Danger In Your Grocery Cart 4: Did you eat MSG today?

What is MSG, monosodium glutamate? MSG is a chemical flavor enchancer that is widely used throughout the food industry to enchance flavors of processed foods that are typically taste bland and unappealing. MSG is classified as an excitotoxin which belongs to a class of chemical that damages nerve cells by overexciting nerves. Furthermore, according to Russell Blaylock, M.D., Excitotoxins: The Taste That Kills, "Numerous studies have shown that MSG, free glutamate and other excitotoxins produce enormous amounts of free radicals in tissues-which are major cause of cancer induction in tissues and organs.  By consuming foods on a daily basisthat are high in excitotoxin additives, we would certainly expect high levels of free radicals and lipid peroxidation in numerous tissues."

A study supervised by Dr. John Olney, professor of neuropathology and research psychiatrist at the Washington University School of Medicine, revealed that the dendrites of the brain cell and the hypothalamus were being damaged by MSG.
http://www.suite101.com/content/msg-in-food-causes-damage-to-brain-cells-a240108
Moreover, MSG has shown damages to the liver, the brain, and the circulatory system and has contributed to endocrine system disorders that lead to obesity as well.

Unfortunately, MSG is everywhere and anywhere in our processed foods in disguise.
The following information is provided by Grocery Warning by Mike Adams.

The following food additives always contain some amount of MSG.
*monosodium glutamate
*hydrolyzed vegetable protein
*hydrolyzed protein
*hydrolyzed plant protein
*plant protein extract
*sodium caseinate
*calcium caseinate
*yeast extract
*textured protein
*autolyzed yeast
*hydrolyzed oat flour

The following ingredients may contain MSG, not always.
*textured protein
*carrageenan or vegetable gum
*seasonings or spices
*flavorings or natural flavorings
*chicken, beef, pork, smoke flavorings
*bouillon, broth, or stock

The following list is food products that contain MSG almost always.
*flavored potato chips
*flavored nacho chips
*canned soups and dry soup mixes
*gravy mixes
*bullion cubes
*salad dressings
*meat jerkies
*frozen fish with breading
*canned meats
*box dinners
*breakfast sausages
*any dinner "mix" with a flavor packet
*frozen dinners
*international foods
*poultry injected with broth
*vegetarian foods like veggie burgers
*meat broths

Beware when you are dinning out as well.  Also, millions of cafeterias of the elementary and high schools serve MSG to children each day.  H. H. Pullium of the USDA stated that "there are no federal regulations or policies which prohibit or limit the use of monosodium glutamate in the National School Lunch Program or any of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's federally funded programs." George R. Schwartz, M.D., In Bad Taste: The MSG Symptom Complex.  A child's brain is 4 times more sensitive to the additive than adult brain.

Read the labels and pay more attention to the words, like hydrolyzed or autolyzed.