{"id":3014,"date":"2024-05-16T15:22:01","date_gmt":"2024-05-16T15:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/truthinlabeling.org\/blog\/?p=3014"},"modified":"2024-05-16T15:37:06","modified_gmt":"2024-05-16T15:37:06","slug":"the-msg-migraine-connection-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/truthinlabeling.org\/blog\/2024\/05\/16\/the-msg-migraine-connection-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The MSG migraine connection"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Despite the glutamate industry\u2019s widely disseminated marketing material, practically every headache clinic in the U.S. lists MSG as a migraine trigger.  FDA records even list migraines as the single most common reaction<\/a> to both MSG and the low-cal sweetener aspartame (both of which contain excitotoxic amino acids.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition, the Truth in Labeling Campaign has received untold numbers of reports over the years from those who were able to prevent the intense suffering of a migraine by eliminating sources of free glutamate \u2013 which include MSG and\u00a0dozens of other additives<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You would think that recent findings out of the University of Utah would put the \u201cMSG doesn\u2019t cause migraines myth\u201d away for good. The study, published in the journal Neuron<\/em>, found that migraines appear to be triggered by \u201cmassive \u2018plumes\u2019 of glutamate,\u201d described by the researchers as filling the \u201carea between brain cells\u201d and sparking \u201ctsunami-like waves of activity that spread across the brain in migraine and other nervous system disorders.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Researcher K.C. Brennan, M.D., who participated in the study, calls glutamate plumes \u201ca completely new mechanism of migraine, and it\u2019s a good bet that they are players in other diseases of the nervous system.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While glutamate plumes may be \u201csomething new under the sun,\u201d if you are a frequent blog-reader of the Truth in Labeling Campaign, the fact that free glutamate is a causative factor in a slew of neurological and non-neurological abnormalities, not just migraines, won\u2019t be a new concept. And the fact that this new study doesn\u2019t turn up top-of-the-list for searches on \u201cmigraines\u201d is both bad news for the many millions who suffer from what the World Health Organization calls one of the \u201c10 most disabling medical illnesses\u201d one can have, and testimony to the clout of the glutamate industry to keep anything negative about MSG from appearing in major media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can read MSG linked to migraines? Chemical used in processed food could trigger brutal headaches <\/em>at: https:\/\/www.studyfinds.org\/msg-migraines-processed-food\/<\/a> And as you read, do note that even while describing in detail how devastating these glutamate plumes can be, the article\u2019s author appears to have felt compelled to promote the \u201cno definite link\u201d between MSG and \u201cpoor health\u201d concept the Glutes so often manage to get into print.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As always, the Truth in Labeling Campaign has questions.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What would it take to recognize a definite<\/strong> link between MSG and poor health? Would the manufacturer of MSG have to admit that MSG causes reactions such as migraine headache along with brain damage \u2014 and that the FDA has been representing glutamate-industry interests since 1968, if not before?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are seven lines of evidence leading to the conclusion that manufactured free glutamate, no matter where it is found, is excitotoxic. See https:\/\/bit.ly\/3vkZ6Cl<\/a> or if you like graphics with your information, https:\/\/7lines.org<\/a>. Take special note of the details of industry\u2019s programs for rigging studies: https:\/\/www.truthinlabeling.org\/assets\/seven_lines\/Seven_Lines_Lines3.pdf<\/a> and: https:\/\/www.truthinlabeling.org\/assets\/seven_lines\/Seven_Lines_Line6.pdf<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You might also be interested in details of the role played by the FDA https:\/\/www.truthinlabeling.org\/assets\/industrys_fda_final.pdf<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Despite the glutamate industry\u2019s widely disseminated marketing material, practically every headache clinic in the U.S. lists MSG as a migraine trigger.  FDA records even list migraines as the single most common reaction to both MSG and the low-cal sweetener aspartame (both of which contain excitotoxic amino acids.) In addition, the Truth in Labeling Campaign has received untold … <\/p>\n

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