| Betreff: FORUM FOR DISCLOSURES SLOW POISONING OF AMERICA [and CANADA] |
| Von: "Tom Kennedy" |
| Datum: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 00:01:35 -0500 |
| An: |
SLOW POISONING OF
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
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" MSG?
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 as 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: http://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,
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. 2002 Aug
Obesity induced by neonatal monosodium glutamate treatment in spontaneously hypertensive rats: an
animal model of multiple risk factors. Yamamoto
M, Iino K,
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
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. 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: http://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
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 Bush 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 http://www.pubmed.com. Type in the words "MSG Obese",
and read a few of the 115 medical studies that appear.
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. With your help we can put an end to this,
and stop the Slow Poisoning of America.
Let's save our children says (John Erb) ...