It didn't take long after the discovery of pure MSG when a neuroscientist, Dr. John Olney, found that damage was caused to the retina in rats. But it wasn't just the retina. The rats became grossly obese. Chasing that down found similar damage all...
What can you do to keep a healthy brain? First, repeat after me what you have to avoid from last week. Remember? No tobacco. Cut the alcohol to one drink a day. Trans fats are poison! (No French fries). Saturated fat isn’t much better. Processed...
Instead of a potentially toxic drug for you and your children, try:
An American pressure group is suing the Food and Drug Administration because the additive mono-sodium glutamate (MSG) is not required to be included on food labels. ...
BEWARE THE CHINESE TAKEAWAY: It might affect your eyesight
Monosodium glutamate has been blamed for a huge range of non life threatening but disturbing effects, from dizziness, light headedness, mental confusion and panic attacks, to hyperactivity and beh ...
Re the letter from the glutamate people (WDDTY vol 14 no 8): I don’t need a scientific study to tell me that I get a specific headache the size of a golf ball in the middle of my forehead if I’m unlucky enough to eat food with MSG in it.
THE CHINESE TAKEAWAY: Bad for eyes, good for guys
What is fibromyalgia? Once called ‘fibrositis’, the patient has tight and tender spots in his muscles, and suffers general fatigue. To qualify as a fibromyalgia sufferer, at least 11 of 17 specific body points should be significantly tender...
Re prevention of migraine (WDDTY vol 14 no 5, p 10), we are concerned that the references linking monosodium glutamate [MSG] to headaches may cause unnecessary concern among your readers.
John Whitcomb
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