Is MSG Lurking in Your Food?
Monosodium Glutamate, otherwise known as MSG, is a dangerous flavor enhancer and food additive. And although many people think they are being healthy by avoiding foods that explicitly list MSG as an ingredient, what they don’t know is that MSG comes in other forms and is often renamed without the consumer even knowing.
What Is MSG, and Why Is It Dangerous?
Although many people usually associate MSG with asian food,it is found in:
- Most processed foods
- Fast food
- Frozen food
- Canned food
Consumption of foods containing MSG have damaging effects to the human body which include:
- Alzheimers, Huntington’s disease, Dementia, and other neurodegenerative disease.
- Cancer
- Increase in free-radical production in the brain and other tissues in the body.
- Excites brain cells to the point of degeneration and death.
- Triggers the onset of autoimmune disorders like Type I Diabetes, Type II Diabetes, and Insulin Resistance.
- Damages the DNA within human reproductive cells.
- Obesity
- Low metabolic rate
- Decrease in testosterone production in males.
- Cardiovascular disease
- Fibromyalgia
- Retina damage
The fact that many diseases in America are rising, including cancer, diabetes, and obesity is no coincidence. People are ingesting foods that are not at all nutritious and in fact, quite harmful to their health.
Disguises for MSG
Even when people are trying feverishly to watch what they eat and avoid MSG, among other additives, they still end up consuming it. That’s because MSG happens to be in a particular ingredient, so the next time you decide to buy food, even if it says “no MSG addedâ€, look for these ingredients:
- Accent
- Ajinomoto
- Autolyzed yeast extract
- Beef broth
- Carrageenan
- Caseinate
- Chicken broth
- Chinese seasoning
- Glutacyl
- Glutamic acid
- Glutavene
- Gourmet powder
- Flavorings
- Hydrolyzed protein
- Hydrolyzed vegetable protein
- Kombu extract
- Mei-jing
- Monosodium glutamate
- Monoammonium glutamate
- Monopotassium glutamate
- Natural flavor
- Natural meat tenderizer
- Protein hydrolystate
- RL-50
- Soy protein extract
- Soy protein isolate
- Subu
- Vegetable broth
- Vegetable powder
- Vetsin
- Wei-jing
- Zest
January 9th, 2010 at 7:44 PM
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January 18th, 2010 at 2:07 AM
Will there be any unwanted side effects?
May 31st, 2010 at 12:41 PM
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