{"id":1680,"date":"2021-07-13T17:01:28","date_gmt":"2021-07-13T17:01:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.truthinlabeling.org\/blog\/?p=1680"},"modified":"2021-07-13T17:01:31","modified_gmt":"2021-07-13T17:01:31","slug":"dont-expect-to-learn-the-truth-about-msg-from-todays-u-s-researchers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/truthinlabeling.org\/blog\/2021\/07\/13\/dont-expect-to-learn-the-truth-about-msg-from-todays-u-s-researchers\/","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t expect to learn the truth about MSG from today\u2019s U.S. researchers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I\u2019m certainly not afraid to speak out. I\u2019ve been speaking out on the hazards of MSG for more than 30 years along with Jack Samuels, slowing down only to grieve his death and tell his story, \u201cIt Wasn\u2019t Alzheimer\u2019s, It Was MSG.\u201d <\/a>Given that the US maker of MSG controls the medical journals, the media, and the FDA as well as legislators who might have FDA oversight, speaking out has been limited to updating our fact-based webpage<\/a>, making it easier to use and writing blogs. And I filed three Citizen Petitions with the FDA<\/a> requesting that MSG and the toxic glutamate in it be stripped of their GRAS (generally recognized as safe) status. But apparently those who would or could do something for the welfare of the American people were not paying attention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But something changed in the 2020s. Maybe the pandemic caused some soul searching \u2013 at least in Asia and Africa. Maybe there was so much free-glutamate in processed food (free-glutamate being the toxic ingredient in MSG and all other flavor enhancers) that the numbers of people reacting to flavor enhancers escalated to the point that it couldn\u2019t be denied. Or maybe Ajinomoto\u2019s campaigns to clear MSG of its bad name backfired, and people realized that it was lies that were being told over and over and over again in industry propaganda dressed up as news — or lies being told by celebrity chefs who really don\u2019t use MSG in their cooking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today a friend of the Truth in Labeling Campaign sent me a copy of this research: \u201cWorldwide flavor enhancer monosodium glutamate combined with high lipid diet provokes metabolic alterations and systemic anomalies: An overview\u201d that included the warning, \u201cThis comprehensive review formulates health care strategies to create global awareness about the harmful impact of [MSG with a high lipid diet] on the human body and recommends the daily consumption of more natural foods rich in antioxidants instead of toxic ingredients.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And that wasn\u2019t the only warning I\u2019ve seen in recent years. Others have included:<\/p>\n\n\n\n