Post by sumer on May 24, 2005 14:44:50 GMT
Hello PLease be aware of what you are eating in AMerica and read this
Love
Sumer
this is a fairly lengthy article but it is very informative about why AMERICA IS OBESE and WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT. PASS IT ON TO OTHERS, PLEASE.
BY JOHN ERB
I wondered if there could be an actual chemical causing the massive
obesity epidemic, so did a friend of mine, John Erb. He was a research
assistant at the University of Waterloo, and spent years working for the
government.
He made an amazing discovery while going through scientific journals for a
book he was writing called The Slow Poisoning of America. In hundreds of
studies around the world, scientists were creating obese mice and rats to
use in diet or diabetes test studies.
No strain of rat or mice is naturally obese, so the scientists have to
create them. They make these morbidly obese creatures by injecting them with
MSG when they are first born. The MSG triples the amount of insulin the
pancreas creates, causing rats (and humans?) to become obese; they even have
a title for the race of fat rodents they create: "MSG-Treated Rats."
I was shocked too. I went to my kitchen, checking the cupboards and the
fridge. MSG was in everything! The Campbell's soups, the Hostess Doritos,
the Lays flavored potato chips, Top Ramen, Betty Crocker Hamburger Helper,
Heinz canned gravy, Swanson frozen prepared meals, Kraft salad dressings,
especially the 'healthy low fat' ones. The items that didn't have MSG had
something called Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein, which is just another name
for Monosodium Glutamate. It was shocking to see just how many of the foods
we feed our children everyday are filled with this stuff. They hide MSG
under many different names in order to fool those who catch on.
But it didn't stop there. When our family went out to eat, we started
asking at the restaurants what menu items had MSG.
Many employees, even the managers, swore they didn't use MSG. But when
we ask for the ingredient list which they grudgingly provided, sure enough
MSG and Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein were everywhere. Burger King,
McDonalds, Wendy's, Taco Bell, every restaurant, even the sit down ones like
TGIF, Chilis', Applebees and Denny's use MSG in abundance. Kentucky Fried
Chicken seemed to be the WORST offender: MSG was in every chicken dish,
salad dressing and gravy. No wonder I loved to eat that coating on the skin,
their secret spice was MSG!
So why is MSG in so may of the foods we eat? Is it a preservative or a
vitamin? Not according to my friend John. In the book he wrote, an expose of
the food additive industry called The Slow Poisoning of America,
www.spofamerica.com/
he said that MSG is added to food for the addictive effect it has on the
human body. Even the propaganda website sponsored by the food manufacturers
lobby group supporting MSG at:
www.msgfacts.com/facts/msgfact12.html
explains that the reason they add it to food is to make people eat more.
A study of elderly people showed that people eat more of the foods that it
is added to. The Glutamate Association lobby group says eating more benefits
the elderly, but what does it do to the rest of us?
'Betcha can't eat just one', takes on a whole new meaning where MSG is
concerned! And we wonder why the nation is overweight?
The MSG manufacturers themselves admit that it addicts people to their
products. It makes people choose their product over others, and makes people
eat more of it than they would if MSG wasn't added. Not only is MSG
scientifically proven to cause obesity, it is an addictive substance!
Since its introduction into the American food supply fifty years ago, MSG
has been added in larger and larger doses to the prepackaged meals, soups,
snacks and fast foods we are tempted to eat everyday.
The FDA has set no limits on how much of it can be added to food. They
claim it's safe to eat in any amount. How can they claim it is safe when
there are hundreds of scientific studies with titles like these?
The monosodium glutamate (MSG) obese rat as a model for the study of
exercise in obesity. Gobatto CA, Mello MA, Souza CT, Ribeiro IA. Res Commun
Mol Pathol Pharmacol. 2002
Adrenalectomy abolishes the food-induced hypothalamic serotonin release in
both normal and monosodium glutamate-obese rats. Guimaraes RB, Telles MM,
Coelho VB, Mori RC, Nascimento CM, Ribeiro Brain Res Bull. August 2002
Obesity induced by neonatal monosodium glutamate treatment in
spontaneously hypertensive rats: an animal model of multiple risk factors.
Yamamoto M, Iino K, Ichikawa K, Shinohara N, Yoshinari Fujishima Hypertens
Res. March 1998
Hypothalamic lesion induced by injection of monosodium glutamate in
suckling period and subsequent development of obesity. Tanaka K, Shimada M,
Nakao K, Kusunoki Exp Neurol. October 1978
Yes, that last study was not a typo, it WAS written in 1978.
Both the medical research community and food "manufacturers" have known
MSG's side effects for decades!
Many more studies mentioned in John Erb's book link MSG to Diabetes,
Migraines and headaches, Autism, ADHD and even Alzheimer's .But what can we
do to stop the food manufactures from dumping fattening and addictive MSG
into our food supply and causing the obesity epidemic we now see?
Even as you read this, George W. Bush and his corporate supporters are
pushing a Bill through Congress, and it's called the:
"Personal Responsibility in Food Consumption Act" also known as the
"Cheeseburger Bill".
This sweeping law bans anyone from suing food manufacturers, sellers and
distributors. Even if it comes out that they purposely added an
addictive chemical to their foods.
Read about it for yourself at:
www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/8458081htm www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/8458081.htm>
Last month the House of Representatives passed the "Personal
Responsibility in Food Consumption Act" to protect the food and beverage
industry from civil lawsuits. Under the measure, known as the "Cheeseburger
Bill,"people who buy food or drinks couldn't sue the companies that made
them, the stores that sold them or the restaurants that served them if they
got fat from the products, so long as the products met existing laws. The
Senate is expected to take up a similar bill later this year."
The Bill has already been rushed through the House of Representatives, and
is due for the same rubber stamp at Senate level. It is important that Bush
and his corporate supporters get it through before the media lets everyone
know about MSG, the intentional Nicotine for food.
Several months ago, John Erb took his book and his concerns to one of the
highest government health officials in Canada. While sitting in the
Government office, the official told him "Sure I know how bad MSG is, I
wouldn't touch the stuff!" But this top-level government official refused to
tell the public what he knew.
The big media doesn't want to tell the public either, fearing legal issues
with their advertisers. It seems that the fallout on the fast food industry
may hurt their profit margin.
So what do we do?
The food producers and restaurants have been addicting us to their
products for years, and now we are paying the price for it.
Our children should not be cursed with obesity caused by an addictive food
additive.
But what can I do about it?
I'm just one voice, what can I do to stop the poisoning of our children,
while guys like Bush are insuring financial protection for the industry that
is poisoning us.
I for one am doing something about it. I am sending this email out to
everyone I know in an attempt to show you the truth that the corporate
owned politicians and media won't tell you.
The best way you can help save yourself and your children from this
drug-induced epidemic, is to forward this email to everyone.
With any luck, it will circle the globe before governments can pass the
Bill protecting those who poisoned us.
The food industry learned a lot from the tobacco industry.
Imagine if big tobacco had a bill like this in place before someone blew
the whistle on Nicotine? Blow the whistle on MSG.
If you are one of the few who can still believe that MSG is good for us,
and you don't believe what John Erb has to say, see for yourself. Go to the
National Library of Medicine, at www.pubmed.com
Type in the words "MSG Obese", and read a few of the articles foryourself.
We do not want to be rats in one giant experiment, and we do not approve
of food that makes us into a nation of obese, lethargic, addicted sheep,
waiting for the slaughter.
Put an end to this, and stop the Slow Poisoning of America. Let's save our
children.
JOHN ERB
Love
Sumer
this is a fairly lengthy article but it is very informative about why AMERICA IS OBESE and WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT. PASS IT ON TO OTHERS, PLEASE.
BY JOHN ERB
I wondered if there could be an actual chemical causing the massive
obesity epidemic, so did a friend of mine, John Erb. He was a research
assistant at the University of Waterloo, and spent years working for the
government.
He made an amazing discovery while going through scientific journals for a
book he was writing called The Slow Poisoning of America. In hundreds of
studies around the world, scientists were creating obese mice and rats to
use in diet or diabetes test studies.
No strain of rat or mice is naturally obese, so the scientists have to
create them. They make these morbidly obese creatures by injecting them with
MSG when they are first born. The MSG triples the amount of insulin the
pancreas creates, causing rats (and humans?) to become obese; they even have
a title for the race of fat rodents they create: "MSG-Treated Rats."
I was shocked too. I went to my kitchen, checking the cupboards and the
fridge. MSG was in everything! The Campbell's soups, the Hostess Doritos,
the Lays flavored potato chips, Top Ramen, Betty Crocker Hamburger Helper,
Heinz canned gravy, Swanson frozen prepared meals, Kraft salad dressings,
especially the 'healthy low fat' ones. The items that didn't have MSG had
something called Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein, which is just another name
for Monosodium Glutamate. It was shocking to see just how many of the foods
we feed our children everyday are filled with this stuff. They hide MSG
under many different names in order to fool those who catch on.
But it didn't stop there. When our family went out to eat, we started
asking at the restaurants what menu items had MSG.
Many employees, even the managers, swore they didn't use MSG. But when
we ask for the ingredient list which they grudgingly provided, sure enough
MSG and Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein were everywhere. Burger King,
McDonalds, Wendy's, Taco Bell, every restaurant, even the sit down ones like
TGIF, Chilis', Applebees and Denny's use MSG in abundance. Kentucky Fried
Chicken seemed to be the WORST offender: MSG was in every chicken dish,
salad dressing and gravy. No wonder I loved to eat that coating on the skin,
their secret spice was MSG!
So why is MSG in so may of the foods we eat? Is it a preservative or a
vitamin? Not according to my friend John. In the book he wrote, an expose of
the food additive industry called The Slow Poisoning of America,
www.spofamerica.com/
he said that MSG is added to food for the addictive effect it has on the
human body. Even the propaganda website sponsored by the food manufacturers
lobby group supporting MSG at:
www.msgfacts.com/facts/msgfact12.html
explains that the reason they add it to food is to make people eat more.
A study of elderly people showed that people eat more of the foods that it
is added to. The Glutamate Association lobby group says eating more benefits
the elderly, but what does it do to the rest of us?
'Betcha can't eat just one', takes on a whole new meaning where MSG is
concerned! And we wonder why the nation is overweight?
The MSG manufacturers themselves admit that it addicts people to their
products. It makes people choose their product over others, and makes people
eat more of it than they would if MSG wasn't added. Not only is MSG
scientifically proven to cause obesity, it is an addictive substance!
Since its introduction into the American food supply fifty years ago, MSG
has been added in larger and larger doses to the prepackaged meals, soups,
snacks and fast foods we are tempted to eat everyday.
The FDA has set no limits on how much of it can be added to food. They
claim it's safe to eat in any amount. How can they claim it is safe when
there are hundreds of scientific studies with titles like these?
The monosodium glutamate (MSG) obese rat as a model for the study of
exercise in obesity. Gobatto CA, Mello MA, Souza CT, Ribeiro IA. Res Commun
Mol Pathol Pharmacol. 2002
Adrenalectomy abolishes the food-induced hypothalamic serotonin release in
both normal and monosodium glutamate-obese rats. Guimaraes RB, Telles MM,
Coelho VB, Mori RC, Nascimento CM, Ribeiro Brain Res Bull. August 2002
Obesity induced by neonatal monosodium glutamate treatment in
spontaneously hypertensive rats: an animal model of multiple risk factors.
Yamamoto M, Iino K, Ichikawa K, Shinohara N, Yoshinari Fujishima Hypertens
Res. March 1998
Hypothalamic lesion induced by injection of monosodium glutamate in
suckling period and subsequent development of obesity. Tanaka K, Shimada M,
Nakao K, Kusunoki Exp Neurol. October 1978
Yes, that last study was not a typo, it WAS written in 1978.
Both the medical research community and food "manufacturers" have known
MSG's side effects for decades!
Many more studies mentioned in John Erb's book link MSG to Diabetes,
Migraines and headaches, Autism, ADHD and even Alzheimer's .But what can we
do to stop the food manufactures from dumping fattening and addictive MSG
into our food supply and causing the obesity epidemic we now see?
Even as you read this, George W. Bush and his corporate supporters are
pushing a Bill through Congress, and it's called the:
"Personal Responsibility in Food Consumption Act" also known as the
"Cheeseburger Bill".
This sweeping law bans anyone from suing food manufacturers, sellers and
distributors. Even if it comes out that they purposely added an
addictive chemical to their foods.
Read about it for yourself at:
www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/8458081htm www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/8458081.htm>
Last month the House of Representatives passed the "Personal
Responsibility in Food Consumption Act" to protect the food and beverage
industry from civil lawsuits. Under the measure, known as the "Cheeseburger
Bill,"people who buy food or drinks couldn't sue the companies that made
them, the stores that sold them or the restaurants that served them if they
got fat from the products, so long as the products met existing laws. The
Senate is expected to take up a similar bill later this year."
The Bill has already been rushed through the House of Representatives, and
is due for the same rubber stamp at Senate level. It is important that Bush
and his corporate supporters get it through before the media lets everyone
know about MSG, the intentional Nicotine for food.
Several months ago, John Erb took his book and his concerns to one of the
highest government health officials in Canada. While sitting in the
Government office, the official told him "Sure I know how bad MSG is, I
wouldn't touch the stuff!" But this top-level government official refused to
tell the public what he knew.
The big media doesn't want to tell the public either, fearing legal issues
with their advertisers. It seems that the fallout on the fast food industry
may hurt their profit margin.
So what do we do?
The food producers and restaurants have been addicting us to their
products for years, and now we are paying the price for it.
Our children should not be cursed with obesity caused by an addictive food
additive.
But what can I do about it?
I'm just one voice, what can I do to stop the poisoning of our children,
while guys like Bush are insuring financial protection for the industry that
is poisoning us.
I for one am doing something about it. I am sending this email out to
everyone I know in an attempt to show you the truth that the corporate
owned politicians and media won't tell you.
The best way you can help save yourself and your children from this
drug-induced epidemic, is to forward this email to everyone.
With any luck, it will circle the globe before governments can pass the
Bill protecting those who poisoned us.
The food industry learned a lot from the tobacco industry.
Imagine if big tobacco had a bill like this in place before someone blew
the whistle on Nicotine? Blow the whistle on MSG.
If you are one of the few who can still believe that MSG is good for us,
and you don't believe what John Erb has to say, see for yourself. Go to the
National Library of Medicine, at www.pubmed.com
Type in the words "MSG Obese", and read a few of the articles foryourself.
We do not want to be rats in one giant experiment, and we do not approve
of food that makes us into a nation of obese, lethargic, addicted sheep,
waiting for the slaughter.
Put an end to this, and stop the Slow Poisoning of America. Let's save our
children.
JOHN ERB
