| Eating out as well as eating boxed or canned | | | | Vegetable Protein, which is just another name for |
| foods is commonplace today. Over the last thirty | | | | Monosodium Glutamate. You'll be |
| or forty years fast food restaurants have sprung | | | | shocked...amazed...perplexed even! How could we |
| up on every corner. And almost everyone eats at | | | | have this ingredient in our food supply! |
| one of these quickie restaurants at least once or | | | | Is MSG a preservative? NO! We can find no |
| twice a week. But, at what cost to the body and | | | | reference that this ingredient has any value, other |
| the mind! | | | | than to make food appealing and ADDICTING to |
| There are many ingredients in today's food that | | | | the consumer. It simply makes you eat more...and |
| are unnatural, keep food fresh, make foods tasty | | | | more...and more! How clever! We do have an |
| and also cause disease. One such ingredient is | | | | obesity epidemic in this country and generally, we |
| MSG...Monosodium Glutamate. | | | | wonder why. Could it at least be partially |
| Whether you consider yourself health-conscious or | | | | attributed to this food additive? It's definitely |
| not, it would benefit you and your family to have | | | | something to consider! |
| information on this additive. Making healthy choices | | | | The amount of MSG in our food has increased |
| and taking appropriate action can save you or a | | | | over the 50 years since it's introduction into the |
| loved one, a slow poisoning via our food supply. | | | | food supply. The FDA has set no limits to how |
| Tests run on mice and rats that have been | | | | much of it can be added to food. Is it harmful to |
| injected with MSG show that this ingredient tripled | | | | humans? Well...think about it. What foreign |
| the amount of insulin in the pancreas, causing the | | | | substance isn't! How much can our bodies handle |
| rats to become obese. Could ingesting this | | | | anyway? Not just MSG...but the multitude of other |
| ingredient act the same on humans? MSG has not | | | | substances, like nitrates, aspartame, hydrogenated |
| only been linked to obesity but also to Diabetes, | | | | fats and the list goes on. |
| Migraines, Autism, ADHD, Depression, and | | | | But if you are still unsure, go to and search MSG. |
| Alzheimer's. | | | | That way you can come to your own conclusions. |
| What's that old milk commercial slogan...it does a | | | | You know how the system works today...Money |
| body good. In this case...Not! | | | | Talks! You won't hear this type of information on |
| Go to your cupboard and check to see just how | | | | TV for obvious reasons. But we must educate |
| many of your favorite foods have MSG on the | | | | ourselves and empower our family and friends. |
| label. If not MSG then look for Hydrolyzed | | | | Spread the word on MSG! |