Until fairly recently, the thing called \u201cfood\u201d used to be food, not manufactured amino acids and other chemicals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Then, someone discovered that a huge, virtually untapped goldmine was out there for things that could be advertised as protein-containing meat-like \u201cfoods\u201d that weren\u2019t made from animals. That market is now reported to be hitting $4.5 billion in yearly sales and expected to grow substantially every year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
These protein substitutes have now become so popular that the Impossible Burger from Impossible Foods and the Beyond Burger from Beyond Meat have made the jump not just into supermarket meat aisles, but to fast-food places like Burger King and Dunkin\u2019 Donuts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
But there\u2019s a problem. This mock meat contains excitotoxic (brain damaging) manufactured free glutamic acid (MfG) — the same toxic ingredient found in monosodium glutamate. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Don\u2019t expect to find that information on the label. And especially don\u2019t expect the fake-food industry to tell you that glutamic acid is associated with Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer\u2019s disease, multiple sclerosis, stroke, ALS, autism, schizophrenia, depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), epilepsy, ischemic stroke, seizures, Huntington\u2019s disease, addiction, frontotemporal dementia, attention-deficit\/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and autism. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
There\u2019s protein in meat, fish and poultry. But what\u2019s made in food-processing plants and marketed as a replacement for meat isn\u2019t protein. Although those products contain amino acids with names like the ones that are found in meat, fish, and poultry, don\u2019t be fooled. The amino acids in these imposters have been manufactured in food- processing and\/or chemical plants, and all come loaded with unwanted by-products of production (a.k.a. impurities) such as D-glutamic acid and pyroglutamic acid, three of those amino acids being excitotoxins \u2013 meaning they kill brain cells. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The names of some of the ingredients that contain excitotoxic amino acids may be familiar to you. They include monosodium glutamate (MSG), maltodextrin, hydrolyzed mung beans and other hydrolyzed protein products, pea protein isolate and other protein isolates and concentrates, all of which contain excitotoxic MfG. (More are listed here.)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n You can find additional information on the webpage and blogs of The Truth in Labeling Campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you have questions or comments, we\u2019d love to hear from you. If\n you have hints for others on how to avoid exposure to MfG, send them \nalong, too, and we\u2019ll put them up on <\/em>Facebook<\/em><\/a>. Or you can reach us at questionsaboutmsg@gmail.com and follow us on <\/em>Twitter @truthlabeling<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n