On November 15, 2011, Truth in Labeling Campaign co-founder Jack Samuels suffered a massive heart attack. He died on January 15, 2012 from heart damage exacerbated by complications caused by MSG and the manufactured free glutamate (MfG) in it \u2013 MfG used in the electrode tabs applied to his skin; in the dextrose solution used to deliver the drugs that would crystallize in the non-MSG Ringer\u2019s solution and in the starch, cornstarch, and carrageenan components of the medications given to him when the IVs were withdrawn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Had the FDA not lied about the toxic potential of MSG and MfG, had the medical community not believed them, had the MfG in IV solutions and meds been identified on product inserts, Jack might be alive today. Had Jack not spent half of the last quarter of his life fibrillating following ingestion of MfG hidden in food, he might not have had the heart attack in the first place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read Jack\u2019s story, \u201cIt Wasn\u2019t Alzheimer\u2019s, It Was MSG\u201d here<\/a> or purchase a Kindle edition<\/a> at Amazon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And be sure to comment on Adrienne Samuels\u2019 petition to strip MSG and MfG of their FDA GRAS (generally recognized as safe) status at
https:\/\/www.regulations.gov\/document?D=FDA-2021-P-0035-0001<\/a>
especially if you agree that the FDA should not be advertising MSG and MfG as GRAS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you have questions or comments, we\u2019d love to hear from you. If you have hints for others on how to avoid exposure to MfG, send them along, too, and we\u2019ll put them up on <\/em>Facebook<\/em><\/a>. Or you can reach us at questionsaboutmsg@gmail.com and follow us on <\/em>Twitter @truthlabeling<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n