When I filed three citizen petitions with the FDA at the beginning of this year, I wasn\u2019t expecting the Glutamate Association to respond. It typically never acknowledges anything negative about its flagship product MSG, that is loaded with toxic free glutamate. But this time it did.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now, inspired by those comments from the \u201cGlutes\u201d I have produced a website dedicated to laying out the evidence<\/strong> behind the requests made in those petitions — one being that manufactured free glutamate (MfG) and those ingredients that contain MfG should be removed from the FDA\u2019s list of GRAS (generally recognized as safe) substances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It\u2019s no secret that disease and disability may be caused, at least in part, by toxic chemicals released into the air and added to food. But while chemicals such as lead and asbestos and hazardous air pollutants are recognized as noxious by government agencies, poisonous chemicals used in foods and beverages are rarely acknowledged as such.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The website \u201cSeven Lines of Evidence leading to the conclusion that\u00a0manufacture free glutamate is toxic,\u201d<\/em><\/a> was created to draw attention to the class of chemicals known as excitotoxins \u2013 brain damaging amino acids \u2013 recognized by neuroscientists as being toxic, but not acknowledged by the FDA as such.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Glutamic acid (as in pea protein isolate) and aspartic acid (as in aspartame), two of the three excitotoxic amino acids used in food, are being used as flavor enhancers, protein supplements, and low calorie (diet) sweeteners, added in quantity to infant formula, enteral care products, protein powders, dietary supplements, processed foods, so-called \u201cplant-based\u201d products, snacks, anything that is hydrolyzed, some pesticides\/fertilizers and pharmaceuticals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The FDA, EPA, and USDA will claim that the excitotoxins used in food are perfectly safe. The evidence says otherwise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You\u2019ll find Seven Lines of Evidence <\/em>at https:\/\/7lines.org\/<\/a>.\u00a0 Please use the contact form at the webpage for questions and comments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In Health,<\/p>\n\n\n\n Adrienne Samuels, Ph.D.
Director, Truth in Labeling Campaign<\/p>\n