Re: MSG
#47683 - 03/03/04 07:40 AM
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Kree
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Bev, sorry about your fishies! I hate to be a bearer of bad news. 
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#47686 - 03/03/04 07:43 AM
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Bevvy
Reged: 11/04/03
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Loc: Northwest Washington State
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Thanks, Kree. But it's my fault. I should have read the ingredients on the package before I BOUGHT OUT THE STORE! 
Well, hubby can eat it; he doesn't have IBS. I'll just go in the garden and eat worms.
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The correct term is Monosodium Glutamate. Do some searching on the net and you'll find tens of thousands of sites relating to it, most of them negative. Personally, it affects me very badly also.
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The first time I heard about the dangers of MSG was before my first pregnancy. The experts say pregnant women should avoid nutri sweet and MSG, because of possible harm to the baby.
If additives can harm a developing baby, what do additives do to our bodies over a long period of time? I'm not a fan of chemically made foods.
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Re: Worms
#47732 - 03/03/04 10:59 AM
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BarbaraS
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LMBO!!! Enjoy those worms!!!  Just make sure they are worm.
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Kree,
I totally relate. I'm so sensitive to MSG that to prove it to my hubby, we did a taste test with two cans of tuna, one packed in water and one packed in vegetable broth with MSG. I did fine with the one packed in water, and reacted badly to the other even tho the liquid was drained off in both cases.
Another thing about MSG is that the food industry is allowed to call it a bunch of different things. Even "natural flavor" in the ingredients is usually really MSG. Check those websites mentioned by someone else for the full list of MSG aliases.
Why do food companies use it? Profits. It makes everything taste better (it's a flavor enhancer) and if something tastes better, you're more likely to keep buying it. I've learned the hard way that if a store-bought processed food (like a soup or a frozen meal) tastes too good to be true, it's because it's full of MSG.
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Quote:
Kree,
I totally relate. I'm so sensitive to MSG that to prove it to my hubby, we did a taste test with two cans of tuna, one packed in water and one packed in vegetable broth with MSG. I did fine with the one packed in water, and reacted badly to the other even tho the liquid was drained off in both cases.
Wow, that is a pretty powerful experiment. Same with me and the soup, that was the only difference. We should publish our results, lol.
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Another thing about MSG is that the food industry is allowed to call it a bunch of different things. Even "natural flavor" in the ingredients is usually really MSG. Check those websites mentioned by someone else for the full list of MSG aliases.
That's scary! I thought they had to list it as an ingredient. Grr... they certainly don't make things easy, do they??
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Hi Barb, my son has ADHA also and about 4 years ago our doctor put Brian (son) on a specific diet that cut out MSG along with all artifical preservative, artifical colors and flavors, no caffine or chocolate and no tomatoes or tomatoe product It has made a HUGE difference in his hyperness. When he does have some of these Items he gets so out of control it is almost unbearable. We allow him to have 7-up or sprite and I have substituted carob powder for cocoa and the carob chips for regular chips in cookies and such. MSG gives me migraines and same with Brian. In little kids it will give them stomachaches and nausua. Hope this helps Gail
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