Posts: 1298
From: Ontario, Canada
Registered: Jun 2005

posted March 19, 2006 11:24 AM         

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And we wonder why we can't lose weight. Those of us addicted to Tim's may
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> This is a real eye opener. Please read to the very end. It is worth
>printing and posting in every office lunch room or bulletin board.
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>MSG - used in Tim Horton's Coffee - (read this for sure)
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>Food additive "MSG" is a Slow Poison. Slow Poisoning MSG hides behind 25 or
>more names, such as "Natural Flavouring".
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>MSG is also in your favourite Tim Horton's and other brand coffee shops!
>Pass this on to those who still may be unaware or disbelieving of the
>dangers of MSG.
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>I wondered if there could be an actual chemical causing the massive obesity
>epidemic, so did a friend of mine, John Erb.
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>He was a research assistant at the University of Waterloo in Ontario,
>Canada
> and spent years working for the government.
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>He made an amazing discovery while going through sci entific 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&n bsp;the fat rodents they
>create: "MSG-Treated Rats".
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>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 flavoured 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
>marked
>on the product label had something called ''Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein'',
>which is just another name for Monosodium G lutamate. 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 carefully read the ingredient list, so they don't catch on.(Other names
>for MSG: 'Accent' - 'Aginomoto' - 'Natural Meet Tenderiser' etc)
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> But it didn't stop there. When our family went out to eat, we started
>asking at the restaurants what menu items had MSG.
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>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&nb sp;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" he said that MSG is added to food for the addictive effect it has
>on the humanbody. <http://www.spofamerica.com/
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>Even the propaganda website sponsored by the food manufacturers lobby group
>supporting MSG at: http://www.msgfactscom/facts/msgfact12.html explains
>that
>the reason they add it to food is to make people eat more. A study of the
>elderly 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
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>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.
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>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 pre-packaged
>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 safe when there are hundreds of
>scientific studies with titles like these? :-
>< BR>>'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.
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>'Adrenalectomy abolishes the food-induced hypothalamic serotonin release in
>both normal and monosodium glutamate-obese rats'. Guimaraes RB, Telles MM,
>Coelho VB, Mori C, Nascimento CM, Ribeiro Brain Res Bull. 2002 Aug.
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>'Obesity induced by neonatal monosodium glutamate treatment in
>spontaneously
>hypertensive rats: an animal model of multiple risk factors'. Iwase M,
>Yamamoto& nbsp;M, Iino K, Ichikawa K, Shinohara N, Yoshinari Fujishima Hypertens
>Res. 1998 Mar.
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>'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. 1978 Oct.
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>Yes, that last study was not a typo, it WAS written in 1978. Both the
>medical research community" and "food manufacturers" have known about MSG's
>side effects for decades! Many more studies mentioned in John Erb's book
>link MSG to Diabetes, Migraines and headaches, Autism,& nbsp;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?
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>Even as you read this, G. W. Bush and his corporate supporters are pushing
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>Bill through Congress 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 addi ctive chemical to their
>foods.
> Read about it for yourself at: http://www.yahoo.com/.
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>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'.
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> Several months ago, John Erb took his book and his concerns to one of
>the
>highest government health officials in Canada. While sitt ing 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
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>tell the public what he knew.
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>The big media doesn't want to tell the public either, fearing legal issues
>with their advertisers. It seems that the fallout on fast food industry may
>hurt their profit margin. 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&nb sp;not be cursed with obesity caused by an
>addictive food additive. But what can I do about it?... I'm just one voice!
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>What can I do to stop the poisoning of our children, while our governments
>are insuring financial protection for the industry that is poisoning us!
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>This e-mail is going out to everyone I know in an attempt to tell you the
>truth that the corporate owned politicians and media won't tell you. The
>best way you can help to 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 politicians can pass the legislation
>protecting those who are poisoning 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?
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>If you are one of the few who can still believe that MSG is good for us,
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>you don't believe what John Erb has to say, see for yourself. Go to the
>National Library of Medicine, at http://www. pubmed.com/. Type in the words
>MSG Obese" and read a few of the 115 medical studies that appear.
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>We the public, do not want to be rats in one giant experiment andwe do not
>approve of food that makes us into a nation of obese, lethargic, addicted
>sheep, feeding the food industry's bottom line, while waiting for the heart
>transplant, diabetic induced amputation, blindness or other obesity
>induced,
>life threatening disorders. With your help we can put an end to this
>poison.
> Do your part in sending this mes sage out by word of mouth, e-mail or by
>distribution of this print-out to all your friends all over the world and
>stop this 'Slow Poisoning of Mankind' by the packaged food industry.
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>Blowing the whistle on MSG is our responsibility, get the word out.

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Posts: 1910
From: New Brighton, MN, USA
Registered: Nov 2004

posted March 19, 2006 01:21 PM         

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Disgusting. Just unconscionable.
If you want to forward this article to everyone in your address book as a link:
http://www.rense.com/general67/msg.htm

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Posts: 5988
From: Vancouver USA
Registered: May 2004

posted March 19, 2006 01:24 PM         

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Good lookin' out, 'Z.

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Posts: 681
From: and the embers never fade in your city by the lake
Registered: Jan 2002

posted March 20, 2006 04:16 AM         

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That is appalling.

God that is just....Sad.

Blech!

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Posts: 182
From: Denver, CO, US
Registered: Nov 2005

posted March 25, 2006 09:53 PM         

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Great to see this raising red flags! It's getting harder and harder to find foods free of MSG, hormones, and other toxic substances

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