An MSG Allergy does not technically exist. However, John Hopkins research has determined that MSG does cause asthma in some people. While technically the human immune system does not recognize MSG as an allergen, MSG can cause big trouble in the body.
While MSG allergy may not specifically exist, the food additive most definitely causes a reaction in the body. It may seem like a game of semantics, but the body's reaction to MSG is more like a food sensitivity, although MSG is not a food. Make no mistake, MSG damages the body and because the damage takes years to become apparent it will not be associated with MSG.
Only about 5 percent of the population have a food allergy of any kind. An MSG allergy would put the body's immune system on high alert. This does not happen when MSG is ingested. However, something does happen when MSG is ingested and technically it's a food sensitivity. Semantics for sure, but a reaction by any other name is still a reaction.
MSG is shorthand for Monosodium Glutamate. It's a highly processed flavor enhancer usually made from vegetable protein. Chemically, it resembles the glutamate that naturally occurs in the body that is essential for dozens of body processes. However, too much glutamate throws these processes out of balance and causes what is often described as an MSG allergy.
Manufactured glutamate, such as MSG, is not identical to the glutamate made by the body and can cause harm. Food companies use MSG specifically because it targets and stimulates nerves in the mouth and brain. It also stimulates the nerve centers for hunger, taste and smell. MSG is essentially a drug, much like alcohol or caffeine.
MSG indirectly influences the pituitary by affecting the hypothalamus. This relationship causes brain cells to fire across the synapsis like an unregulated open switch. This unceasing impulse eventually causes cell death. This is why MSG is considered by many doctors to be an excitotoxin. The result may be mistaken as an MSG allergy.
This MSG flavor illusion stimulates the brain and many other organs, including your pancreas. MSG causes the pancreas to produce insulin. This causes the blood sugar to drop which in turn gives you the feeling of hunger when you just ate.
The easiest way to understand the impact MSG has on the body is to understand that it shuts down the brain's ability to sense when it is satisfied from eating. MSG drives us to eat more and more, regardless if we're busting at the seams. No wonder we can't eat just one snack chip and no wonder we're all getting fatter.
While MSG allergy may not specifically exist, the food additive most definitely causes a reaction in the body. It may seem like a game of semantics, but the body's reaction to MSG is more like a food sensitivity, although MSG is not a food. Make no mistake, MSG damages the body and because the damage takes years to become apparent it will not be associated with MSG.
Only about 5 percent of the population have a food allergy of any kind. An MSG allergy would put the body's immune system on high alert. This does not happen when MSG is ingested. However, something does happen when MSG is ingested and technically it's a food sensitivity. Semantics for sure, but a reaction by any other name is still a reaction.
MSG is shorthand for Monosodium Glutamate. It's a highly processed flavor enhancer usually made from vegetable protein. Chemically, it resembles the glutamate that naturally occurs in the body that is essential for dozens of body processes. However, too much glutamate throws these processes out of balance and causes what is often described as an MSG allergy.
Manufactured glutamate, such as MSG, is not identical to the glutamate made by the body and can cause harm. Food companies use MSG specifically because it targets and stimulates nerves in the mouth and brain. It also stimulates the nerve centers for hunger, taste and smell. MSG is essentially a drug, much like alcohol or caffeine.
MSG indirectly influences the pituitary by affecting the hypothalamus. This relationship causes brain cells to fire across the synapsis like an unregulated open switch. This unceasing impulse eventually causes cell death. This is why MSG is considered by many doctors to be an excitotoxin. The result may be mistaken as an MSG allergy.
This MSG flavor illusion stimulates the brain and many other organs, including your pancreas. MSG causes the pancreas to produce insulin. This causes the blood sugar to drop which in turn gives you the feeling of hunger when you just ate.
The easiest way to understand the impact MSG has on the body is to understand that it shuts down the brain's ability to sense when it is satisfied from eating. MSG drives us to eat more and more, regardless if we're busting at the seams. No wonder we can't eat just one snack chip and no wonder we're all getting fatter.
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MSG is everywhere. It's in manufactured food and it's in fast food too. And MSG goes by many different labels so a fast or food producer can legally claim they do not use MSG in their foods when actually they do. To learn more about MSG visit: MSG Allergy. To watch a video describing the impact of MSG on your brain see: MSG And Your Brain.
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