LABEL LIES
Basic Facts (things the "glutes" don't want you to know)
This is How the "MSG is Safe" Game is Played
Propaganda
L-glutamate found in unprocessed/unadulterated/unfermented protein is L-glutamate, only. Whereas MSG (and the free glutamate in MSG) used in cosmetics, drugs, vaccines, dietary supplements, and processed food is manufactured, and always contains L-glutamate plus D-glutamate (an unwanted byproduct of L-glutamate production) plus other unwanted by-products of production that industry calls impurities. And since industry has not found a way to remove the unwanted impurities from processed free L-glutamate, the L-glutamate used in cosmetics, drugs, vaccines, dietary supplements, processed food – used anywhere -- always comes with impurities.
It is glutamic acid that has been manufactured that causes brain damage and adverse reactions. Glutamic acid found in unadulterated protein causes neither brain damage nor adverse reactions.
Glutamic acid found in protein is L-glutamic acid, only. Manufactured glutamic acid contains L-glutamic acid, but in addition to the L-glutamic acid that is derived from the protein source, manufactured glutamic acid contains a variety of impurities (unwanted by-products of production) that are inevitable results of manufacture. D-glutamic acid and pyroglutamic acid are two of those impurities.
The "scientific authorities” from around the world often cited by the Glutes -- including The Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB), the United Nations World Health Organization/Food and Agriculture Organization's Joint Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA), the European Communities' (EC) Scientific Committee for Food, and the Council on Scientific Affairs of the American Medical Association (AMA) -- have, for all intents and purposes, agreed that MSG is "safe." Each of these organizations, with minor exception, has considered only those documents submitted to them by Ajinomoto’s International Glutamate Technical Committee (IGTC) or their agents, or their glutamate-industry friends at the FDA.
Research having to do with the "safety" of MSG, designed and implemented by IGTC and/or other agents of the glutamate industry, is flawed to the point of being fraudulent. Use of placebos that contain excitotoxic amino acids which cause reactions identical to those caused by the excitotoxic free glutamate in MSG test material is an example.
MSG fed to very young laboratory animals, kills brain cells in the area of the hypothalamus, and, through that damage, causes a number of endocrine disorders. One of those endocrine disorders is gross obesity. Another is infertility.
Certainly, overeating and failure to exercise may contribute to obesity. But if you were exposed to MSG through your mother's diet when she was pregnant or nursing, or through the MSG in infant formula and/or vaccines; and if the area of your hypothalamus that should have controlled overeating had been damaged or destroyed by MSG (which we know can happen), you would have great difficulty controlling overeating -- and no amount of exercise would overcome your disadvantage.
The FDA works actively with the glutamate industry, often, but not always, through the IGTC, to maintain the myth that use of MSG poses no risk to humans.
The greatest risk of brain lesions, endocrine disorders, and adverse reactions following ingestion of MSG is the risk to children (whose blood-brain barriers are not fully developed), and to the elderly (whose aging blood-brain barriers may be deteriorating).
Promoting MSG-containing infant formula, especially hypoallergenic formula, enteral feeding products, and dietary supplements such as Ensure and Boost for the very young and for the elderly is, in this author's view, unconscionable.
By law, the burden of proof that any food ingredient is safe lies with the manufacturer. We know that the glutamate industry's alleged "proof" that MSG is safe is badly flawed.
The glutes control the media. Since "60 Minutes" did a segment on MSG in 1991, we have not seen one piece in major media that even comes close to questioning the "safety" of MSG.
The International Food Information Council (IFIC) is a public relations firm that represents various segments of the food industry. They have been representing the glutamate industry for many years. They are not an independent organization.