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"I've been told to stay away from foods containing msg, so I read labels carefully and generally avoid Chinese food. But are all foods that contain msg labeled? The FDA requires products containing msg to list it on their labels. (Look for monosodium glutamate or glutamate, which mean msg.) But recent studies have shown that there are foods—tomatoes and cheese, for instance—that contain monosodium glutamate (MSG) naturally! In other words, an Italian meal may contain as much msg as an Asian one." - Earl Mindell, Earl Mindell's Vitamin Bible for the 21st Century (Get the book.)

"Human food can also be a source of msg. According ro an article by Jeff Gordy on msg, a lot of restaurants may use msg to prepare their food, including McDonalds, Burger King, Kentucky Fried Chicken, and many others.5 Clumping Kitty Litter Clumping kitty litters are supposed to reduce odor and help in absorption but how safe are these products for our cats? One of the ingredients in these products is sodium bentonite, which makes the litter clump and makes it easier for disposal." - Ann N. Martin, Food Pets Die For: Shocking Facts About Pet Food (Get the book.)

"Fats and Cholesterol - The Good, the Bad, and the Healthy Diet" Article from the Harvard School of Public Health "Hidden Sources of Free Glutamic Acid (MSG)" An article about msg in and MSG-labeling on food. Web site also provides other information about food labels and how to decipher the various food-labeling loopholes employed by food manufacturers." - Craig Pepin-Donat, The Big Fat Health and Fitness Lie (Get the book.)

"Food product labels may be misleading, with msg labeled "natural coloring"; some hydrolyzed vegetable protein contains msg. You can challenge yourself with msg to see if it brings on a migraine. The Elisa-Act blood test includes tests for msg and glutamate sensitivity. Quercetin: Quercetin, the most effective bioflavonoid due to its anti-inflammatory effects, can be used to reduce pain and inflammatory responses and control allergies. Dosage: 500-1000 mg three to four times daily at onset of migraine; 500 mg daily as a preventive." - Elizabeth Lipski, Digestive Wellness: How to Strengthen the Immune System and Prevent Disease Through Healthy Digestion (Get the book.)

"But are all foods that contain msg labeled? The FDA requires products containing msg to list it on their labels. (Look for monosodium glutamate or glutamate, which mean msg.) But recent studies have shown that there are foods—tomatoes and cheese, for instance—that contain monosodium glutamate (MSG) naturally! In other words, an Italian meal may contain as much msg as an Asian one. (You might be interested to know that Asian foods frequently contain natural chemicals such as salicylates and amines that can also cause allergic reactions.) Fast Facts at a Glance 336." - Earl Mindell, Earl Mindell's Vitamin Bible for the 21st Century (Get the book.)

"NATURAL msg ENHANCES FLAVOR AND HEALTH In Japan in the 1940s, glutamic acid was extracted from kombu to make monoso-dium glutamate (MSG). Just as kombu enhances flavor and tenderizes food, so does msg. However, msg is now composed of synthetic glutamic acid and health-conscious people know to avoid it. Laboratory-produced msg is toxic. The naturally occurring glutamic acid in kombu, on the other hand, improves overall health. KOMBUCHA Manchurian Mushroom, Tea Kvass, Tea Mushroom (Fungus japonicus) A fermented beverage with a winelike taste, kombucha is an old-time folk remedy." - Rebecca Wood, The New Whole Foods Encyclopedia: A Comprehensive Resource for Healthy Eating (Get the book.)

"For example, monosodium glutamate (MSG) has several names such as hydrolyzed vegetable protein or anything with "protein" at the end may contain msg. "Pea protein" on a label would mean it is a hydrolyzed protein rather than a plain pea. The label would just note "pea" if it was the vegetable. For most companies, food is a money making industry and our health is not their motivation. Usually, life threatening allergens such as nuts warrant conspicuous warnings on labels. Do your own research on nutrition and beware of television claims." - Heather Caruso, Your Drug-Free Guide to Digestive Health (Get the book.)

"Mind your msg. Many people think a flavor enhancer called monosodium glutamate (MSG) brings on severe asthma attacks in people sensitive to this additive. For several years, Chinese food received most of the blame for the msg reaction. Now, however, it may be safe to order your favorite Chinese food once more. Certain studies pointing the finger at msg turned out to be flawed. The trouble was traced to heartburn, anxiety, depression, or other food allergies. Talk with your doctor to be sure. Breathe easier with ginkgo." - Editors of FC&A, 1001 Home Health Secrets for Seniors (Get the book.)

"This includes food colorings, preservatives, and common excitotoxins, such as msg or aspartame. These additives are often eaten in excess by kids who overindulge in processed foods and junk foods. This category also includes hormones and antibiotics that are added to foods. Your child's exposure to all five of these categories of toxins must be minimized. When exposure does occur, though, you can help your child to detoxify, and stay healthy. Getting Toxins Out The body has a four-phase line of defense against toxins." - Kenneth Bock, Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma, and Allergies: The Groundbreaking Program for the 4-A Disorders (Get the book.) "To help make these restrictions practical, you may need to begin buying brands of food that are labeled as being free of additives, such as foods labeled "nitrite-free," or "no msg." Like every other element of the Healing Program, this can require effort and sacrifice, but the rewards can be vast. Nitrites and nitrates. Bacon, hot dogs, sausage, bologna. Sulfites. Lettuce, dried fruits, and fresh fruits and vegetables (especially in restaurants. Sorbic acid. Cheese, frosting, dried fruit, dips. Dyes (especially yellow dye #5). Hundreds of processed, colored foods. Parabens." - Kenneth Bock, Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma, and Allergies: The Groundbreaking Program for the 4-A Disorders (Get the book.) "Aspartame and msg. 13. Vinegar. 14. Shellfish (more common in adults than kids). However, reactions are highly individualized, and also often involve the following foods, which tend to be moderately reactive: The Fourth Tier of Occasionally Reactive Foods 15. Bacon and other pork. 16. Cinnamon. 17. Mustard. 18. Bananas. 19. Grapes and raisins. 20. Coconut. 21. Onions. 22. Berries, particularly strawberries. 23. Peas. 24. Celery. 25. Spices, including turmeric, cloves, and curry. 26. Kidney beans. 27. Melon. 28. Pineapple. 29. Mushrooms. 30. Peppers 31. Plums. 32. Barley." - Kenneth Bock, Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma, and Allergies: The Groundbreaking Program for the 4-A Disorders (Get the book.) "Furthermore, msg is one of the most common triggers of migraine headaches. Aspartame is also an excitotoxin. Its only active ingredient, phenylalanine, is an amino acid that helps govern the function of the brain and nervous system. When too much phenylalanine hits the brain, it can cause hyperactivity and other behavioral symptoms. Because many food additives cause intolerance, rather than IgE allergy or IgG sensitivity, you may need to perform elimination challenges to see if these additives are causing problems." - Kenneth Bock, Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma, and Allergies: The Groundbreaking Program for the 4-A Disorders (Get the book.)

"The FDA requires products containing msg to list it on their labels. (Look for monosodium glutamate or glutamate, which mean msg.) But recent studies have shown that there are foods—tomatoes and cheese, for instance—that contain monosodium glutamate (MSG) naturally! In other words, an Italian meal may contain as much msg as an Asian one. (You might be interested to know that Asian foods frequently contain natural chemicals such as salicylates and amines that can also cause allergic reactions.) Fast Facts at a Glance 336." - Earl Mindell, Earl Mindell's Vitamin Bible for the 21st Century (Get the book.)

"Schwartz and his colleagues have publicly objected to the fact that the USDA has permitted some companies to include msg and a related additive, HVP (hydrolyzed vegetable protein), under the general term "artificial flavorings." • Safe Food choice: If you think you are sensitive to msg, look at ingredient listings carefully. Also, avoid hydrolyzed vegetable protein, or HVP, which may contain msg. The organization NO msg can provide additional information (see page 209)." - Michael F. Jacobson, Ph.D., Lisa Y. Lefferts and Anne Witte Garland, Safe Food: Eating Wisely in a Risky World (Get the book.) "Soon Japanese firms began producing it commercially, and people around the world were adding msg to everything from soup to nuts. Unfortunately, too much msg can lead to headaches, tightness in the chest, and a burning sensation in the forearms and the back of the neck. These symptoms, called the "Chinese restaurant syndrome," were identified in 1968 and linked to soup served in Chinese restaurants. Soup is a particular problem, because it often contains large doses of msg and tends to be consumed on an empty stomach—which means the msg will be readily absorbed into the blood." - Michael F. Jacobson, Ph.D., Lisa Y. Lefferts and Anne Witte Garland, Safe Food: Eating Wisely in a Risky World (Get the book.)

"Likewise, poisonous drugs like Aspartame, Splenda, and msg are now hidden in the majority of the nation's bestselling manufactured foods and beverages because of the FDA approval. These drugs are more addictive than heroin, caffeine, and nicotine taken together. They make it nearly impossible for their "victims" to abstain from overeating. Their disastrous effects on the human body are well documented, and the FDA, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and food industry have known about it for many years." - Andreas Moritz, Cancer Is Not A Disease - It's A Survival Mechanism (Get the book.)

"Look for low-calorie dressings—40-60 calories per 2 tablespoons—but avoid ingredients like color dyes, trans fats, corn syrup, sodium and msg. Dilute dressings—even lower calorie varieties— to make the most of the "flavor spread" to your lettuce leaves and when at home, measure the dressing and then toss the salad. Also consider using a spray bottle for thinner dressings. In a restaurant, use fruit wedges like oranges, limes, or lemons or use balsamic vinegar or a salsa to add flavor to your salad." - Wendy Bazilian, DRPH, MA, RD, Steven Pratt, MD, Kathy Matthews, Superfoods Rx Diet: Lose Weight with the Power of SuperNutrients (Get the book.)

"Schwartz and his colleagues have publicly objected to the fact that the USDA has permitted some companies to include msg and a related additive, HVP (hydrolyzed vegetable protein), under the general term "artificial flavorings." þ Safe Food choice: If you think you are sensitive to msg, look at ingredient listings carefully. Also, avoid hydrolyzed vegetable protein, or HVP, which may contain msg. The organization NO msg can provide additional information (see page 209)." - Michael F. Jacobson, Ph.D., Lisa Y. Lefferts and Anne Witte Garland, Safe Food: Eating Wisely In A Risky World (Get the book.)

"Quick Tip 2: Eating foods that use msg (a flavor «L enhancer/preservative) can actually worsen mood swings. When dining out, ask if they use msg. b Our Tiny Messengers: Neurotransmiters The biochemical basis of the food-mood relationship is found in the neurotransmitters, tiny chemical messengers which relay thoughts and actions along the trillions of neural pathways in the brain. Because neurotransmitters are synthesized from the nutrients in our food, what we eat has an overwhelming influence on brain chemistry. Tryptophan (covered in Chapter One) has two important functions." - Jan Lovejoy, Get Balanced-the Natural Way to Better Health with Superfoods (Get the book.)

"When scientists need to study a fat rat that is not yet diabetic, they feed it msg until the rat's brain is so damaged that it eats itself into obesity. When will humans catch on? Considering our huge obesity epidemic, avoiding msg is essential. The substance should be banned along with aspartame. Traditional Foods Are the Foundation of Your Eating Plan Eat foods prepared in the traditional manner of your heritage. Understand what kind of diet your recent ancestors ate when they were at their healthiest." - Byron J. Richards, The Leptin Diet: How Fit Is Your Fat? (Get the book.) "Scientists feed msg to rats in order to create and study obese rats that are not diabetic. msg damages the subconscious brain's ability to regulate food intake, causing the gas gauge to malfunction. Why is it allowed in our food? Even advice about what to eat is mired in vested interests and competing profit strategies. In one corner are the medical pundits preaching a low-fat and low-cholesterol diet under the guise that it will help the heart, while huge profits are reaped on the sales of cardiovascular drugs and heart operations—since this diet seldom fixes the actual health problems." - Byron J. Richards, The Leptin Diet: How Fit Is Your Fat? (Get the book.)

"Here are the main ones to look out for: • Monosodium glutamate, or msg, is the well-known flavor enhancer often used at Chinese restaurants. In about one in three people, it causes headaches and a feeling of tightness around the face about twenty minutes after it touches your lips.1,2 Chinese food is usually cooked to order, so it is usually a simple matter to ask that msg not be used. If your appetizers were prepared without msg, they will sometimes slow the absorption of msg in other foods to the point where you may feel no symptoms. • Aspartame (NutraSweet) is implicated in some headaches." - Neal Barnard, M.D., Foods That Fight Pain: Revolutionary New Strategies for Maximum Pain Relief (Get the book.)

"At least one study suggests that about 30 percent of Americans experience reactions after consuming just 5 grams of msg, while a full 90 percent experience reactions after consuming 10 grams. To assess your sensitivity to msg, add a teaspoon or two of a seasoning that contains a concentrated amount of msg to a bowl of homemade soup or a serving of fresh vegetables. (The seasoning Accent, for instance, contains about 6 grams per teaspoon.) Pay close attention to how you feel for several hours afterward. If you develop any of the symptoms mentioned above, you may be MSG-intolerant." - Michael Castleman, Blended Medicine: The Best Choices in Healing (Get the book.)

"The threat could consist of any number of influences, such as food additives like Aspartame and MSG; an antibiotic or steroid drug; crossing a busy highway; the fear of facing an angry spouse or authority figure; or a profound sense of insecurity. Under the influence of the secreted stress hormones, normal cell functions are undermined. In fact, the genetic blueprint (DNA) receives distorted information that, in turn, alters the cell's genetic behavior." - Andreas Moritz, Cancer Is Not A Disease - It's A Survival Mechanism (Get the book.)

"Food Manufacturers I have received responses to In Bad Taste: The msg Syndrome ranging from angry attacks to expressions of great concern. The director of toxicology and scientific affairs at General Mills felt strongly enough to offer a personal attack: "The title of your book is ironic since it is indeed in very bad taste when an educated person . . . ignores an overwhelming preponderance of scientific fact and gives preference to personal testimonials." - George R. Schwartz, In Bad Taste: The msg Symptom Complex : How Monosodium Glutamate Is a Major Cause of Treatable and Preventable Illnesses, Such As Headaches, Asthma, Epilepsy, heart (Get the book.)

"There are now more studies on the effects of msg on the hypothalamus leading to obesity than on the effects of aspartic acid. During animal studies neuroscientists found that glutamic acid and aspartic acid (40 percent of aspartame) load on the same receptors in the brain, and cause identical brain lesions and neuro-endocrine disorders. The victims usually develop compulsive eating habits. MSG can easily pass through the blood-brain barrier in newborns and young children. A fetus is almost completely unprotected against toxic compounds." - Andreas Moritz, Timeless Secrets of Health & Rejuvenation: Unleash The Natural Healing Power That Lies Dormant Within You (Get the book.)

"MSG may be difficult to avoid completely, as it also occurs in hydrolyzed vegetable protein, textured vegetable protein, gelatin, yeast extracts, calcium and sodium caseinate, vegetable broth, whey (page 613), smoke flavoring, malt extracts, and several other food ingredients—including "flavoring" and "natural flavoring"—without otherwise appearing on the label. Nutritional supplements that may be helpful Years ago, researchers discovered that animals who were deficient in vitamin B6 (page 600) could not properly process msg." - Alan R. Gaby, M.D., Jonathan V. Wright, M.D., Forrest Batz, Pharm.D. Rick Chester, RPh., N.D., DipLAc. George Constantine, R.Ph., Ph.D. Linnea D. Thompson, Pharm.D., N.D., The Natural Pharmacy: Complete A-Z Reference to Natural Treatments for Common Health Conditions (Get the book.) "The actual percentage of people with msg sensitivity who are deficient in vitamin Bg and who respond to Bg supplementation is unknown. Nonetheless, many doctors suggest that people having MSG-sensitivity symptoms try supplementing with vitamin B6 for three months as a trial. Are there any side effects or interactions? Refer to the individual supplement for information about any side effects or interactions. Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a slowly progressive, degenerative condition in which the myelin sheaths surrounding nerves in the brain and spinal cord are lost." - Alan R. Gaby, M.D., Jonathan V. Wright, M.D., Forrest Batz, Pharm.D. Rick Chester, RPh., N.D., DipLAc. George Constantine, R.Ph., Ph.D. Linnea D. Thompson, Pharm.D., N.D., The Natural Pharmacy: Complete A-Z Reference to Natural Treatments for Common Health Conditions (Get the book.)

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