MSG can have a profound negative affect on the body and even cause symptoms of asthma, but technically there is no such thing as an MSG allergy. Research by John Hopkins has determined that MSG will cause asthma in some patients, but it does not trigger an allergic response.
What many people might consider as an MSG allergy is probably a different biological reaction caused by the food additive. Although it is not an allergy, the reaction is very real. People who appear to be allergic to MSG might simply be more sensitive to it.
Actually, very few people have food allergies. An MSG allergy would cause the immune system to respond with antibodies. Food allergies occur in less than five percent of the population. A sensitivity to MSG does not cause a reaction in the immune system. However, there are still definite physical reactions to consuming MSG.
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.
The glutamate that is added to processed foods is not the same glutamate the body manufactures. The artificial glutamate is specifically damaging to the nerves of the body, including brain tissue. Food processors add MSG to their products precisely because it stimulates hunger by exciting the nerves associated with taste and smell.
MSG affects the hypothalamus, which in turn controls the pituitary. Because of this relationship MSG appears to affect hormone production throughout the body. Glutamate triggers nerve cells to fire and an excess of glutamate will cause nerve cells to die by over-stimulation.
Any way you slice it, MSG makes you fat. MSG seduces your taste buds into believing you are eating a nutritious meal when you are really just eating junk. And it isn't just your taste buds, the whole digestive process cranks up to respond to this illusion.
A lot happens when the body is fooled by MSG, but the simplest way to understand it is to realize that MSG defeats your body's mechanism for feeling satisfied with a meal. MSG makes you want to keep eating. That's why you can't eat just one chip, or cookie, Moonpie or whatever. That's why we're fat and getting fatter.
What many people might consider as an MSG allergy is probably a different biological reaction caused by the food additive. Although it is not an allergy, the reaction is very real. People who appear to be allergic to MSG might simply be more sensitive to it.
Actually, very few people have food allergies. An MSG allergy would cause the immune system to respond with antibodies. Food allergies occur in less than five percent of the population. A sensitivity to MSG does not cause a reaction in the immune system. However, there are still definite physical reactions to consuming MSG.
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.
The glutamate that is added to processed foods is not the same glutamate the body manufactures. The artificial glutamate is specifically damaging to the nerves of the body, including brain tissue. Food processors add MSG to their products precisely because it stimulates hunger by exciting the nerves associated with taste and smell.
MSG affects the hypothalamus, which in turn controls the pituitary. Because of this relationship MSG appears to affect hormone production throughout the body. Glutamate triggers nerve cells to fire and an excess of glutamate will cause nerve cells to die by over-stimulation.
Any way you slice it, MSG makes you fat. MSG seduces your taste buds into believing you are eating a nutritious meal when you are really just eating junk. And it isn't just your taste buds, the whole digestive process cranks up to respond to this illusion.
A lot happens when the body is fooled by MSG, but the simplest way to understand it is to realize that MSG defeats your body's mechanism for feeling satisfied with a meal. MSG makes you want to keep eating. That's why you can't eat just one chip, or cookie, Moonpie or whatever. That's why we're fat and getting fatter.
About the Author:
MSG is everywhere. It's in manufactured food and it's in take-out food too. And MSG goes by many different identifiers so a take-out or food industry 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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