{"id":362,"date":"2019-07-07T19:10:12","date_gmt":"2019-07-07T19:10:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.truthinlabeling.org\/blog\/?p=362"},"modified":"2019-07-07T19:10:18","modified_gmt":"2019-07-07T19:10:18","slug":"cutting-through-industrys-maze-of-lies-about-monosodium-glutamate-msg-seven-essential-truths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/truthinlabeling.org\/blog\/2019\/07\/07\/cutting-through-industrys-maze-of-lies-about-monosodium-glutamate-msg-seven-essential-truths\/","title":{"rendered":"Cutting through industry\u2019s maze of lies about monosodium glutamate (MSG): Seven essential truths"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>1: MSG is manufactured. It isn\u2019t found naturally in anything. <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/31Euddc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/31Euddc (opens in a new tab)\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/31Euddc<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2: The toxic ingredient contained in MSG is manufactured glutamic acid &#8212; glutamic acid that is mass-produced in chemical plants. <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2VBV0mZ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2VBV0mZ (opens in a new tab)\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/2VBV0mZ<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3: The same toxic free glutamic acid found in MSG is also found in some 40-plus other ingredients. <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2U0gkAU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2U0gkAU (opens in a new tab)\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/2U0gkAU<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>4: Glutamic acid becomes excitotoxic (killing cells throughout the body) when present in amounts that exceed what\u2019s needed for normal body function. <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2VoGZwN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2VoGZwN (opens in a new tab)\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/2VoGZwN<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>5: The average American diet of processed food (all kinds, not just \u201cjunk food\u201d), contains more than enough free glutamic acid to cause glutamate to become excitotoxic. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2U0gkAU (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2U0gkAU\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/2U0gkAU<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2iGqNli\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2iGqNli (opens in a new tab)\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/2iGqNli<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>6: When glutamate becomes excitotoxic, four types of abnormalities can follow:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Brain damage <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2XhSbra (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2XhSbra\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/2XhSbra;<\/a><\/li><li>Subsequent destruction of part of the endocrine system <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2XhSbra (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2XhSbra\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/2XhSbra<\/a> \/ <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2Yt73Eh (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2Yt73Eh\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/2Yt73Eh;<\/a><\/li><li>Destruction of peripheral cells that control specific functions, such as pain <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2S0rIxh (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2S0rIxh\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/2S0rIxh<\/a> \/ <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/32dWqI6 (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/32dWqI6\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/32dWqI6;\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li>A variety of adverse reactions, not allergic reactions, but reactions to a poison. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2NuvH6E (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2NuvH6E\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/2NuvH6E<\/a> \/ <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2Xq7dA0 (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2Xq7dA0\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/2Xq7dA0<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>7: The dose needed to cause these reactions varies widely from person to person. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2UXwR9i (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2UXwR9i\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/2UXwR9i<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>If you have questions or comments, we\u2019d love to hear from you. If you have hints for others on how to avoid exposure to MfG, send them along, too, and we\u2019ll put them up on&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Truth-in-Labeling-Campaign-114093959577\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Facebook<\/em><\/a><em>. Or you can reach us at questionsaboutmsg@gmail.com and follow us on&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/truthlabeling\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Twitter @truthlabeling<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1: MSG is manufactured. It isn\u2019t found naturally in anything. https:\/\/bit.ly\/31Euddc 2: The toxic ingredient contained in MSG is manufactured glutamic acid &#8212; glutamic acid that is mass-produced in chemical plants. https:\/\/bit.ly\/2VBV0mZ 3: The same toxic free glutamic acid found in MSG is also found in some 40-plus other ingredients. https:\/\/bit.ly\/2U0gkAU 4: Glutamic acid becomes &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/truthinlabeling.org\/blog\/2019\/07\/07\/cutting-through-industrys-maze-of-lies-about-monosodium-glutamate-msg-seven-essential-truths\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Cutting through industry\u2019s maze of lies about monosodium glutamate (MSG): Seven essential truths&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":365,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[53,84,31,4,100,48,29,24],"class_list":["post-362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-excitotoxic","tag-manufacturedfreeglutamate","tag-mfg","tag-msg","tag-msgismanufactured","tag-msgreactions","tag-truthinlabeling","tag-truthinlabelingcampaign"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/truthinlabeling.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362","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=362"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/truthinlabeling.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":372,"href":"http:\/\/truthinlabeling.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362\/revisions\/372"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/truthinlabeling.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/truthinlabeling.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/truthinlabeling.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/truthinlabeling.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}