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MSG - Monosodium Glutamate:
The Silent Killer
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MSG - Monosodium Glutamate:
The Silent Killer
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Why MSG
is so Dangerous
One of the best overviews of the very real dangers of MSG
comes from Dr. Russell Blaylock, a board-certified neurosurgeon
and author of “Excitotoxins: The Taste that Kills.”
In it he explains that MSG is an excitotoxin,
which means it overexcites your cells to the point of damage or death,
causing brain damage to varying degrees -- and potentially even triggering
or worsening learning disabilities,
Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease,
Lou Gehrig’s disease and more.
Part of the problem also is that free glutamic acid is the same neurotransmitter
that your brain, nervous system, eyes,
pancreas and other organs use to initiate certain processes in your body.4
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Dr. Russell Blaylock,
“Excitotoxins: The Taste that Kills.”
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Why MSG
is so Dangerous
One of the best overviews of the very real dangers of MSG
comes from Dr. Russell Blaylock, a board-certified neurosurgeon
and author of “Excitotoxins: The Taste that Kills.”
In it he explains that MSG is an excitotoxin,
which means it overexcites your cells to the point of damage or death,
causing brain damage to varying degrees -- and potentially even triggering
or worsening learning disabilities,
Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease,
Lou Gehrig’s disease and more.
Part of the problem also is that free glutamic acid is the same neurotransmitter
that your brain, nervous system, eyes,
pancreas and other organs use to initiate certain processes in your body.4
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Dr. Russell Blaylock,
“Excitotoxins: The Taste that Kills.”
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https://natural.news/2015-07-20-top-10-grocery-store-foods-contain-hidden-msg.html
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Other Names
for Monosodium Glutamate
By Francine Juhasz
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https://natural.news/2015-07-20-top-10-grocery-store-foods-contain-hidden-msg.html
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Other Names
for Monosodium Glutamate
By Francine Juhasz
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Natural Flavors
Besides yeast extract, a common name for MSG is "natural flavors."
Variations are natural flavor, natural flavorings, natural beef flavor, natural chicken flavor, malt flavoring, chicken flavoring, seasoning, spices, enzymes and simply "flavoring." Be wary of these on ingredient labels if you suspect your headaches or burning sensations in your neck or arms come from your food.
Canned vegetables, soups and processed meats commonly contain monosodium glutamate to enhance their flavor. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration classifies MSG as generally safe although people sensitive to MSG may suffer from adverse reactions, such as headache and heart palpitations. Since avoidance of these ingredients is the only way to ensure against the symptoms it provokes, it is important to recognize other names for MSG.
Glutamic Acid
The trade name of monosodium glutamate, according to California State University at Dominguez Hills, is sodium hydrogen glutamate. Because MSG is the sodium salt of the amino acid glutamic acid, whenever glutamic acid is listed on a food label, the food always contains MSG, according to Vanderbilt University. MSG may also be listed as monopotassium glutamate or simply as glutamate.
Yeast Extract
Food that lists the ingredient yeast extract always contains MSG. Although MSG may also be labeled autolyzed yeast, yeast food or yeast nutrient, the common name including the word yeast currently used in processed foods to avoid listing the ingredient as monosodium glutamate is yeast extract.
Avoid foods with yeast extract if you have adverse reactions to MSG, even though you find the enhanced flavor highly appealing.
Other Hidden Sources
Hydrolyzed protein
is a common term used for MSG, whether it is hydrolyzed vegetable protein, animal protein or plant protein, according to the department of nutrition and exercise science at Bastyr University. Vanderbilt University adds that any food ingredient listed as hydrolyzed, protein-fortified, ultra-pasteurized, fermented or enzyme-modified is often MSG, or creates free glutamic acid during processing.
These other names include soy protein isolate, soy protein concentrate, whey protein, whey protein concentrate, whey protein isolate, autolyzed plant protein, hydrolyzed oat flour and textured protein. With so many names for MSG, if you are sensitive or allergic to MSG, make a list of these alternative names and consult it when you go shopping.
Caseinate
MSG can cause discomfort in those sensitive to it, including numbness or pressure in the face, heart palpitations, chest pain, nausea, vomiting, headache, sweating, wheezing or burning sensations in various parts of the body.
If you suspect you are allergic to MSG, survey the ingredient labels on the food you buy.
MSG can hide under the names sodium caseinate or calcium caseinate and even under natural-sounding names, such as bouillon, broth stock or malt extract.
https://www.livestrong.com/article/377482-other-names-for-msg-or-monosodium-glutamate/
Besides yeast extract, a common name for MSG is "natural flavors."
Variations are natural flavor, natural flavorings, natural beef flavor, natural chicken flavor, malt flavoring, chicken flavoring, seasoning, spices, enzymes and simply "flavoring." Be wary of these on ingredient labels if you suspect your headaches or burning sensations in your neck or arms come from your food.
Canned vegetables, soups and processed meats commonly contain monosodium glutamate to enhance their flavor. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration classifies MSG as generally safe although people sensitive to MSG may suffer from adverse reactions, such as headache and heart palpitations. Since avoidance of these ingredients is the only way to ensure against the symptoms it provokes, it is important to recognize other names for MSG.
Glutamic Acid
The trade name of monosodium glutamate, according to California State University at Dominguez Hills, is sodium hydrogen glutamate. Because MSG is the sodium salt of the amino acid glutamic acid, whenever glutamic acid is listed on a food label, the food always contains MSG, according to Vanderbilt University. MSG may also be listed as monopotassium glutamate or simply as glutamate.
Yeast Extract
Food that lists the ingredient yeast extract always contains MSG. Although MSG may also be labeled autolyzed yeast, yeast food or yeast nutrient, the common name including the word yeast currently used in processed foods to avoid listing the ingredient as monosodium glutamate is yeast extract.
Avoid foods with yeast extract if you have adverse reactions to MSG, even though you find the enhanced flavor highly appealing.
Other Hidden Sources
Hydrolyzed protein
is a common term used for MSG, whether it is hydrolyzed vegetable protein, animal protein or plant protein, according to the department of nutrition and exercise science at Bastyr University. Vanderbilt University adds that any food ingredient listed as hydrolyzed, protein-fortified, ultra-pasteurized, fermented or enzyme-modified is often MSG, or creates free glutamic acid during processing.
These other names include soy protein isolate, soy protein concentrate, whey protein, whey protein concentrate, whey protein isolate, autolyzed plant protein, hydrolyzed oat flour and textured protein. With so many names for MSG, if you are sensitive or allergic to MSG, make a list of these alternative names and consult it when you go shopping.
Caseinate
MSG can cause discomfort in those sensitive to it, including numbness or pressure in the face, heart palpitations, chest pain, nausea, vomiting, headache, sweating, wheezing or burning sensations in various parts of the body.
If you suspect you are allergic to MSG, survey the ingredient labels on the food you buy.
MSG can hide under the names sodium caseinate or calcium caseinate and even under natural-sounding names, such as bouillon, broth stock or malt extract.
https://www.livestrong.com/article/377482-other-names-for-msg-or-monosodium-glutamate/
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Other Names for MSG:
The A to Z Guide
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The A to Z Guide
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When shopping, it can be helpful to know the other names for MSG. There are dozens of alternative names for MSG. Below are many of the other monosodium glutamate names to watch of food labels.
Note that just because a package says...no added MSG...it does not mean that there is no MSG. This is because the food processor can add a whole product as an ingredient even if it has one of the forms of MSG and not say that they added MSG.
MSG Accent
Autolyzed Plant Protein
Autolyzed Yeast
Aginomoto
Calcium Caseinate
Citric Acid (when processed from corn)
Gelatin
Glutamate
Glutamic Acid
Hydrolized Plant Protein (HPP)
Hydrolized Vegetable Protein (HVP)
Monopotassium Glutamate
Monosodium Glutamate
MSG
Natural Flavoring
Natural Meat Tenderizer
Sodium Caseinate
Senomyx (wheat extract labeled as artificial flavor)
Textured Protein
Yeast Food or Nutrient
Yeast Extract
Also Could Have MSG
This is a list of foods that could be additives and often have MSG in them.
Annatto
Barley Malt
Bouillon
Broth
Caramel Flavoring (coloring)
Carrageenan
Corn syrup and corn syrup solids (partly depends upon process used)
Cornstarch
Dough Conditioners
Dry Milk Solids
Enriched
Fermented anything
Flavoring Seasonings (This does not always mean salt and pepper)
Flavors & Flavoring
Flowing Agents
Gums
Lipolyzed butter fat
Low or No Fat items
Malt Extract or Flavoring
Malted Barley (flavor)
Maltodextrin
Modified Food Starch
Milk Powder
Natural Chicken
Pectin
Protease
Protein fortified anything
Protease enzymes
Protein Fortified Milk
Reaction Flavors
Rice or Brown Rice, Syrup
Soy Protein
Soy Protein Isolate or Concentrate
Soy Sauce or Extract
Spice
Stock
Ultra-pasteurized anything
Vitamin enriched
Wheat
Whey Protein Isolate or Concentrate
Whey Protein or Whey
Yeast Nutrients
Effects of MSG
Detrimental Diet
What is MSG
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Note that just because a package says...no added MSG...it does not mean that there is no MSG. This is because the food processor can add a whole product as an ingredient even if it has one of the forms of MSG and not say that they added MSG.
MSG Accent
Autolyzed Plant Protein
Autolyzed Yeast
Aginomoto
Calcium Caseinate
Citric Acid (when processed from corn)
Gelatin
Glutamate
Glutamic Acid
Hydrolized Plant Protein (HPP)
Hydrolized Vegetable Protein (HVP)
Monopotassium Glutamate
Monosodium Glutamate
MSG
Natural Flavoring
Natural Meat Tenderizer
Sodium Caseinate
Senomyx (wheat extract labeled as artificial flavor)
Textured Protein
Yeast Food or Nutrient
Yeast Extract
Also Could Have MSG
This is a list of foods that could be additives and often have MSG in them.
Annatto
Barley Malt
Bouillon
Broth
Caramel Flavoring (coloring)
Carrageenan
Corn syrup and corn syrup solids (partly depends upon process used)
Cornstarch
Dough Conditioners
Dry Milk Solids
Enriched
Fermented anything
Flavoring Seasonings (This does not always mean salt and pepper)
Flavors & Flavoring
Flowing Agents
Gums
Lipolyzed butter fat
Low or No Fat items
Malt Extract or Flavoring
Malted Barley (flavor)
Maltodextrin
Modified Food Starch
Milk Powder
Natural Chicken
Pectin
Protease
Protein fortified anything
Protease enzymes
Protein Fortified Milk
Reaction Flavors
Rice or Brown Rice, Syrup
Soy Protein
Soy Protein Isolate or Concentrate
Soy Sauce or Extract
Spice
Stock
Ultra-pasteurized anything
Vitamin enriched
Wheat
Whey Protein Isolate or Concentrate
Whey Protein or Whey
Yeast Nutrients
Effects of MSG
Detrimental Diet
What is MSG
Have we left any of the alternate names of MSG out? If you know of any we may have missed, please drop us a note and share with our visitors. They will appreciate it.
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It is simple, easy, sustainable and affordable (the salt should cost less than $10 a year).
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Story at-a-glance
- Monosodium glutamate (MSG) is a flavor enhancer added to thousands of foods you and your family regularly eat. It's also one of the worst food additives on the market
- MSG is an excitotoxin, which means it overexcites your cells to the point of damage or death, causing brain damage to varying degrees, and potentially even triggering or worsening learning disabilities
- Common adverse effects linked to regular consumption of MSG, include: obesity, eye damage, headaches, fatigue and disorientation, depression, rapid heartbeat, tingling and numbness
- Early studies suggested 25 percent to 30 percent of the US population was intolerant of MSG at levels then found in food. Today, an estimated 40 percent of the population may be impacted
- In general, if a food is processed you can assume it contains MSG (or one of its pseudo-ingredients). Eating a whole, fresh food diet is your best, if not only, guaranteed way to avoid this toxin.
MSG: Is This Silent Killer
Lurking in Your Kitchen Cabinets?
Lurking in Your Kitchen Cabinets?
By Dr. Mercola
A widespread and silent killer that’s worse for your health than alcohol, nicotine and many drugs is likely lurking in your kitchen cabinets right now.
“It” is monosodium glutamate (MSG)1, a flavor enhancer that’s known widely as an addition to Chinese food, but that’s actually added to thousands of the foods you and your family regularly eat, especially if you are like most Americans and eat the majority of your food as processed foods or in restaurants.
MSG is one of the worst food additives on the market and is used in canned soups, crackers, meats, salad dressings, frozen dinners and much more. It’s found in your local supermarket and restaurants, in your child’s school cafeteria and, amazingly, even in baby food and infant formula.
MSG is more than just a seasoning like salt and pepper, it actually enhances the flavor of foods, making processed meats and frozen dinners taste fresher and smell better, salad dressings more tasty, and canned foods less tinny.
While MSG’s benefits to the food industry are quite clear, this food additive could be slowly and silently doing major damage to your health.
What Exactly is MSG?
You may remember when the MSG powder called “Accent” first hit the U.S. market. Well, it was many decades prior to this, in 1908, that monosodium glutamate was invented. The inventor was Kikunae Ikeda, a Japanese man who identified the natural flavor enhancing substance of seaweed.
Taking a hint from this substance, they were able to create the man-made additive MSG, and he and a partner went on to form Ajinomoto, which is now the world’s largest producer of MSG (and interestingly also a drug manufacturer). 2
Chemically speaking, MSG is approximately 78 percent free glutamic acid, 21 percent sodium, and up to 1 percent contaminants.3
It’s a misconception that MSG is a flavor or “meat tenderizer.”
In reality, MSG has very little taste at all, yet when you eat MSG, you think the food you’re eating has more protein and tastes better. It does this by tricking your tongue, using a little-known fifth basic taste: umami.
Umami is the taste of glutamate, which is a savory flavor found in many Japanese foods, bacon and also in the toxic food additive MSG. It is because of umami that foods with MSG taste heartier, more robust and generally better to a lot of people than foods without it.
The ingredient didn’t become widespread in the United States until after World War II, when the U.S. military realized Japanese rations were much tastier than the U.S. versions because of MSG.
In 1959, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration labeled MSG as “Generally Recognized as Safe” (GRAS), and it has remained that way ever since. Yet, it was a telling sign when just 10 years later a condition known as “Chinese Restaurant Syndrome” entered the medical literature, describing the numerous side effects, from numbness to heart palpitations, that people experienced after eating MSG.
Today that syndrome is more appropriately called “MSG Symptom Complex,” which the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) identifies as "short-term reactions" to MSG. More on those “reactions” to come.
Why MSG is so Dangerous
One of the best overviews of the very real dangers of MSG comes from Dr. Russell Blaylock, a board-certified neurosurgeon and author of “Excitotoxins: The Taste that Kills.” In it he explains that MSG is an excitotoxin, which means it overexcites your cells to the point of damage or death, causing brain damage to varying degrees -- and potentially even triggering or worsening learning disabilities, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, Lou Gehrig’s disease and more.
Part of the problem also is that free glutamic acid is the same neurotransmitter that your brain, nervous system, eyes, pancreas and other organs use to initiate certain processes in your body.4
Even the FDA states:
“Studies have shown that the body uses glutamate, an amino acid, as a nerve impulse transmitter in the brain and that there are glutamate-responsive tissues in other parts of the body, as well.
Abnormal function of glutamate receptors has been linked with certain neurological diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease and Huntington's chorea. Injections of glutamate in laboratory animals have resulted in damage to nerve cells in the brain.”5
Although the FDA continues to claim that consuming MSG in food does not cause these ill effects, many other experts say otherwise.
According to Dr. Blaylock, numerous glutamate receptors have been found both within your heart's electrical conduction system and the heart muscle itself. This can be damaging to your heart, and may even explain the sudden deaths sometimes seen among young athletes.
He says:
“When an excess of food-borne excitotoxins, such as MSG, hydrolyzed protein soy protein isolate and concentrate, natural flavoring, sodium caseinate and aspartate from aspartame, are consumed, these glutamate receptors are over-stimulated, producing cardiac arrhythmias.
When magnesium stores are low, as we see in athletes, the glutamate receptors are so sensitive that even low levels of these excitotoxins can result in cardiac arrhythmias and death.” 6
Many other adverse effects have also been linked to regular consumption of MSG, including:
Further, even the FDA admits that “short-term reactions” known as MSG Symptom Complex can occur in certain groups of people, namely those who have eaten “large doses” of MSG or those who have asthma.7
According to the FDA, MSG Symptom Complex can involve symptoms such as:
No one knows for sure just how many people may be “sensitive” to MSG, but studies from the 1970s suggested that 25 percent to 30 percent of the U.S. population was intolerant of MSG -- at levels then found in food. Since the use of MSG has expanded dramatically since that time, it’s been estimated that up to 40 percent of the population may be impacted.8
How to Determine if MSG is in Your Food
Food manufacturers are not stupid, and they’ve caught on to the fact that people like you want to avoid eating this nasty food additive. As a result, do you think they responded by removing MSG from their products? Well, a few may have, but most of them just tried to “clean” their labels. In other words, they tried to hide the fact that MSG is an ingredient. How do they do this? By using names that you would never associate with MSG.
You see, it’s required by the FDA that food manufacturers list the ingredient “monosodium glutamate” on food labels, but they do not have to label ingredients that contain free glutamic acid, even though it’s the main component of MSG. There are over 40 labeled ingredients that contain glutamic acid,9 but you’d never know it just from their names alone. Further, in some foods glutamic acid is formed during processing and, again, food labels give you no way of knowing for sure.
Tips for Keeping MSG Out of Your Diet
In general, if a food is processed you can assume it contains MSG (or one of its pseudo-ingredients). So if you stick to a whole, fresh foods diet, you can pretty much guarantee that you’ll avoid this toxin. The other place where you’ll need to watch out for MSG is in restaurants. You can ask your server which menu items are MSG-free, and request that no MSG be added to your meal, but of course the only place where you can be entirely sure of what’s added to your food is in your own kitchen. To be on the safe side, you should also know what ingredients to watch out for on packaged foods.
Here is a list of ingredients that ALWAYS contain MSG:
Autolyzed Yeast
Calcium Caseinate
GelatinGlutamate
Glutamic Acid
Hydrolyzed Protein
Monopotassium Glutamate
Monosodium Glutamate
Sodium Caseinate
Textured Protein
Yeast Extract
Yeast Food
Yeast Nutrient
These ingredients OFTEN contain MSG or create
MSG during processing:10
Flavors and Flavorings
Seasonings
Natural Flavors and Flavorings
Natural Pork Flavoring
Natural Beef Flavoring
Natural Chicken Flavoring
Soy Sauce
Soy Protein Isolate
Soy Protein
Bouillon Stock
Broth
Malt Extract
Malt Flavoring
Barley Malt
Anything Enzyme
ModifiedCarrageenan
Maltodextrin
Pectin
Enzymes
Protease
Corn Starch
Citric Acid
Powdered Milk
Anything Protein
Fortified Anything
Ultra-Pasteurized
So if you do eat processed foods, please remember to be on the lookout for these many hidden names for MSG.
Choosing to be MSG-FreeMaking a decision to avoid MSG in your diet as much as possible is a wise choice for nearly everyone. Admittedly, it does take a bit more planning and time in the kitchen to prepare food at home, using fresh, locally grown ingredients. But knowing that your food is pure and free of toxic additives like MSG will make it well worth it. Plus, choosing whole foods will ultimately give you better flavor and more health value than any MSG-laden processed food you could buy at your supermarket.
A widespread and silent killer that’s worse for your health than alcohol, nicotine and many drugs is likely lurking in your kitchen cabinets right now.
“It” is monosodium glutamate (MSG)1, a flavor enhancer that’s known widely as an addition to Chinese food, but that’s actually added to thousands of the foods you and your family regularly eat, especially if you are like most Americans and eat the majority of your food as processed foods or in restaurants.
MSG is one of the worst food additives on the market and is used in canned soups, crackers, meats, salad dressings, frozen dinners and much more. It’s found in your local supermarket and restaurants, in your child’s school cafeteria and, amazingly, even in baby food and infant formula.
MSG is more than just a seasoning like salt and pepper, it actually enhances the flavor of foods, making processed meats and frozen dinners taste fresher and smell better, salad dressings more tasty, and canned foods less tinny.
While MSG’s benefits to the food industry are quite clear, this food additive could be slowly and silently doing major damage to your health.
What Exactly is MSG?
You may remember when the MSG powder called “Accent” first hit the U.S. market. Well, it was many decades prior to this, in 1908, that monosodium glutamate was invented. The inventor was Kikunae Ikeda, a Japanese man who identified the natural flavor enhancing substance of seaweed.
Taking a hint from this substance, they were able to create the man-made additive MSG, and he and a partner went on to form Ajinomoto, which is now the world’s largest producer of MSG (and interestingly also a drug manufacturer). 2
Chemically speaking, MSG is approximately 78 percent free glutamic acid, 21 percent sodium, and up to 1 percent contaminants.3
It’s a misconception that MSG is a flavor or “meat tenderizer.”
In reality, MSG has very little taste at all, yet when you eat MSG, you think the food you’re eating has more protein and tastes better. It does this by tricking your tongue, using a little-known fifth basic taste: umami.
Umami is the taste of glutamate, which is a savory flavor found in many Japanese foods, bacon and also in the toxic food additive MSG. It is because of umami that foods with MSG taste heartier, more robust and generally better to a lot of people than foods without it.
The ingredient didn’t become widespread in the United States until after World War II, when the U.S. military realized Japanese rations were much tastier than the U.S. versions because of MSG.
In 1959, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration labeled MSG as “Generally Recognized as Safe” (GRAS), and it has remained that way ever since. Yet, it was a telling sign when just 10 years later a condition known as “Chinese Restaurant Syndrome” entered the medical literature, describing the numerous side effects, from numbness to heart palpitations, that people experienced after eating MSG.
Today that syndrome is more appropriately called “MSG Symptom Complex,” which the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) identifies as "short-term reactions" to MSG. More on those “reactions” to come.
Why MSG is so Dangerous
One of the best overviews of the very real dangers of MSG comes from Dr. Russell Blaylock, a board-certified neurosurgeon and author of “Excitotoxins: The Taste that Kills.” In it he explains that MSG is an excitotoxin, which means it overexcites your cells to the point of damage or death, causing brain damage to varying degrees -- and potentially even triggering or worsening learning disabilities, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, Lou Gehrig’s disease and more.
Part of the problem also is that free glutamic acid is the same neurotransmitter that your brain, nervous system, eyes, pancreas and other organs use to initiate certain processes in your body.4
Even the FDA states:
“Studies have shown that the body uses glutamate, an amino acid, as a nerve impulse transmitter in the brain and that there are glutamate-responsive tissues in other parts of the body, as well.
Abnormal function of glutamate receptors has been linked with certain neurological diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease and Huntington's chorea. Injections of glutamate in laboratory animals have resulted in damage to nerve cells in the brain.”5
Although the FDA continues to claim that consuming MSG in food does not cause these ill effects, many other experts say otherwise.
According to Dr. Blaylock, numerous glutamate receptors have been found both within your heart's electrical conduction system and the heart muscle itself. This can be damaging to your heart, and may even explain the sudden deaths sometimes seen among young athletes.
He says:
“When an excess of food-borne excitotoxins, such as MSG, hydrolyzed protein soy protein isolate and concentrate, natural flavoring, sodium caseinate and aspartate from aspartame, are consumed, these glutamate receptors are over-stimulated, producing cardiac arrhythmias.
When magnesium stores are low, as we see in athletes, the glutamate receptors are so sensitive that even low levels of these excitotoxins can result in cardiac arrhythmias and death.” 6
Many other adverse effects have also been linked to regular consumption of MSG, including:
- Obesity
- Eye damage
- Headaches
- Fatigue and disorientation
- Depression
Further, even the FDA admits that “short-term reactions” known as MSG Symptom Complex can occur in certain groups of people, namely those who have eaten “large doses” of MSG or those who have asthma.7
According to the FDA, MSG Symptom Complex can involve symptoms such as:
- Numbness
- Burning sensation
- Tingling
- Facial pressure or tightness
- Chest pain or difficulty breathing
- Headache
- Nausea
- Rapid heartbeat
- Drowsiness
- Weakness
No one knows for sure just how many people may be “sensitive” to MSG, but studies from the 1970s suggested that 25 percent to 30 percent of the U.S. population was intolerant of MSG -- at levels then found in food. Since the use of MSG has expanded dramatically since that time, it’s been estimated that up to 40 percent of the population may be impacted.8
How to Determine if MSG is in Your Food
Food manufacturers are not stupid, and they’ve caught on to the fact that people like you want to avoid eating this nasty food additive. As a result, do you think they responded by removing MSG from their products? Well, a few may have, but most of them just tried to “clean” their labels. In other words, they tried to hide the fact that MSG is an ingredient. How do they do this? By using names that you would never associate with MSG.
You see, it’s required by the FDA that food manufacturers list the ingredient “monosodium glutamate” on food labels, but they do not have to label ingredients that contain free glutamic acid, even though it’s the main component of MSG. There are over 40 labeled ingredients that contain glutamic acid,9 but you’d never know it just from their names alone. Further, in some foods glutamic acid is formed during processing and, again, food labels give you no way of knowing for sure.
Tips for Keeping MSG Out of Your Diet
In general, if a food is processed you can assume it contains MSG (or one of its pseudo-ingredients). So if you stick to a whole, fresh foods diet, you can pretty much guarantee that you’ll avoid this toxin. The other place where you’ll need to watch out for MSG is in restaurants. You can ask your server which menu items are MSG-free, and request that no MSG be added to your meal, but of course the only place where you can be entirely sure of what’s added to your food is in your own kitchen. To be on the safe side, you should also know what ingredients to watch out for on packaged foods.
Here is a list of ingredients that ALWAYS contain MSG:
Autolyzed Yeast
Calcium Caseinate
GelatinGlutamate
Glutamic Acid
Hydrolyzed Protein
Monopotassium Glutamate
Monosodium Glutamate
Sodium Caseinate
Textured Protein
Yeast Extract
Yeast Food
Yeast Nutrient
These ingredients OFTEN contain MSG or create
MSG during processing:10
Flavors and Flavorings
Seasonings
Natural Flavors and Flavorings
Natural Pork Flavoring
Natural Beef Flavoring
Natural Chicken Flavoring
Soy Sauce
Soy Protein Isolate
Soy Protein
Bouillon Stock
Broth
Malt Extract
Malt Flavoring
Barley Malt
Anything Enzyme
ModifiedCarrageenan
Maltodextrin
Pectin
Enzymes
Protease
Corn Starch
Citric Acid
Powdered Milk
Anything Protein
Fortified Anything
Ultra-Pasteurized
So if you do eat processed foods, please remember to be on the lookout for these many hidden names for MSG.
Choosing to be MSG-FreeMaking a decision to avoid MSG in your diet as much as possible is a wise choice for nearly everyone. Admittedly, it does take a bit more planning and time in the kitchen to prepare food at home, using fresh, locally grown ingredients. But knowing that your food is pure and free of toxic additives like MSG will make it well worth it. Plus, choosing whole foods will ultimately give you better flavor and more health value than any MSG-laden processed food you could buy at your supermarket.
Ingredients that Contain Hidden MSG
Excitotoxins, Food Industry, harm, Monosodium Glutamate, MSG, Tricks, Wellbeing
Many people know that consuming monosodium glutamate can cause unpleasant reactions such as migraine headaches, gastric distress, a racing heart, fuzzy thinking, diarrhea, asthma, and/or mood swings. What many don’t know is that common ingredients used by food manufacturers, contain processed free glutamic acid (the harmful component of monosodium glutamate) that causes these reactions.
It’s important to know that MSG stands for ALL processed glutamic acid, not just monosodium glutamate. Glutamic acid found in unadulterated protein does not cause adverse reactions. To cause adverse reactions, the glutamic acid must have been processed/manufactured or come from protein that has been fermented.
Ingredients that ALWAYS contain processed free glutamic acid
(MSG)
Calcium Glutamate (623)
Glutamate (620)
Glutamic Acid (620)
Monoammonium Glutamate (624)
Monopotassium Glutamate (622)
Monosodium Glutamate or MSG (621)
Magnesium Glutamate (625)
Natrium Glutamate
Balsamic Vinegar
Fermented Fish Sauces
Worcestershire Sauce
Calcium Caseinate
Sodium Caseinate
Gelatin – (441)
Autolysed Plant Protein
Hydrolysed Plant Protein
Hydrolysed Vegetable Protein (HVP)
Hydrolysed Protein also called Protein Hydrolysates (if process uses acid or base)
Corn, Rice, Oat or Wheat Protein
Soy Protein
Soy Protein Concentrate
Soy Protein Isolate
Textured Protein
Textured Soy Protein (TSP)
Textured Vegetable Protein (TVP)
Whey Protein
Whey Protein Concentrate
Whey Protein Isolate
Autolysed Yeast
Brewers Yeast
Torula Yeast
Yeast Extract
Yeast Food
Yeast Nutrient
BRAND NAME SEASONINGS THAT CONTAIN MSG
Accent
Ajinomoto
Braggs Liquid Amino Acid Seasoning
Glutacyl
Gourmet Powder
Vetsin
Ingredients that OFTEN contain or produce processed free glutamic acid (MSG)
Anything that is Fermented
Anything that is Enriched
Anything that contains Enzymes
Anything Enzyme Modified
Anything Fortified
Anything Modified
Anything Protein Fortified
Anything that contains an ingredient “… Protein”
Anything Ultra-pasteurised
Anything Vitamin Enriched
Low or No Fat items
Flowing Agents
ACIDITY REGULATORS / FOOD ACIDS
Most of the citric acid used by the food industry comes from corn not citrus.
Citric Acid or Citrate (330)
Citric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids (472c)
Calcium citrates (333) – (i) Monocalcium citrate (ii) Dicalcium citrate (iii) Tricalcium citrate
Triammonium citrate (380)
Pectins (440) – (i) pectin (ii) amidated pectin
Potassium citrates (332) – (i) Monopotassium citrate (ii) Tripotassium citrate
Sodium citrates (331) – (i) Monosodium citrate (ii) Disodium citrate (iii) Trisodium citrate
Triethyl citrate (1505)
BAKED ITEMS
Dough Conditioners
Dough Improvers
GUMS / THICKENERS / STABILIZING AGENTS
Gums
Carrageenan (407)
Carob Bean Extract
Guar Gum
Locust Bean Extract
Pectin (440)
ENZYMES
Bacterial Proteases
Protease
Protease Enzymes
FLAVOURS
Bouillon
Broth
Flavours
Natural Beef Flavour
Natural Chicken Flavour
Natural Oak Wood Smoke
Natural Pork Flavouring
Natural Wood Smoke
Seasonings
Stock
Spices
INGREDIENTS PROCESED FROM BARLEY
Malted Barley (Flavour)
Malted Barley Flour
Malt Flavouring
Maltodextrin
Malt Extract
INGREDIENTS PROCESSED FROM CORN
(Also see additives listed under Acidity Regulators / Food Acids)
Corn Oil
Corn Syrup
Corn Syrup Solids (partly depends upon process used)
Fructose
Modified Corn Starch
INGREDIENTS PROCESSED FROM DAIRY
Cheese Powder
Dry Milk Solids
Lipolysed Butter Fat
Milk Concentrate
Milk Powder
Milk Solids
Skim Milk Powder
Whey
Whey Protein
Whey Protein Isolate
Whey Protein Concentrate
INGREDIENTS FROM PEAS
Hydrolysed Pea Protein
INGREDIENTS FROM RICE
Brown Rice Syrup
Rice Syrup
INGREDIENTS PROCCESSED FROM SOY
Lecithin
Soy Extract
Soy Protein
Soy Protein Isolate
Soy Protein Concentrate
Soy Sauce
Soy Sauce Powder
INGREDIENTS FROM WHEAT
Gluten
Gluten Flour
STARCHES FROM GRAINS
Modified Cornstarch
Cornstarch
Modified Food Starch
Wheat Starch
SWEETENERS / COLOURS / FLAVOURS
Annatto (160b)
Barley Malt
Caramel (150a, 150b, 150c, 150d))
Caramel Colouring (150a, 150b. 150c, 150d)
Caramel Flavoring (150a, 150b,150c, 150d)
Fructose (made from corn)
SUPPLEMENTS
Algae / Phytoplankton
Amino Acids
Barleygrass Powder
Body Building Powders
Brewers Yeast
Digestive Enzymes
Enzymes
L-Glutamine Powder
Glutamine Powder
Probiotic Powders
Sea Vegetables
Protein Powders
Sports Protein Drinks
Vitamins produced by bacteria, enzymes and fermentation
Wheatgrass Powder
Yeast Food
Yeast Powder
Yeast Nutrients
INGREDIENTS WHICH HAVE VAGUE NAMES THAT HIDE MSG
Amino Acids
Bread Improver
Cheese Powder
Dough Conditioner or Dough Improver
Fermented Proteins
Food Acid
Food Gelling Agent
Modified Food Starch
Natural Gum
Natural Flavour
Natural Thickener
Spices
Seasoning
HEALTHY SOUNDING INGREDIENTS THAT MAY CONTAIN MSG
Gums
Carrageenan (407)
Carob Bean Extract
Guar Gum
Kombu Extract
Locust Bean Extract
Pectin (440)
Lecithin
Protein from Milk
Pure Citric Extract
Seaweed Extract
The following are ingredients suspected of containing or creating sufficient processed free glutamic acid (MSG) to trigger an MSG reaction in HIGHLY SENSITIVE people
Anything Enriched
Anything Vitamin Enriched
Brown Rice Syrup
Corn Starch
Corn Syrup
Dextrose
Lipolysed Butter Fat
Milk Powder
Modified Food Starch
Most things Low Fat or No Fat
Reduced fat milk (skim; 1%; 2%)
Rice Syrup
The following work synergistically with MSG to enhance flavour. If they are present for flavouring, so is MSG.
Disodium 5’-guanylate (627)
Disodium 5’-inosinate (631)
Disodium 5′-ribonucleotides (635)
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Many people know that consuming monosodium glutamate can cause unpleasant reactions such as migraine headaches, gastric distress, a racing heart, fuzzy thinking, diarrhea, asthma, and/or mood swings. What many don’t know is that common ingredients used by food manufacturers, contain processed free glutamic acid (the harmful component of monosodium glutamate) that causes these reactions.
It’s important to know that MSG stands for ALL processed glutamic acid, not just monosodium glutamate. Glutamic acid found in unadulterated protein does not cause adverse reactions. To cause adverse reactions, the glutamic acid must have been processed/manufactured or come from protein that has been fermented.
Ingredients that ALWAYS contain processed free glutamic acid
(MSG)
Calcium Glutamate (623)
Glutamate (620)
Glutamic Acid (620)
Monoammonium Glutamate (624)
Monopotassium Glutamate (622)
Monosodium Glutamate or MSG (621)
Magnesium Glutamate (625)
Natrium Glutamate
Balsamic Vinegar
Fermented Fish Sauces
Worcestershire Sauce
Calcium Caseinate
Sodium Caseinate
Gelatin – (441)
Autolysed Plant Protein
Hydrolysed Plant Protein
Hydrolysed Vegetable Protein (HVP)
Hydrolysed Protein also called Protein Hydrolysates (if process uses acid or base)
Corn, Rice, Oat or Wheat Protein
Soy Protein
Soy Protein Concentrate
Soy Protein Isolate
Textured Protein
Textured Soy Protein (TSP)
Textured Vegetable Protein (TVP)
Whey Protein
Whey Protein Concentrate
Whey Protein Isolate
Autolysed Yeast
Brewers Yeast
Torula Yeast
Yeast Extract
Yeast Food
Yeast Nutrient
BRAND NAME SEASONINGS THAT CONTAIN MSG
Accent
Ajinomoto
Braggs Liquid Amino Acid Seasoning
Glutacyl
Gourmet Powder
Vetsin
Ingredients that OFTEN contain or produce processed free glutamic acid (MSG)
Anything that is Fermented
Anything that is Enriched
Anything that contains Enzymes
Anything Enzyme Modified
Anything Fortified
Anything Modified
Anything Protein Fortified
Anything that contains an ingredient “… Protein”
Anything Ultra-pasteurised
Anything Vitamin Enriched
Low or No Fat items
Flowing Agents
ACIDITY REGULATORS / FOOD ACIDS
Most of the citric acid used by the food industry comes from corn not citrus.
Citric Acid or Citrate (330)
Citric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids (472c)
Calcium citrates (333) – (i) Monocalcium citrate (ii) Dicalcium citrate (iii) Tricalcium citrate
Triammonium citrate (380)
Pectins (440) – (i) pectin (ii) amidated pectin
Potassium citrates (332) – (i) Monopotassium citrate (ii) Tripotassium citrate
Sodium citrates (331) – (i) Monosodium citrate (ii) Disodium citrate (iii) Trisodium citrate
Triethyl citrate (1505)
BAKED ITEMS
Dough Conditioners
Dough Improvers
GUMS / THICKENERS / STABILIZING AGENTS
Gums
Carrageenan (407)
Carob Bean Extract
Guar Gum
Locust Bean Extract
Pectin (440)
ENZYMES
Bacterial Proteases
Protease
Protease Enzymes
FLAVOURS
Bouillon
Broth
Flavours
Natural Beef Flavour
Natural Chicken Flavour
Natural Oak Wood Smoke
Natural Pork Flavouring
Natural Wood Smoke
Seasonings
Stock
Spices
INGREDIENTS PROCESED FROM BARLEY
Malted Barley (Flavour)
Malted Barley Flour
Malt Flavouring
Maltodextrin
Malt Extract
INGREDIENTS PROCESSED FROM CORN
(Also see additives listed under Acidity Regulators / Food Acids)
Corn Oil
Corn Syrup
Corn Syrup Solids (partly depends upon process used)
Fructose
Modified Corn Starch
INGREDIENTS PROCESSED FROM DAIRY
Cheese Powder
Dry Milk Solids
Lipolysed Butter Fat
Milk Concentrate
Milk Powder
Milk Solids
Skim Milk Powder
Whey
Whey Protein
Whey Protein Isolate
Whey Protein Concentrate
INGREDIENTS FROM PEAS
Hydrolysed Pea Protein
INGREDIENTS FROM RICE
Brown Rice Syrup
Rice Syrup
INGREDIENTS PROCCESSED FROM SOY
Lecithin
Soy Extract
Soy Protein
Soy Protein Isolate
Soy Protein Concentrate
Soy Sauce
Soy Sauce Powder
INGREDIENTS FROM WHEAT
Gluten
Gluten Flour
STARCHES FROM GRAINS
Modified Cornstarch
Cornstarch
Modified Food Starch
Wheat Starch
SWEETENERS / COLOURS / FLAVOURS
Annatto (160b)
Barley Malt
Caramel (150a, 150b, 150c, 150d))
Caramel Colouring (150a, 150b. 150c, 150d)
Caramel Flavoring (150a, 150b,150c, 150d)
Fructose (made from corn)
SUPPLEMENTS
Algae / Phytoplankton
Amino Acids
Barleygrass Powder
Body Building Powders
Brewers Yeast
Digestive Enzymes
Enzymes
L-Glutamine Powder
Glutamine Powder
Probiotic Powders
Sea Vegetables
Protein Powders
Sports Protein Drinks
Vitamins produced by bacteria, enzymes and fermentation
Wheatgrass Powder
Yeast Food
Yeast Powder
Yeast Nutrients
INGREDIENTS WHICH HAVE VAGUE NAMES THAT HIDE MSG
Amino Acids
Bread Improver
Cheese Powder
Dough Conditioner or Dough Improver
Fermented Proteins
Food Acid
Food Gelling Agent
Modified Food Starch
Natural Gum
Natural Flavour
Natural Thickener
Spices
Seasoning
HEALTHY SOUNDING INGREDIENTS THAT MAY CONTAIN MSG
Gums
Carrageenan (407)
Carob Bean Extract
Guar Gum
Kombu Extract
Locust Bean Extract
Pectin (440)
Lecithin
Protein from Milk
Pure Citric Extract
Seaweed Extract
The following are ingredients suspected of containing or creating sufficient processed free glutamic acid (MSG) to trigger an MSG reaction in HIGHLY SENSITIVE people
Anything Enriched
Anything Vitamin Enriched
Brown Rice Syrup
Corn Starch
Corn Syrup
Dextrose
Lipolysed Butter Fat
Milk Powder
Modified Food Starch
Most things Low Fat or No Fat
Reduced fat milk (skim; 1%; 2%)
Rice Syrup
The following work synergistically with MSG to enhance flavour. If they are present for flavouring, so is MSG.
Disodium 5’-guanylate (627)
Disodium 5’-inosinate (631)
Disodium 5′-ribonucleotides (635)
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