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Why You do NOT Want to Eat Processed Foods

One of the primary reasons why processed foods should rarely touch your lips is because they’re typically LOADED with MSG.

Watch this one-hour lecture by Dr. Russell Blaylock, a board-certified neurosurgeon and author of Excitotoxins: The Taste that Kills, to find out why MSG in processed foods can destroy your brain cells. As Dr. Blaylock explains, excitotoxins like MSG can, quite literally, excite your brain cells to death!

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Dr. MercolaDr. Mercola's Comments:

I would strongly recommend taking the time to set aside and watch this video by Dr. Blaylock who is a retired neurosurgeon and probably the US leading expert in MSG toxicity. Even if you avoid MSG you will want to have the scientific understanding of why you need to avoid it and the damage it doe

MSG is a toxic substance people consume in processed foods, and probably wouldn't if they knew it causes many of their brain cells to die. MSG, like L-cysteine and aspartame, is an excitotoxin -- a chemical transmitter that causes your brain cells to overwork themselves until they die.

Based on peer reviewed studies, there is no question that MSG is neurotoxic. It can cause blindness and many other problems such as headaches, fatigue, disorientation and depression.

But most people eat MSG without even being aware that they are doing it. Most MSG comes in the form of glutamic acid, the chemical's active component, and is listed on labels under seemingly innocuous names like "natural flavors" or "hydrolyzed protein". It is very difficult to really know whether MSG is in your food because it has so many aliases. A small sampling of the many ingredients that contain MSG includes:

  • Gelatin
  • Yeast Extract
  • Malted Barley
  • Rice Syrup or Brown Rice Syrup

The bottom line is that you are going to need to invest some time in the kitchen if you want to stay healthy and avoid foods containing MSG.

To help you get started, you'll want to review Colleen Huber's awesome piece on how to eat healthier organic food, free from many additives and preservatives, on a budget.

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Katy B
[ Joined on 03/07 ] [ Posted on July 9, 2007 ]
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What happened when MSG got a bad name?  They just changed the name, look for all the fake names for this poison.

'Hydrolyzed Vegetable proteins'
are excitotoxins, check labels, it's in soups, and formula, and diet foods, it is toxic to the brain!!!!!! Liquid amino acids [another name for] are also excitotoxins, glutamates !

Beware, Beware, Beware!

Katy B.
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soulfd
[ Joined on 06/07 ]  [ Posted on July 26, 2007]
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  Mercola

Katy B are you saying that the ***** Liquid Amino All Purpose Seasoning that i've been consuming for 20yrs has MSG in it? Bummer. This i did not know. However, you know how the spirit is always ahead of the body in terms of "knowing" . . . i've had this sense . . .

Mercola
  
BRflamingo
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  Mercola

Katy B, I have been using Bragg's Amino Acids on my salads as a vinegar replacement and also use it whenever soy sauce is called for in a recipe.  Are you including this in this in the "toxic" list?  I was under the impression this was a good product.  Please give some more information as I am very confused now.  I did look at the link you gave Islander & did not find what I was hoping for regarding this item.  Thanks.

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stargo
[ Joined on 07/07 ]  [ Posted on July 27, 2007]
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  Mercola

Katy B.... Wow, I thought I found a safe salad dressing with Bragg Health Organic Vinaigrette but the ingredients include Bragg Liquid Aminos!

It appears that I should take this off of my supposedly healthy list?

Thanks

  
  
Russ Bianchi
[ Joined on 09/06 ] [ Posted on July 9, 2007 ]
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MSG is but one or many thousands of harmful chemical cocktails in the the processed food chain.

The solution? do not purchase or consume such item.  however, with over 2/3rds of all meals consumed outside the home and UNLABELED, sometimes, a very difficult task.
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minnie-me
[ Joined on 02/07 ] [ Posted on July 10, 2007 ]
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I've only had time to watch the first half of the vidoe and will finish it when time permits. But I want to say that Dr. Blaylock is an amazing man. He is not afraid to stand up to the big food companies, no matter how hard they ty to shut him up. A year ago, I was totally oblivious to the effects of MSG, aspartame and other excitotoxins in our foods, and how it affects metabolism and  neurologic function. So I cleaned up my diet and encouraged my family  and friends to do the same. Then I discovered when looking up ingredients in vaccines, that most of them contain MSG, too!  The Vari-vax (chicken pox) contains L-monosodium glutamate and hydrolyzed gelatin, the MMR contains "amino acids" and glutamate as a growth medium. Msg basically feeds the viruses to keep them alive in viral vaccines. Glutamic acids are in loads of vaccines. I have always believed that there was MORE than mercury and aluminum in vaccines that could cause autism and other neurological disorders... it is very possible that our children are also being damaged by msg... both in utero (mom's diet) and by their vaccines... they can't win, can they??? There is an older article on mercola.com that talks about this more. Google:The Dangers of MSG and how it is hidded in Vaccines" by Jack Samuals ...6/08/02...
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Katy B
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Islander, I was inspired to write about this topic and you'll find a written 'version' enumerating the gist of the article here
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Katy B
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Excitotoxins like MSG are noxious ingredients put into our food supply because the food companies are so greedy they don't care if they kill you only if you buy more, which the excitotoxins will addict you into doing until it does kill you.

The video was well worth watching.  it brought out a lot of information about the lies we are told and phoney test results. And they have this stuff in baby formulas?

I won't eat in a restaurant anymore due to all the aditives and wholesale microwave use.

No more prepared foods, or GM foods, no fast foods,  I'm getting well and you can watch my progress.
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KathieJamisonCote
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MSG is a culprit that's in many foods..........can cause headaches, anxiety, rashes, heart palpatations to list just a few...........

EAT FRESH, WHOLE FOODS, even when eating out -
SALADS are on almost every single menu and most restaurants will tailor one
if you just ask............watch out for dressings though - olive oil is always your best best at any restaurant.
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healthstar
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  Mercola

Lemon juice is also a good choice to put on your salad, or a few drops of lemon essential oil.

  
  
Cacao
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Hi Islander, below is a link that worked for me.

http://msgmyth.com/

The article is a quick read and worth a look.
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Razarr69
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I am not sure if anyone has mentioned it yet, but if you are interested in findout out information about MSG and MSG's inbred cousins, this is the website to visit:

http://www.truthinlabeling.org

They have everything you could ever wish to know.  All the ways MSG is hidden, effects on the body, scientific references...everything.  Big site.  Lots of good info.  Basically, I trust that site like I trust Mercola.com.  If you want MSG info, that is THE place to get it.

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papatt13
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I have been using whey isolate protein in my energy drink every morning after exercising. Dr. Mercola recommends and sells a similar whey protein on his web site. Dr. Blaylock, an expert who is touted by Mercola, says whey protein is an excitotoxin to be avoided. What goes on with the conflicting statements?

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tourmaline
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I totally agree that processed foods are JUNK!  My lingering question is however, what do these food manufacturers eat?  Do they not care about their health or know of the dangers themselves?

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curious7
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  Mercola

Money, they (the true heads of the giant food companies) think we are all taken in by the propaganda called commercials, which intrude into our homes via the boob tube.  Likely they have access to information kept from the general populus, and thus eat a better diet.  Yet another reason they would like to see us dumbed down.

  
  
carolh
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Thank you so much for highlighting Debby Anglesey's website.  The discussion board is very lively there and wonderful support for those who need tp avoid MSG and aspartame.  Debby is a pure angel to all of us who post there. She has created a virtual community of concerned people since 2000, when she created the discussion board there.  Her recipes are fantastic and she is just a sweet person who has helped so many.  Dr. Blaylock's book is truly groundbreaking and his ideas on how vaccines cause autism symptoms is revolutionary.  Thank you a million times over for covering this topic.  I am a former food process engineer who quit the food industry in 1992 because of MSG.  I was occupationally exposed to both aspartame and MSG and can tell you - you want to stop eating it immediately if not sooner.  You don't want to wind up broke from health expenses like I did.  I created  msgtruth.org after meeting Deb Angelsey in 2001 because I wanted to share the actual scientific data to showing that MSG is a very harmful food additive.  So, for support and recipes - go to the Discussion Board at MSGmyth and check out the science at msgtruth.org.

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xqqme
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Avoiding this poison changed my family's life. Go here to find out more. www.msgmyth.com. Wonderful people there with lots of advice and a meesage board to leave questions and or comments!

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curious7
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Just for the health of it.  We as Americans have the most terrible diet due to a lack of fresh foods in our diets.  Heat is the first factor that destroys our food nutritionally speaking, and next is the time factor.  The longer the period between harvest, and ingestion the poorer the nutrition derived from the food we eat.

As for processed foods, well the "Alchemists" have may that even more of a danger by first removing the nutritional value, and then throwing in a bunch of chemicals to boot.  Chemicals some claim make the foods they have tampered with addicting.  Then there is this super sweetner "High Fructose Corn Syrup" and then you have diabetes.  As we all know diabetes is running rampant throughout America, and as we export our way of eating to the rest of the world this malady is spreading throughout the world.

Let us face facts, eating processed foods, is akin to filling ones gas tank with diesel fuel, or vice versa.

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jacquelynt7
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My mother is fighting stage IV *** cancer at the moment and decided to go with a Homeopathic Doctor instead of the chemo and radiation. They told her she wasn't going to make it since the cancer spread all over her body through her bones.

She is now eating All ORGANIC foods to get away from the toxins plus herbs, vitamins, minerals, etc.

It's working!! She's hasn't looked or felt this good in the past 5 years, it's amazing!! Her tumor marker has gone from 369 to 61 now and her goal is below 32! Almost there!!

Her goal is to get her story out to everyone and anyone who wants to know.

info@NaturalLifeNaturalYou.com

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