MSG or monosodium glutamate was discovered at the turn of the 20th century as a cheap method of making low quality foods tasty. It was also realized that MSG increased food cravings, especially while eating the food with the MSG in it!
Since big business food industries are more concerned about profit over public health, the subsequent findings regarding MSG health hazards were of little consequence.
Pushing in the Trojan Horses
As more more information about MSG health hazards became public to a public growing in health awareness, rejection of foods processed with MSG began to rise. No problem when industry "owns" government. The food processing industry and their lobbyists found ways to finagle regulatory allowances with labeling that confuses even most consumers who are aware of MSG's dangers.
Today, food labels contain many Trojan Horses to sneak MSG by unaware consumers. Many labels display euphemisms such as "natural flavors", "artificial flavorings", "sodium casseinate", "yeast extract", "spices", "plant protein", "hydrolyzed vegetable protein", "hydrolyzed soy protein", "casseinate digest", and "yeast extract". There are more. This will take you to a complete list of misleading names for MSG.
How MSG Harms
MSG, or monosodium glutamate, is full of the free glutamate that serves as an excitoxin to destroy brain cells and create all sorts of health problems. Free glutamate seems like a harmless term. But the free in this phrase signifies a process of releasing natural bound glutamate from its protein binding. The chemical process for freeing glutamate also leaves carcinogenic residues.
By this process, free glutamate is free to wreak havoc on a cellular level. With the protein binding, absorption of natural glutamate into cells is limited. It is benign. Once that binding is gone, the free glutamate easily overwhelms the body's natural defenses against glutamate (MSG) excitotoxens.
Excitotoxin Damage
According to Dr. Russel Blaylock, author of Excitotoxins: The Taste That Kills, Excitotoxins actually excite brain cell neurons to a point of exhaustion and subsequent death. These excitotoxens are able to cross the blood brain barrier. They are also taken into other different organs with glutamic acid receptors as well. Dr. Blaylock also refers to aspartame, the artificial sweetener, as another serious excitotoxin.
As one consumes MSG or aspartame over time, there is a formaldehyde byproduct from metabolizing these ingredients. The formaldehyde binds with cellular DNA. Eventually, the formaldehyde accumulation causes massive cell damage, which breeds diseases of all sorts, even cancer.
The current epidemics of obesity, type 2 diabetes, Parkinson's Disease, autism, early dementia, Alzheimers, and hyperactivity among school children are directly attributable to the increased lacing of processed foods and beverages with MSG and aspartame. Excitotoxins are suspected as a factor for increased heart attacks among the young and athletic.
It seems that everyone has been exposed to excitotoxin ingestion at some time. These toxins do tend to stick around. By avoiding them, one begins a natural detoxification from them. There are also ways to hasten the detox process.
Buyer Beware
Almost all fast foods contain MSG and aspartame. Many better restaurants do also. Even if MSG is not added during cooking, it's in the packaged food delivered at the back door. Amazingly, even packaged health food items will have MSG or aspartame inside of some of those Trojan Horses on their labels!
The food processors have no mercy. Many baby foods and formulas contain MSG and/or aspartame with its various label disguises. Take time to read the labels along with your list of MSG euphemisms. Purchasing whole, organic foods in bulk and cooking at home will keep you from consuming Trojan Horses with MSG warriors lurking inside.
Paul Louis - Paul Louis has written several articles for a variety of subjects. He has retired from the mortgage - real estate madness in the USA and ...
