I'm sure you already know that tortilla and potato chips aren't health foods, right? They're made with fried fats, they almost always harbor hidden toxic chemicals (acrylamides), and if they're flavored, they usually contain monosodium glutamate (MSG). This is basically a recipe for obesity.
But how does MSG cause obesity? Like aspartame, MSG is an excitotoxin, a substance that overexcites neurons to the point of cell damage and, eventually, cell death. Humans lack a blood-brain barrier in the hypothalamus, which allows excitotoxins to enter the brain and cause damage, according to Dr. Russell L. Blaylock in his book Excitotoxins. According to animal studies, MSG creates a lesion in the hypothalamus that correlates with abnormal development, including obesity, short stature and sexual reproduction problems.
Based on this evidence, Dr. Blaylock makes an interesting point about the American obesity epidemic, especially among young people: "One can only wonder if the large number of people having difficulty with obesity in the United States is related to early exposure to food additive excitotoxins, since this obesity is one of the most consistent features of the syndrome. One characteristic of the obesity induced by excitotoxins is that it doesn't appear to depend on food intake. This could explain why some people cannot diet away their obesity." As an increasing number of elementary school students bring snack-size bags of chips to school in their lunch boxes, the MSG-obesity link demands parental caution.
Instead of passively watching modern society become obese and then commenting on it, we need to change it at the start. That begins with you, the consumer. By avoiding foods with MSG, you are not only protecting your health and your family's health, you are also protecting society's health by not supporting companies that use MSG. Use your buying power to show that you don't accept manufactured foods that use MSG or any of the other hidden forms of MSG such as yeast extract, hydrolyzed vegetable proteins and autolyzed proteins.
"Consuming MSG leads to obesity"
Early exposure in life to high doses of
glutamate, or the other excitotoxins, could theoretically produce a whole array
of disorders much later in life, such as obesity, impaired growth, endocrine
problems, sleep difficulties, emotional problems including episodic anger, and
sexual psycho-pathology.
Excitotoxins by Russell L Blaylock MD, page 89
The stress-induced abnormalities in blood-brain
barrier permeability suggest differing MSG effects dependent on existing states
of relaxation or stresses. The suggestive evidence for MSG-induced
neuroendocrine effects is substantial, coupled with the observation of increased
obesity in children.
In Bad Taste by George R Schwartz MD, page 39
With this enormous consumption of foods laced
with MSG additives, it is no wonder that we have an obesity problem in this
country, especially when you combine the hypothalamic lesion caused by MSG to
the high-fat and -carbohydrate diets of young people. Of particular concern is
the suggestion that MSG ingested by pregnant women may actually cause this
lesion in children while they are still in the womb.
Health And Nutrition Secrets by Russell L Blaylock MD, page 180
This also means that, while pregnant, mothers
of diabetic children also consumed very large amounts of these
excitotoxin-containing foods. Also, many parents feed their babies table food
from an early age—food often laced with large amounts of MSG. In addition, large
numbers of babies are also fed formula, and many formulas are known to be high
in excitotoxins such as caseinate. I have already cited studies showing that
gross obesity is frequently linked to excessive MSG consumption in test animals.
Health And Nutrition Secrets by Russell L Blaylock MD, page 182
Particularly disturbing is the later obesity
after MSG exposure during the neonatal and infant period even after only a short
or limited exposure.
In Bad Taste by George R Schwartz MD, page 22
With all of these endocrine malfunctions you
would expect these mice to develop abnormally, and they do. Consistently, the
animals exposed to MSG were found to be short, grossly obese, and had difficulty
with sexual reproduction. One can only wonder if the large number of people
having difficulty with obesity in the United States is related to early exposure
to food additive excitotoxins since this obesity is one of the most consistent
features of the syndrome. One characteristic of the obesity induced by
excitotoxins is that it doesn't appear to depend on food intake. This could
explain why some people cannot diet away their obesity. It is ironic that so
many people drink soft drinks sweetened with NutraSweet® when aspartate can
produce the exact same lesions as glutamate, resulting in gross obesity. The
actual extent of MSG induced obesity in the human population is unknown.
Excitotoxins by Russell L Blaylock MD, page 81
"Animal studies demonstrate link between MSG and obesity"
The obesity effect of MSG in animals requires
evaluation since unexplained obesity is increasing in our population, along with
hypertension and diabetes. MSG-induced obesity in animals may carry long-term
significance for humans.
In Bad Taste by George R Schwartz MD, page 22
Since his early observation, other studies have
confirmed that MSG causes gross obesity in animals. At an international
neuroscience meeting, Dr. Olney was asked if he thought the reason Americans
were so obese was, in fact, due to their high consumption of MSG additives. The
question was never answered, but since that conference in the 1970s,
America has undergone this
virtual epidemic of gross obesity, especially among its youth.
Health And Nutrition Secrets by Russell L Blaylock MD, page 180
This MSG-induced obesity was characterized by a
preference for carbohydrates and an aversion for more nutritious foods, just as
we are now witnessing in our youth. Also, excess weight was extremely difficult
to exercise off or diet off in these experimental animals.
Health And Nutrition Secrets by Russell L Blaylock MD, page 182
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