Junk food addict … say thanks to - Umami, MSG, Glutamate based neurotoxic flavor enhancers......
Real danger to your health, not like latest #gluten free buzz that just deviate attention from truth …
...and it’s not only about Chinese restaurant syndrome, it’s much more…..
Group of Glutamate based flavor enhancers, known also as E640-E620, another name UMAMI, MGS - that make junk food taste good, and making us addicted - contain in almost all fast food burgers, ketchup, dressing, all process and junk food without no exceptions...
Disease link to Umami/MDS/Glutamate based flavor enhancers:
#Obesity and type 2 #diabetes
#Liver inflammation and #dysplasia
#Autism
#Brain damage
#Endocrine disorders (obesity and reproductive disorders)
#Behavior disorders
#Adverse reactions
#Neurodegenerative disease
#MSG is a food additive found in almost all commercially prepared and packaged food. It supercharges the taste of food, but not in the way you would think. MSG operates on the brain, fooling it into thinking food tastes really great.
MSG is an #excitotoxin in the brain, meaning that it over stimulates the brain causing the production of excessive amounts of #dopamine . This creates a drug-like rush that provides a brief sensation of well being. It is highly addictive, causing its consumers to keep coming back for more and end up overeating. In the process, brain cells slowly, but surely destroyed.
Because MSG damages the brain and alters the ability of the brain to respond to the signal from the #hormone #leptin that satiety has occurred, it is a prime culprit in the epidemic of #obesity that has everyone scratching their heads as to cause.
Several research studies have shown that ingestion of MSG induces obesity in rats. In fact, when researchers want to fatten up lab rats for experiments, they feed them MSG because its effect is so predictable and rats will bulk up with regularity. MSG destroys the hard wiring in the brain of a rat like it does in the brain of a person.
Corporations that sell processed food love MSG because it makes cheap ingredients taste great. The success of their highly addictive branded flavors depends on their ability to stimulate the brain and create a repetitive response to these products. Instead of creating a #quality product that tastes good on its own merits, #processed food producers just lace a low integrity food product with MSG without regard for the negative effects it will have on the person who eats this product.
Group of #Glutamate based #flavor_enhancers goes by different names: E640-E620, #UMAMI , #MGS .....pls see image below, so the ordinary consumer (without PhD in chemistry) can be easily mislead and manipulated....
For example, why #Nacho Cheese #Doritos taste like #heaven ... because it contains 6 UMAMI flavor enhancer like: pure monosodium glutamate (MSG); few natural umami bombs in there, namely Romano cheese, cheddar cheese, and tomato powder; also free nucleotides disodium #inosinate (#IMP) and #disodium guanylate (#GMP) -both IMP and GMP, fly in first, target taste receptors for umami and physically alter them, allowing the glutamate bombs better access (to destroy your mouth with flavor!). Put another way, with these flavor potentiators (YES!) in the mix, our perception of #glutamates is amplified up to 30 times. Want a buzzword for it? *Synergy*…..
By itself, #monosodium_glutamate has little taste. But when we tried this white powder mixed with salt, we could almost feel our brains start to sizzle. Despite complaints that it has side effects, MSG is still widely used in processed foods because it powers up other flavors, especially savory ones. When we tasted this pair along with MSG and salt, our brain can hardly resist the taste.
Danger of Umami, MSG, Glutamate based flavor enhancers:
- http://video.foxnews.com/v/3112121593001/companies-hiding-msg-in-their-products/#sp=show-clips
- www.truthinlabeling.org
- www.msgtruth.org
- www.oneagleswings.me.uk/MSG.pdf
- www.facebook.com/MSGTruth
The E-numbers of flavour #enhancers (E620 to E 640) are shown below
#E620 - Glutamic acid
#E621- Monosodium glutamate
#E622- Monopotassium glutamate
#E623 - Calcium diglutamate
#E624 - Monoammonium glutamate
#E625 - Magnesium diglutamate
#E626 - Guanylic acid
#E627 - Disodium guanylate
#E628 - Dipotassium guanylate
#E629 - Calcium guanylate
#E630 - Inosinic acid
#E631 - Disodium inosinate
#E632 - Dipotassium inosinate
#E633 - Calcium inosinate
#E634 - Calcium 5'-ribonucleotides
#E635 - Disodium 5'-ribonucleotides
#E636 - Maltol
#E637 - Ethyl maltol
#E640 - Glycine and its sodium
Note: #E636 - #E637 and #E640 are flavour enhancers without ‘umami' taste.
The FDA condones food producers hiding MSG in their products
When people become aware of the dangers to their health and well being from the use of MSG, they no longer want to buy products that contain it.
The producers of processed foods know that people don't want to consume MSG but are unwilling to remove it from their products because without it, people wouldn't want to buy them unless the quality was greatly improved, a task which would raise the cost of production. So they have gone to extremes to hide MSG in their products and this has been allowed by the FDA.
The term MSG is seldom seen listed on a food label, but MSG is most likely contained in the food, in a disguised form.
Here are some of its many disguises: #hydrolyzed_vegetable_protein , #autolyzed_vegetable_protein , #textured_vegetable_protein , #hydrolyzed_yeast_extract , #autolyzed_yeast_extract , #plant_protein extract, #sodium_caseinate , #calcium_caseinate , #yeast_extract , #textured_whey_protein , and textured #soy_protein . Even the innocuous terms #spice and #natural_flavor can designate the presence of MSG.
The use of MSG is another example of how corporate America has turned its back on the very consumers who buy their products, all in the name of greed. By continuing to pump their products full of MSG after knowing their customers do not want to consume it, food corporations are showing the ultimate in contempt for the food buying public, a contempt which should produce outrage rather than brand loyalty.
The following foods contain MSG in amounts large enough to cause reactions in those sensitive to it:
#Taco_Bell® - seasoned meat - contains autolyzed yeast - which contains free glutamate
Other menu items that contain soy sauce, natural flavors, autolyzed yeast or hydrolyzed protein which can contain up to 20% free glutamic acid - the active part of MSG.
#Hamburger_Helper Microwave Singles® (targeted towards children)
#Doritos®
#Campbell's® soups - all of them - based on their commitment to add "umami" (read - MSG) to their products
#Pringles® (the flavored varieties)
#Boar's Head® cold cuts and most of their hotdogs
#Progresso® Soups - all of them
#Lipton® Noodles and Sauce
#Lipton® Instant soup mix
#Unilever or #Knorr® products - often used in homemade #Veggie dips.
#Kraft® products nearly all contain some free glutamate
#Gravy Master®
#Cup-a-soup® or Cup-o-Noodles®
Planters® salted nuts - most of them
Accent® -this is nearly pure MSG
#Hodgson Mill Kentucky Kernel Seasoned Flour®
#Tangle extract (seaweed extract) - found in sushi rolls (even at Whole Foods) Seaweed is what MSG was first isolated from.
#Fish extract - made from decomposed fish protein - used now in #Japanese sushi dishes - very high in free glutamate.
sausages - most supermarkets add MSG to theirs
processed cheese spread
#Marmite®
supermarket #poultry or turkeys that are injected or "self-basting"
restaurant gravy from food service cans
flavored #ramen noodles
#instant soup mixes
many salad #dressings
most salty, powdered #dry food mixes - read labels
flavored potato #chips
restaurant soups made from food service soup base or with added MSG
monopotassium glutamate
glutamic acid
#hydrolyzed vegetable protein (found in many processed AMERICAN foods, like canned tuna and even hot dogs)
hydrolyzed plant protein (found in many processed AMERICAN foods, like canned tuna and even hot dogs)
#autolyzed yeast (found in many processed AMERICAN foods, read labels)
#sodium caseinate
#textured protein
#yeast extract
#yeast food or nutrient
#soy protein isolate
#Worcestershire sauce
#Kombu extract
"natural flavors" - may contain up to 20% MSG
#carageenan
#dough conditioners
#malted barley
malted barley flour - found in many supermarket breads and all-purpose flours including: #King_Arthur , #Heckers , and #Gold_Medal flour
body builder drink powders containing protein
#Parmesan cheese - naturally high in free glutamate
over-ripe tomatoes - naturally high in free glutamate
#mushrooms - naturally high in free glutamate
Medications in #gelcaps - contain free glutamic acid in the gelatin
Fresh produce sprayed with #Auxigro in the field. (Yes the EPA approved this. It appalled us too.)
#umami, #umamiburger , #MGS , #E640 , #E620 ,
Information credit: www.msgtruth.org, food-info.net, seriouseats.com, foodmatters.tv
Image credit: dougcookrd.com