Please Help?!?!

[Zook]

Hi everyone. I haven't posted here in about 7 months, since I discovered that hidden MSG was the main source of my problems. I forget who it was here that mentioned it, but I couldn't be more thankful.

So here's the deal. Currently, MSG holds a status of GRAS (generally recognized as safe) by the FDA. This puts it in the category of salt and pepper. Right now we have the opportunity to be heard by the FDA, but unless they receive enough comments on the petition, they will not even consider it.

There is a citizen's petition at: Open Original Shared Link, which I urge anyone to at least read. Click on the document by John Edward Erb - Citizen Petition. Then you can review the pdf document and (I hope) click on the comment balloon and enter your comments to support that the GRAS status be removed from MSG.

I really do hope you'll help. Getting the word out to your friends and family would be helpful too.

[Rachel--24]

Even without a noticeable reaction MSG can be damaging to our health. We are also getting PLENTY of it in most processed foods. Most of the MSG we consume is not labeled in the ingredients since they have found ways to "hide" it by processing it into other "safer sounding" ingredients.

Its another neurotoxin that we are constantly exposed to unnecessarily. Its cheap, it allows food manufacturers to use lesser quality ingedients in their product, it enhances the flavor of the food and it affects the part of our brain which tells us when we're full. We eat more and in the end the only poeple benefiting are the ones who are making a profit by adding this neurotoxin into our food.

[Zook]

Thanks for adding that Rachel. It's a refreshing response from the ones I normally get (i.e., MSG is a great flavor enhancer and it's totally safe...).

ps. I think it was you who lead me to the MSG connection. Thanks!

[Zook]

I have a question about dairy and Celiacs. Can those with Celiacs tolerate it? If not, has anyone tried raw milk? It's not the same product as milk destined to be pasteurized (picture cows standing around in a small cramped area full of feces and not cared for vs. cows on lush green pastures that are treated as part of the family). It's even safer than pasteurized milk, no thanks to the biased studies and bad rap from industrialized dairy. Anyway, I thought I throw that out there since many people who can't tolerate dairy can tolerate raw dairy (though it should be called real dairy).