San Francisco Post Office

This is mostly about life in the post office and my views on politics, science, astronomy, amateur radio, ect.

Saturday, February 04, 2012

Is MSG bad for your health?

There are certain facts about the US population that cannot be disputed. We, as a people, consume more processed foods than any other nation. We are number 3 on the worldwide rates of obesity and locals in foreign countries can immediately pick out the Americans at tourist spots-we are the fat ones!

What's in our foods that do this? Well, if you take the time to read the ingredients on the label, you will find MSG or some form of it. Scientists feed it to lab rats to fatten them up for diabetes studies and the food companies put it into our food to enhance taste. MSG is known as an excito-toxin that kills brain cells and overloads (over-excites) our normal glutamate receptors.

I'll have more on MSG as time goes on. In the meantime, I recommend a very eyeopening video that will keep you on the edge of your seat. Pleas search for the video "The Beautiful Truth" on Youtube. You will find all the movie segments, but sometimes the entire movie is posted as one continuous video. Anyway, the movie also tells the story of Max Gerson MD who CURED CANCER OVER AND OVER after moving to the states from Germany in the 1930s.

That's all for now, folks!