Monosodium Glutamate or MSG is carefully regulated neurotransmitter and breaks down slowly during the digestive process. Originally used in Asian cooking and made from a variety of seaweed, today it is made from fermenting sugar beet molasses. It has no specific flavor of its own but it fools the brain into thinking food tastes better that it actually does. The blood-brain barrier protects this free glutamate from entering the brain. However, artificially adding high concentrations of the free glutamate to food upsets this balance. If blood levels remain high, glutamate gradually seeps into the brain.
There is research that shown both glutamate and aspartate cause distraction of retina cells in mice and kill vital neurons in the brain itself. MSG has also been linked to impaired learning and behavioral problems in children, anger, obesity and diabetes. Children should avoid MSG as their brains are more susceptible than adults.
As appetite stimulator the MSG along with the artificial sweetener aspartame, may contribute to obesity as well. Although aspartame has virtually no calories, studies have shown that it may stimulate the appetite. This may also be the case with MSG. MSG is also led individuals to eat more food or be less active and its metabolic effects on the body which may predispose people to weight gain.
Mr. John Erb is a research assistant at the University of Ontario who wrote the book about MSG relates as "The Slow Poisoning of America". The MSG subject is not new and yet it has not given enough attention. It is essential to understand that the glutamate given to animal subjects is invariably a manufactured product produce in food/or chemical manufacturing plants.
Mostly consumers are not aware of the participation of MSG in the product that they used. Here are some lists of other names for MSG: (1) monosodium glutamate, monopotassium glutamate, glutamic acid; (2) anything that says hydrolyzed (such hydrolyzed vegetable protein); (3) anything that say autolized; (4) anything that says natural flavor or flavors, natural flavoring; (5) calcium caseinate; (6) sodium caseinate; (7) yeast extract; (8) seasoning; (9) soy protein, wheat protein, whey protein and anything fortified protein; (10) textured protein; (11) carrageenan; (12) gelatin; (13) soy sauce; (14) bouillon, pork, chicken and beef; (15) barley malt, malt extract, maltodextrin; (16) enzymes; (17) corn syrup, corn starch, dextrose; (18) citric acid. The Food of Drugs and
Administration (FDA) stated that product must be labeled this way.
Again a healthy body should always have a balance diet and exercise.
Author Resource:-
Charles Volcolatte is a health and weight loss researcher for www.skinnyasap.com. He writes and researches actively on Free Dieting Reviews and shares his knowledge at www.skinnyasap.com where he works as a staff writer.
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