\u201cMSG has an\u00a0image problem.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That was the first sentence in the latest online propaganda received by the Truth in Labeling Campaign today. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAn estimated 42% of us are trying to limit or avoid MSG entirely, according to the International Food Information Council,\u201d as reported by Karen Ansel in the TODAY article appearing at msn health — Is MSG bad for your health? The Surprising truth<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Is that an admission or what? Especially coming from the IFIC, an industry front group that\u2019s been representing Ajinomoto, MSG\u2019s U.S. manufacturer, for years. (It was the IFIC that orchestrated the damage control plan for Ajinomoto when concerned about the 60 Minutes program on MSG in 1991.) *<\/p>\n\n\n\n Then Ansel goes on to ask, \u201cIs MSG really as problematic as we\u2019ve been led to believe, or is it time to give it a second look?\u201d And the answer, of course, is that it\u2019s time to give MSG a second look.<\/p>\n\n\n\n From that point forward, the piece reads like much of the glutamate-industry propaganda we\u2019ve seen over the years. As would be anticipated, there\u2019s growing reference to MSG as a salt substitute, ignoring, as always, the downside of substituting excitotoxic amino acids for sodium. But there\u2019s also a hint that authors for glutamate-industry propaganda are getting hard to come by, as evidenced by Ansel giving her article over to Toby Amidor, quoting generously from Amidor who has been representing Ajinomoto for years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The article concludes by saying: \u201cIn the end, if you\u2019re one of those people who is MSG sensitive, it makes sense to avoid it. For everyone else, there\u2019s no need to stress about it.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n Are you serious? No need to stress if you don\u2019t get something you notice like a-fib or headache after consuming MSG? Think about the fact that you won\u2019t be able to notice<\/strong> the brain damage that occurs if you accumulate more glutamate than your body requires.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Resources<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Toby Amidor<\/strong>: Excitotoxins:\u00a0<\/strong> “It Wasn\u2019t Alzheimer\u2019s.\u00a0 It Was MSG.” \u00a0Page 34.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong> https:\/\/www.truthinlabeling.org\/assets\/it_wasnt_az.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n PROPAGANDA 101: The 8 ingredients in cutting edge propaganda<\/strong>: Six Big Fat Lies<\/strong>: Seven Lines of Evidence leading to the conclusion that manufactured free glutamate, no matter where it is found, is excitotoxic<\/strong>: * 60 Minutes<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
http:\/\/truthinlabeling.org\/blog\/2020\/03\/21\/scientists-have-known-msg-is-toxic-for-decades-why-doesnt-media-spokesperson-toby-amidor\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
https:\/\/www.truthinlabeling.org\/assets\/seven_lines\/Seven_Lines_Line1.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
http:\/\/truthinlabeling.org\/blog\/2019\/05\/01\/propaganda-101-the-8-ingredients-in-cutting-edge-propaganda\/<\/a>\u00a0 Featuring Stefan Chin\u2019s YouTube presentation<\/p>\n\n\n\n
https:\/\/www.truthinlabeling.org\/lies.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
https:\/\/bit.ly\/3vkZ6Cl<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 and\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 https:\/\/7lines.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n