create obese rats on purpose by injecting them
with MSG, and vaccine makers add the active part of MSG to vaccines they
want every child to get injected with. Now, solve
this picture puzzle:
MSG IN VACCINES
(PATENT IN 1982) (BORN
have no idea what is causing childhood obesity
rates to rise in the past few decades (basically since 1982).
Now for some scientific
MSG is actually injected into laboratory rats to induce obesity.
There are many many scientific studies done using these
MSG treated rats since rats are not naturally overweight. It also has been shown to
increase appetite in male rats and to induce obesity in female rats and chickens.
Scientists in Spain have recently concluded that MSG when
given to mice increase appetite by as much as 40%.
For more related research:
Although it is often brought up by glutamate industry representatives
that injected MSG is somehow different than ingested MSG it has actually
been proven in studies with human subjects that ingested MSG results in
raised blood levels of glutamic acid and that this free glutamic acid
does increase insulin levels in the human body.
The other argument often made by representatives from the glutamate industry
- that the blood brain barrier protects the brain from increased glutamate
levels in the blood does not address the fact that the part of the brain
responsible for hunger - the hypothalamus, is not protected at all by the
blood-brain barrier. They also do not address the fact that the
blood-brain barrier is compromised in individuals in a hypoglycemic state,
which may occur when levels of insulin - the very hormone increased by
ingesting MSG, is high.
However, consider the fact
that nearly all vaccines now have Glutamic acid - the active part of MSG and
what causes weight gain - added to them. SO, any child born since
vaccine makers added glutamate to vaccines - that would be any time after
1982 - is the equivalent of an MSG INJECTED laboratory rat.
Study in rural China on humans, shows ingested MSG contributes to obesity, regardless of caloric intake
drug to treat both Diabetes AND Obesity is Liraglutide, a GLP-1 drug
that also decreases the neurotoxicity of glutamate. It not only reduced
blood glucose, but also reduced weight in "MSG-treated" obese rats.
Regardless of that
research, and the longstanding scientific tradition of creating
"MSG-Induced" obese rats, and the ability of a GLUTAMATE BLOCKER to result
in weight loss, and the research in Spain that showed MSG increased appetite
in animals by 40% , the USDA is now working with the company that makes MSG,
to put it into DIET foods anyway, regardless of the FACT that MSG
CONTRIBUTES DIRECTLY to obesity. Why you ask? To help folks lose
The latest studies on obesity focus on a substance made by the fat cells in
the human body called leptin. Leptin is being studied as the next
"obesity drug" because in some obese test animals it has been shown to
decrease body weight. However, and this is important, leptin
did not work on test animals that were obese due to MSG-induced
obesity. This suggests that perhaps the damage to the hypothalamus
caused by MSG, caused the hypothalamus to become resistant to the effect
If we discover that leptin does not help in this latest epidemic -
childhood obesity, we should perhaps focus our attention on what causes the
hypothalamus to ignore the presence of leptin. A good start would be to
investigate how foods children eat cause leptin resistance.
Currently there is scientific data being explored regarding the enzyme,
AMP-Activated Protein Kinase, also known as AMPK. Leptin suppresses
the action of AMPK which causes humans to eat less and use more energy.
The data related to AMPK was discussed at a conference
that took place in
Australia during the week of March 22, 2004. There is hope that knowledge of
how AMPK works will help health professionals deal with the obesity
AMPK is released in the body during times of metabolic stress - like the
ischemia that occurs during stroke. Basically the body is trying to limit
its use of energy any way it can so the cells don't run out of energy and
die from exertion. To do this, it activates AMPK, which is now linked to
obesity because it affects our intake of food. MSG, since it raises the amount of glutamate present in the bloodstream,
will actually help to activate AMPK because it is an excitotoxon - it makes
the cells use up too much energy - so its presence causes the cells to throw
up the defense of activating this protein kinase to prevent to loss of more
energy. So - MSG = activated AMPK = increased appetite = decreased energy
expenditure = obesity. Here's a little quiz- guess which unprotected part of
the brain is involved with this enzyme? The hypothalamus. According to the
article: "Leptin inhibits AMPK in the hypothalamus," Kahn explains. This
makes sense because the net effect of leptin is to make a person eat less
and spend more energy, so inhibiting AMPK also leads to a suppression of
food intake, Kahn says."
Since in animal studies, MSG-treated mice became resistant to leptin,
and it is remarked on in the above article that most obese people are
resistant to the effects of leptin, perhaps leptin's effect as a AMPK
suppressor just can't compete with MSG as an AMPK activator.
Add to the AMPK
activating effects of MSG, the damage to the hypothalamus of MSG in general,
and you have an actual recipe for obesity - anything with MSG in it.
We should remind you that glutamate
is proven to cause the damage in stroke. Stroke
causes ischemia which causes AMPK to be released as a protective measure.
This also explains much better why regular CoQ10 use appears to help
mitigate an MSG reaction. CoQ10 helps the body withstand metabolic stress.
The very stress that glutamate causes. Stroke is
now being called an obesity-related disease, but perhaps "MSG-related
disease" would be nearer the mark, and CoQ10 is now on the formulary for
heart patients at hospitals in the U.S.
By directly stimulating the pancreas to release insulin, which drops the
blood sugar, MSG can be considered an "anti-appetite suppressant". In
other words, eating MSG makes you hungrier than you would have been, sooner
than you would have been. Over-release of insulin can lead to
obesity and insulin resistance - the start of Type II Diabetes. Obesity,
and Type II diabetes are now epidemic in children. Before the
introduction of MSG into the American diet, these diseases were rare in
children. Based on these simple facts, US doctors are now questioning if
the rising use of MSG had a hand in creating these two new "epidemics".
Who is at Risk?
Note that the two highest risk groups, African American and Hispanic
children, also are the highest risk groups for asthma too. Asthma has
already been proven to be excacerbated by MSG. Again, asthma, Type II
Diabetes AND obesity all rose at the same time MSG consumption rose
in the US.
Based on this fact alone, the reason for the rise in obesity may not be
Nintendo and Nickelodeon as mentioned in the article, but high-MSG foods kids
love like Doritos, and most fast food. If MSG makes laboratory animals obese,
it may work the same in children. See the above
information on APMK.
And obesity among
young people in China is growing at 10% each decade. According to the
following BBC article, just in the years from 1985-2000, obesity in China's
children increased 28 fold.
(italics ours). Like American foods, most processed
foods targeted to Chinese consumers have large quantities of MSG added.
Unfortunately, the Chinese, like Americans, consume large amounts of MSG and do not consume as many other foods that may counteract it, as the Japanese do (taurine-containing raw fish,
documentary about a man who gains 25 pounds in one month by eating
McDonald's food for 30 days makes no mention of the fact that MSG has been
shown to induce obesity when injected into humans, however, it should be
noted that the following McDonald's foods contain pure monosodium glutamate
as an added ingredient.
Grilled Chicken Filet
Hot and Spicy Chicken Patty
Grilled Chicken Ceasar Salad
Grilled Chicken California Cobb Salad
Sausage Scrambled Egg Mix, Sausage,
and Sausage Patty
It is interesting to note that the man in the film who
consumed only Big Macs did NOT become obese.
PLEASE NOTE: The above list
does not include the
additional items at McDonald's that have
MSG-containing soy sauce, natural flavors or
hydrolyzed protein which can contain up to 20% free glutamic acid - the
business end of MSG.