It has only just occurred to me that the reader is supposed to<\/strong> come away with the idea that MSG occurs naturally in foods like shrimp, seaweed, and tomatoes. That, after all, is one of the glutamate industry\u2019s essential lies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The truth is that MSG is manufactured. It doesn\u2019t occur naturally in anything. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Here the lie is just put more subtly than usual. Still, I can\u2019t believe how long it took me to recognize this as fine-tuned propaganda designed to leave you and me with the misconception in our heads that MSG occurs naturally in food. That\u2019s how good they are at deceptive and misleading advertising.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In case you\u2019ve missed the glutamate industry\u2019s list of essential inaccuracies, misrepresentations, and deceptions we\u2019ve recapped it here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The six big fat lies <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n #1: The glutamate contained in MSG is identical to the glutamate in the human body<\/p>\n\n\n\n #2: MSG is very well researched and found to be safe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n #3: It must be safe since the FDA has said so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n #4: MSG has been used for over a century without adverse reactions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n #5: MSG is naturally made, similar to yogurt, vinegar and wine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n #6: Monosodium glutamate occurs naturally in food. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Actually: MSG is manufactured using genetically modified bacteria that excrete glutamic acid through their cell walls. In the United States, monosodium glutamate is produced in Ajinomoto\u2019s plant in Eddyville, Iowa. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Whopper<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Humans couldn\u2019t eat enough Manufactured free Glutamic acid (MfG) to cause the brain damage, endocrine disorders, and assorted reactions that the laboratory animals had experienced. <\/p>\n\n\n\n In addition to out and out lies, <\/strong>there\u2019s the question of the ethics of omission of facts relevant to the safety of a product. The FDA says that it is illegal to omit relevant information when describing drugs.\u00a0 That\u2019s what the drug inserts are all about.\u00a0 But according to the FDA \u2013 and the legislators who fund them \u2013 telling the whole truth about poisonous ingredients doesn\u2019t hold true for food.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A big push has been launched in Nigeria to promote sales of MSG and the Nigerian branch of the Japanese company that now manufactures it. As always, the propaganda aimed at Nigerians is attractive, persuasive, and delivered by authorities, celebrities and other \u201cexperts.\u201d Following are snippets (all of them lies) taken from a July 25, 2021 article in Punch:<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe safety of AJI-NO-MOTO\u00ae has long been scientifically proven and its safety approved by authorized agencies of the United Nations.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAn extensive body of research which has been reviewed by scientists and governments around the world, including the US FDA, the American Medical Association, experts of the United Nation\u2019s Food and Agriculture Organization, World Health Organization and the European Commission\u2019s Scientific Committee for Food demonstrates that glutamate is safe.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cUmami seasoning, according to [the subject of the interview] has been safely used as food ingredient since 1908 after it was discovered by a Japanese scientist, Dr. Kikunae Ikeda.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cMSG\u2019s 113-years history of safety validated by health organizations across the globe,\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cMSG is found naturally in some foods including tomatoes and cheese.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cMSG does not cause allergy; it does not cause asthma\u2013 no link at all; it does not cause obesity; no adverse effect on the lung. Again, no study has shown any group of people not to take glutamate.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAlmost all seasoning contains MSG\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n For more about the dangers posed by coming in contact with MfG (the poisonous ingredient in MSG) and the people who manufacture and market it, see:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n There are seven lines of evidence<\/a> leading to the conclusion that the manufactured free glutamate (MfG) in monosodium glutamate is toxic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Data that demonstrate that glutamate in human tissue becomes excitotoxic<\/a> \u2013 brain damaging \u2013 when present in amounts that exceed what a healthy person needs for normal body function.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Animal studies done in the 1970s <\/a>that have demonstrated the toxicity of MSG and MfG. Animal data offered inappropriately as evidence<\/a> that MSG is harmless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Alerts from independent researchers <\/a>warning of dangers posed by ingesting MSG.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Human studies<\/a> that have demonstrated the toxicity of MSG.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/truthinlabeling.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/ajm_plant.jpg\")
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