What we feed our body, mind and soul has a dramatic effect on our well-being and
ability to be a positive force in the world. The food can be life-giving or
contaminated and toxic.
A toxic “food additive”, Monosodium Glutamate (MSG), is a cause of the world's
growing affliction, obesity. It enhances flavour and appetite and appears under
pseudonyms such as Accent, Natural Flavouring, Natural Meat Tenderizer and
Hydrolysed Vegetable Protein.
For at least 3 decades MSG has been injected into rats to make them obese and
objects of the study of bodily functions. “It (MSG) is known (for 30 years) to
result in central nervous system lesions, the development of obesity (and
diabetes), pituitary atrophy and diminished loco-motor activity” to quote from
one of 167 studies on the subject reported in PubMed, a service of the US
National Library of Medicine.
A study of healthy Chinese adults randomly sampled in three villages found that
“prevalence of overweight was significantly higher in MSG users than non-users.”
Brazilian scientists have found that MSG induced obesity in rats was transmitted
from the first generation to the second.
Since its introduction into the food supply 50 years ago to make people eat
more, it has been poisoning Mankind by producing heart problems, diabetes,
blindness, joint replacements, amputations, as well as impaired emotional and
psychological states.
It's in the coffee from Tim's or 'Bucks, Campbell's soups, Kraft salad dressing,
McDonald's, Wendy's, Heinz canned gravy, Lay's flavoured potato chips, and the
finger-licking good KFC.
And why? To addict us, to win us over with the “taste” that makes one eat more
of a product to enhance a company's bottom line but caring not about the
collateral carnage. Let us confront the truth, weigh the risks and reduce the
use of MSG, protein-rich diets, pre-packaged meals, snacks, dried soups and fast
foods to which we may be unknowingly (or knowingly) addicted.
In a dark age, confusion trumps clarity. Use of MSG relates to the former, but
the building of a better world demands that we turn the tables with knowledge,
consciousness and action.
