MSG
A Slow Poisoning

The food additive MSG (Mono-Sodium Glutamate) is a slow poison. MSG hides behind 25 or more names, such as Natural Flavoring. MSG is even in your favorite coffee from Tim Horton's and Starbucks coffee shops. Suppose there could be an actual chemical causing the massive obesity epidemic. 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 scientists have to create them. They make these creatures morbidly obese by injecting them with MSG when they are first born. The MSG triples the amount of insulin the pancreas creates, causing rats and perhaps humans to become obese. Now go check your cupboard every thing has MSG’s in it. Campbell 's soups, the Hostess Doritos, the Lays flavored potato chips, Betty Crocker, Hamburger Helper, Heinz canned gravy, Swanson frozen prepared meals, and Kraft salad dressings. What is funny is that especially the "healthy low-fat" ones were loaded with MSG’s. Some items don’t have MSG marked on the product label but check, because it may have something called Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein, or Natural meat tenderizer. which is just another name for Monosodium Glutamate. It is shocking to see just how many of the foods we feed our children everyday are filled with this stuff. MSG is hidden under many different names in order to fool those who read the ingredient list, so that we don't catch on. Restaurants are where the worst of the epidemic lies. We go out to eat assuming places like Burger King, McDonald's, Wendy's, Taco Bell are safe or even sit-down eateries like TGIF, Chili's, Applebee's, and  Denny's who use MSG in abundance. Kentucky Fried Chicken seemed to be the worst offender with all dishes containing an overwhelming amount of MSG’s. MSG is added to food for the addictive effect it has on the human body. Since its introduction into the American way of life, 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.
"Betcha can't eat just one," takes on a whole new meaning where MSG is concerned!

And we wonder why the nation is overweight!

For more information check out a novel The Slow Poisoning of America.