".....

This one will go out to everyone in my address book. A clean copy can be found here, or just link to it: http://www.rense.com/general67/msg.htm

Thanks for posting this, SS!
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From: Vancouver USA
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posted March 19, 2006 01:19 PM         

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Here's a site that tells all the names MSG hides under:
http://www.msgmyth.com/hidename.htm

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From: Up North
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posted March 19, 2006 03:22 PM         

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Luckily I make all my meals from 'first principles' - ie with raw ingredients. That way, you know exactly what you're eating.

It's scary beyond belief what cr*p manufacturers put into processed foods. Yuk!

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From: Ontario, Canada
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posted March 19, 2006 08:35 PM         

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Thanks for the posts guys.

LibraSparkle thanks also for that MSG site.

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From: dreamland
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posted March 20, 2006 11:19 PM         

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yes i read about it too,SunChild just sent me a mail on this.

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