Hidden Sources Of MSG In Foods

You are what you eat. Do you always know what you are eating? Food labels can make it hard to figure out what is in the food you are eating.

Many of you know that MSG can cause health issues. How many of you know all the different names that companies can use for MSG and it's equivalents? The article below can help you with this.

The scariest quote from the article to me:

"Dr. Blaylock recounted a meeting with a senior executive in the food additive industry who told him point blank that these excitotoxins are going to be in our food no matter how many name changes are necessary..."

 

From the book 'Excitotoxins - The Taste That Kills'
By Dr. Russell Blaylock, MD
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What if someone were to tell you that a chemical (MSG) added to food could cause brain damage in your children, and that this chemical could effect how your children's nervous systems formed during development so that in later years they may have learning or emotional difficulties? What if there was scientific evidence that these chemicals could permanently damage a critical part of the brain known to control hormones so that later in life your child might have endocrine problems? How would you feel? Suppose evidence was presented to you strongly suggesting that the artificial sweetener in your diet soft drink may cause brain tumors to develop, and that the number of brain tumors reported since the introduction of this widespread introduction of this artificial sweetener has risen dramatically? Would that affect your decision to drink these products and especially to allow your children to drink them? What if you could be shown overwhelming evidence that one of the main ingredients in this sweetener (aspartate) could cause the same brain lesions as MSG? Would that affect your buying decisions? And finally, what if it could be demonstrated that all of these types of chemicals, called excitotoxins, could possibly aggravate or even precipitate many of today's epidemic neurodegenerative brain diseases such as Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, ALS, and Alzheimer's disease? Would you be concerned if you knew that these excitotoxin food additives are a particular risk if you have diabetes, or have ever had a stroke, brain injury, brain tumor, seizure, or have suffered from hypertension, meningitis, or viral encephalitis? Would you also be upset to learn that many of the brain lesions caused by these products in your children are irreversible and can result from a SINGLE exposure of these products in sufficient concentration? How would you feel when you learn the food industry hides and disguises these excitotoxin additives (MSG and Aspartate) so they can't be recognized? Incredulous? Enraged? The fact is many foods are labeled as having "No MSG" but in fact not only contain MSG but also are laced with other excitotoxins of equal potency and danger. All of the above are true. And all of these well known brain toxins are poured into our food and drink by the thousands of tons to boost sales. These additives have NO OTHER purpose other than to enhance to TASTE of food and the SWEETNESS of various diet products. Hidden Sources Of MSG As discussed previously, the glutamate (MSG) manufacturers and the processed food industries are always on a quest to disguise the MSG added to food. Below is a partial list of the most common names for disguised MSG. Remember also that the powerful excitotoxins, aspartate and L-cystine, are frequently added to foods and according to FDA rules require NO LABELING AT ALL. * Food Additives that ALWAYS contain MSG * Monosodium Glutamate Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein Hydrolyzed Protein Hydrolyzed Plant Protein Plant Protein Extract Sodium Caseinate Calcium Caseinate Yeast Extract Textured Protein (Including TVP) Autolyzed Yeast Hydrolyzed Oat Flour Corn Oil * Food Additives That FREQUENTLY Contain MSG * Malt Extract Malt Flavoring Bouillon Broth Stock Flavoring Natural Flavors/Flavoring Natural Beef Or Chicken Flavoring Seasoning Spices * Food Additives That MAY Contain MSG Or Excitotoxins * Carrageenan Enzymes Soy Protein Concentrate Soy Protein Isolate Whey Protein Concentrate Also: Protease Enzymes of various sources can release excitotoxin amino acids from food proteins.   Aspartame - An Intense Source Of Excitotoxins Aspartame is a sweetener made from two amino acids, phenylalanine and the excitotoxin aspartate. It should be avoided at all costs. Aspartame complaints accounts for approximately 70% of ALL complaints to the FDA. It is implicated in everything from blindness to headaches to convulsions. Sold under dozens of brand names such as NutraSweet and Equal, aspartame breaks down within 20 minutes at room temperature into several primary toxic and dangerous ingredients: 1. DKP (diketopiperazine) (When ingested, converts to a near duplicate of a powerful brain tumor causing agent) 2. Formic Acid (ant venom) 3. Formaldehyde (embalming fluid) 4. Methanol (causes blindness...extremely dangerous substance) Common Examples: Diet soft drinks, sugar free gums, sugar free Kool Aid, Crystal Light, childrens' medications, and thousands of other products claiming to be 'low calorie', 'diet', or 'sugar free'. A Final Note... Dr. Blaylock recounted a meeting with a senior executive in the food additive industry who told him point blank that these excitotoxins are going to be in our food no matter how many name changes are necessary...

What is your Fitness Mindset (ATTITUDE) ?

I talk to clients all the time about their mind sets.

Why do I feel that this is so important? Attitude isn't one the the keys to success. It is the only key. We tend to get out of life whatever we expect to get.

 

Changing your mindset

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"In order to replace old habits though a change in your mindset, there are three steps you should follow: 1. First, begin by specifically identifying the results you want. 2. Then create and develop actions that will accomplish those results. 3. Lastly, examine your beliefs about those actions to determine if they are holding you back... So if you want to achieve your goals, create a mindset made of beliefs that support the truth you want in your future."

We have no choice in what family we are born into. One quote I like to jokingly make is; "Picking the right parents is the key to success in life." Yeah, good luck with that.

We do have the choice to accept whatever we are told about ourselves, or we can always question why we were taught to think a certain way. It is easy for me, because I love to question why someone is trying to make me think a certain way. What is their motivation? Why do they think that way.

Since Fitness is my passion, I feel that people should develop what I call the Fitness Mindset. This means realizing that you control your level of fitness by your actions.
 

1. No one else can determine how you move.
2. You have total control on what activities you work on every day.
3. You know what feels right and what feels wrong.
4. How you end up moving in ten or twenty years is dependent on what you do for the next ten or twenty years, not the next few days or weeks. Fitness is a life long pursuit.
5. Any change that is worth it takes effort. You have to be willing to do the work.
6. The change(s) are worth the effort.
7. It's not how fast you start, it's how great you finish. Enjoy the process.

How is your fitness mindset?

 

Choices, so many choices (Don't swallow the toothpaste)

As children we are told somethings just are the way they are. Parents can make you feel like you don't have a choice. You have to do things a certain way. This can be a good thing.
Examples: Look both ways before crossing the street. Eat your veggies.

As an adult we sometimes forget that we choose to live the way we do. Every moment we have many choices. 

I think one of the main causes of unhappiness is thinking we have to do something. 

We don't have to do anything. We don't have to breath. You can hold your breath until you pass out. We don't have to wear clothes, we don't have to put our shoes on the correct feet. I could go on and on with this.
 
Think about getting out of bed. We can decide to stay in bed. We can decide to take our clothes off before getting out of bed. We could decide to try to get out hands first instead of feet first. I'm not sure how that would work.

After getting out of bed we choose what we do next. We can hop on one foot, we can walk, we can crawl, we can skip. We can walk backwards, forwards, sideways, fast, slow, etc.

We choose to brush or not brush our teeth. We choose how we brush those teeth. We choose to swallow or spit out the toothpaste when we are done.  

On a side note: Look at your toothpaste. Does it have a warning about swallowing too much of it? 
 
My mom pointed this out to us many years ago. We no longer use those types of toothpastes.


Take driving for an example. We choose to put the key in the ignition. We choose to turn the key to start the engine. We choose to put our foot on the brake before putting the car in gear. We choose to put the car in reverse when backing out of the garage. You have many choices.

Think about a grocery store.



You want to talk about choices. Do we need a cart or a basket? What do we want to put in the cart? Do we gently put the items in or do we forcefully put them in?  Green tea or soda? Chips and dip? Apples, what kind of apples?

We even choose to push the cart forwards instead of pulling it backwards around the store. We have many choices.




The choices you have made in the past have brought you to where you are today. You can chose to stay on the path your on, or you can choose to change paths. You can get back on the path you're where on if you chose.

The choice is always up to you. Having choices is something no one can take away from you. Your choices can be limited by others, but you will always have choices.

To quote Geddy Lee: "If you chose not to decide, you still have made a choice."

LIFT WEIGHTS TO CONTROL TYPE 2 DIABETES

My first exposure to seeing older adults strength train was a program on NOVA. They followed researchers from Tufts University as they trained frail elderly in a nursing home. In a few short weeks some of the residents quit using canes or walkers. I still think about that program on a regular basis. 


 



We could improve the quality of many lives while saving a ton of money by having older adults work on their strength and power levels. Power is the key because older adults lose even more power than they do strength. Power should only be developed after a basic level of strength has been attained.

 

The following article is from Tuft's University:

 

Our laboratory at Tufts University just published a very important study in the December issue of Diabetes Care regarding strength training and type 2 diabetes. Dr. Carmen Castaneda, a close colleague of mine, led the research endeavor. Sixty-two older men and women were randomized into either a strength-training program or a "usual care" control group. After sixteen weeks, the men and women in the strength-training group experienced significant improvements in glucose control, had reductions in blood pressure, became stronger, gained muscle, and lost body fat. In addition, most of the volunteers in the strength-training group were able to reduce their intake of diabetes medications. The results were even better than we anticipated!

There are a couple of interesting elements to this study. All of the volunteers were Hispanic and none of them had done anything like this before. Despite the novelty of the exercise, they all did very well and most of them really enjoyed the exercise. The reason to study Hispanic older adults was driven by the fact that the prevalence of type 2 diabetes in Hispanics is double that of Caucasians. Additional research from Australia shows us that the findings are also applicable to the general population.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has called diabetes "the epidemic of our time." Today, there are 16 million Americans with type 2 diabetes, a 700 percent increase from 1960. In addition, there are another 16 million people who are pre-diabetic. Forty years ago, when type 2 diabetes (which constitutes over 90 percent of all cases) was called "maturity-onset" diabetes, it was considered a disease that appeared in the elderly. Times have changed. Now even adolescents get type 2 diabetes! The reasons for the dramatic increase in the prevalence of type 2 diabetes are the increase in obesity along with poor nutrition and inadequate exercise.

We have known for many years that exercise helps to improve glucose control in type 2 diabetes. Most of the research has looked at aerobic exercise. Now we know that strength training is a critical element in the arsenal of holistic treatments to help women and men control their type 2 diabetes!

More power to you,
Miriam E. Nelson
Author of
Strong Women Stay Young
Strong Women Stay Slim
Strong Women, Strong Bones
Strong Women Eat Well
Strong Women and Men Beat Arthritis
Founder of http://www.strongwomen.com

For more information go to the American Diabetes Association at www.diabetes.org (Reference: Castaneda, C, JE Layne, Munoz-Orians L, PL Gordon, J Walsmith, M Foldvari, R Roubenoff, KL Tucker, ME Nelson. A randomized controlled trial of resistance exercise training to improve glycemic control in older adults with type 2 diabetes. Diabetes Care 25:2335-2341, 2002)