Subject: Slow Poisoning


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 University of Waterloo, and spent years
working for the government.

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 a chemical 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 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 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 <http://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: NICOTINE for FOOD!

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, Souza CT, Ribeiro IA.
Res Commun Mol Pathol Pharmacol. 2002

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.
Iwase M, Yamamoto M, Iino K, Ichikawa K, Shinohara N, Yoshinari
Fujishima

Hypertens Res. 1998 Mar

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 "manufaturers" 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.yahoo.com.http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?
tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040311/ap_on_go_co/obesity_lawsuits_4

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 Canada. While sitting

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 to tell the public what he knew.

The big media doesn't want to tell the public either, fearing legal
issues with their advertisers. It seems that the fallout on the
fast food industry may hurt their profit margin.

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
www.pubmed.com <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





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