{"id":2706,"date":"2023-08-31T16:49:40","date_gmt":"2023-08-31T16:49:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.truthinlabeling.org\/blog\/?p=2706"},"modified":"2024-02-21T03:18:58","modified_gmt":"2024-02-21T03:18:58","slug":"msg-and-aspartame-friends-on-the-top-ten","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/truthinlabeling.org\/blog\/2023\/08\/31\/msg-and-aspartame-friends-on-the-top-ten\/","title":{"rendered":"MSG and aspartame \u2013 \u2018friends\u2019 on the top ten"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>MSG and aspartame have a lot in common. Both contain an essential ingredient that is an excitotoxic &#8212; brain damaging &#8212; amino acid. And you\u2019ll find both on more and more \u201ctop ten\u201d lists of food additives to avoid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The editors of <em>Prevention<\/em> list MSG and aspartame on their <em>10 food additives to never ever eat, <\/em>calling FDA loopholes for \u201ctesting and approval<em>\u201d <\/em>\u201cjust plain dangerous.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.prevention.com\/food-nutrition\/a20480944\/worst-food-additives\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.prevention.com\/food-nutrition\/a20480944\/worst-food-additives\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The website Food Matters includes MSG and aspartame on its <em>Top ten food additives to avoid list<\/em>, saying MSG is a \u201cknown excitotoxin, a substance which overexcites cells to the point of damage or death.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foodmatters.com\/article\/top-10-food-additives-to-avoid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.foodmatters.com\/article\/top-10-food-additives-to-avoid<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Sears says to avoid MSG and aspartame \u201cfor the brain health of your family,\u201d also noting that \u201cexcitotoxins can alter the chemistry of the brain.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-dr-sears-wellness-institute wp-block-embed-dr-sears-wellness-institute\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"uqhNZaUmd5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.drsearswellnessinstitute.org\/blog\/excitotoxins\/\">Excitotoxins in Your Food<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Excitotoxins in Your Food&#8221; &#8212; Dr. Sears Wellness Institute\" src=\"https:\/\/www.drsearswellnessinstitute.org\/blog\/excitotoxins\/embed\/#?secret=ioZS441zxe#?secret=uqhNZaUmd5\" data-secret=\"uqhNZaUmd5\" width=\"525\" height=\"296\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And a\u00a0blog done by The Underground Health Reporter also notes\u00a0MSG and aspartame as number one and two on their list of <em>The 10 worst food ingredients<\/em>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/undergroundhealthreporter.com\/the-10-worst-food-ingredients\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">http:\/\/undergroundhealthreporter.com\/the-10-worst-food-ingredients\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s not just coincidental that they appear together,&nbsp;because the essential ingredient in each is an&nbsp;excitotoxic \u2013 brain damaging \u2013 amino acid.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MSG and aspartame have a lot in common. Both contain an essential ingredient that is an excitotoxic &#8212; brain damaging &#8212; amino acid. And you\u2019ll find both on more and more \u201ctop ten\u201d lists of food additives to avoid. The editors of Prevention list MSG and aspartame on their 10 food additives to never ever &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/truthinlabeling.org\/blog\/2023\/08\/31\/msg-and-aspartame-friends-on-the-top-ten\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;MSG and aspartame \u2013 \u2018friends\u2019 on the top ten&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2874,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[122,54,569],"class_list":["post-2706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-aspartame","tag-excitotoxins","tag-toxic-food-additives"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/truthinlabeling.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2706","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/truthinlabeling.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/truthinlabeling.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/truthinlabeling.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/truthinlabeling.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2706"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/truthinlabeling.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2706\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2710,"href":"http:\/\/truthinlabeling.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2706\/revisions\/2710"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/truthinlabeling.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/truthinlabeling.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/truthinlabeling.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/truthinlabeling.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}