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MSG, MIGRAINES, AND ME part 2

6:03 PM, Apr. 13, 2008 .. 2 comments .. Link

MSG is the abbreviation for monosodium glutamate.
This is a food additive that is used for flavor.
It is also used as a growth enhancer for crops.
The only way to be sure you are not eating it is to buy
organic or grow your own food.
This wicked ingredient is found in almost every thing
that is canned, packaged and often times frozen.
It goes by a long list of names. Only the bravest of companies
will actually list it by name on the label.
I recently bought some sausage that had a big label stating that
it was MSG free. That turned out to be a partial truth.
The truth was they had not added it directly but it was added into
other ingredients! If I had not know what to look for I would have
been under seige from it.
This is a short test to check yourself for MSG reactions.

Have you been tested for, suffer from, and found little relief from any of the following conditions?

1. Severe headache	12. Shortness of breath, chest pains, asthma	23. Slowed speech
2. Nausea, diarrhea, vomiting	13. Swelling, pain, or numbness of hands, feet, jaw	24. Chronic bronchitis-like symptoms, allergy reactions, dry cough, hoarseness or sore throat
3. Irregular heart beat or blood pressure, racing heart	14. Pain in joints or bones	25. Heavy, weak feeling in arms and legs
4. Depression or mood change, bipolar, SAD	15. Flushing or tingling in face, chest, pressure behind eyes	26. Irritable bowel or colitis
5. Abdominal pain, cramps, bloating, colitis, IBS	16. Gagging reflex or difficulty swallowing	27. Attention deficit disorder, anxiety attacks, rage, panic attacks
6. Balance problems, dizziness, or seizures, mini-strokes	17. Hyperactivity, behavioral problems	28. Neurological disorders such as Alzheimer's, fibromyalgia, MS, Parkinson's
7. Tenderness in localized areas, neck, back, etc.	18. Chronic post nasal drip	29. Pressure behind eyes or on head, neck, shoulders
8. Sleep disorders	19. Skin rash, itching, hives	30. ADD, ADHD, Rage Disorder
9. Blurred vision or difficulty breathing	20. Bloated face, dark circles under strained eyes	31. Asthma
10. Chronic fatigue or sleepiness	21. Extreme thirst or dry mouth	32. Weight problems, obesity, hypoglycemia
11. Excessive perspiring or shuddering and chills	22. Difficulty concentrating and poor memory

If any of these conditions plague you, you may be a victim of the myth that monosodium glutamate (MSG) is a safe food additive. The truth is that the average person eats much more glutamate than what is considered to be a safe and normal amount in the typical American diet. MSG is in everything from crackers and soda pop to vitamins and toothpaste.

There are some scary things on that list.

Here is another list that gives different names MSG hides behind.

Foods always contain free glutamate when these words are on the label:

MSG	Gelatin	Calcium Caseinate
Monosodium glutamate	Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein (HVP)	Textured Protein
Monopotassium glutamate	Hydrolyzed Plant Protein (HPP)	Yeast Extract
Glutamate	Autolyzed Plant Protein	Yeast food or nutrient
Glutamic Acid	Sodium Caseinate	Autolyzed Yeast
Vegetable Protein Extract

Foods made with the following products often contain free glutamate.

Malted Barley (flavor)	Natural Flavors, Flavors, Flavoring	Modified food starch
Barley malt	Reaction Flavors	Rice syrup or brown rice syrup
Malt Extract or Flavoring	Natural Chicken, Beef, or Pork, Flavoring "Seasonings" (Most assume this means salt, pepper, or spices and herbs, which sometimes it is.)	Lipolyzed butter fat
Maltodextrin, dextrose, dextrates	Soy Sauce or Extract	"Low" or "No Fat" items
Caramel Flavoring (coloring)	Soy Protein	Corn syrup and corn syrup solids, high fructose corn syrup
Stock	Soy Protein Isolate or Concentrate	Citric Acid (when processed from corn)
Broth	Cornstarch fructose (made from corn)	Milk Powder
Bouillon	Flowing Agents	Dry Milk Solids
Carrageenan	Wheat, rice, corn, or oat protein	Protein Fortified Milk
Whey Protein or Whey	Anything enriched or vitamin enriched	Annatto
Whey Protein Isolate or Concentrate	Protein fortified "anything"	Spice
Pectin	Enzyme modified "anything"	Gums (guar and vegetable)
Protease	Ultra-pasteurized "anything"	Dough Conditioners
Protease enzymes	Fermented "anything"	Yeast Nutrients
Lecithin	Gluten and gluten flour	Protein powders: whey, soy, oat, rice (as in protein bars shakes and body building drinks)
Amino acids (as in Bragg's liquid amino acids and chelated to vitamins)	Algae, phytoplankton, sea vegetable, wheat/ barley grass powders	Artificial flavor (wheat extract: Senomyx)