Common food additives that can make you fat and promote diabetes.

A team of scientists in the Faculty of Medicine at the Complutense University of Madrid has discovered that when given to rats, E-621 (MSG) produces a massive 40 percent increase in appetite. The scientists think the additive affects the arcuate nucleus area of the brain and so prevents proper functioning of the body's appetite control mechanisms. According to this hypothesis, people (and children) who consume foods with large quantities of E-621(MSG) just feel more and more hungry the more they eat. The scientists think the additive affects the arcuate nucleus area of the brain and so prevents proper functioning of the body's appetite control mechanisms. According to this hypothesis, people (and children) who consume foods with large quantities of MSG just feel more and more hungry the more they eat. Is it any wonder that food companies would put this ingredient in their food.... you'd buy more food and assure their profit margins stay high. In hundreds of studies produced worldwide over the last thirty years, Monosodium Glutamate has been injected under the skin of day old mice and rats to produce obese rats and mice with a predisposition for diabetes. Just as the occurrence of obesity and diabetes has risen to record levels, so too has the public's ingestion of MSG. MSG, also found in ingredients such as Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein and Autolyzed Yeast Extract, is being added to a huge selection of restaurant food and processed food found in supermarkets. When ingested by human test subjects MSG directly affects the Pancreas stimulating it to triple its standard output of insulin output. This unnatural amount of insulin finds the sugar in the blood and converts it to fat. A few hours after you eat MSG the excess insulin the MSG triggers reduces your blood sugar level so much that you become tired and even hungry again. In animal test subjects this excess insulin leads to hyperinsulinemia: the chronic overproduction of insulin. The pancreas becomes so out of control that the body starts producing killer T cells to shut it down. Is it any wonder why diabetes, obesity and lethargy in our youths are at an all time high? Junk foods, processed foods, even cafeteria foods are now laced with large amounts of exitotoxic glutamates. John Erb, author of the book The Slow Poisoning of America reports. So don't be fooled...when you search for MSG-free foods you still may be getting it if you have Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein or Autolyzed yeast extract in your dinner.... check labels and see how many foods you have in your cupboard that have these hidden MSG ingredients.

What's wrong with fructose?

High fructose corn syrup is in everything and has been linked to IBS (irritable bowel syndrome). The average yearly consumption is more than 60 pounds per person per year!!! There is a childhood epidemic of obesity and diabetes and much of it could be blamed on the fructose. Once thought to be beneficial as an alternative to sugar, those beliefs have been shattered as long-term studies show how it damages our bodies. Products of fructose breakdown and cross-link proteins that bind to proteins directly called (Advanced Glycosylated End) proteins that are associated with rapid aging of tissues including eye, kidney and blood vessels. In addition fructose can damage the liver. Small amounts of natural fructose found in fruit won't hurt you but when you consider most soft drinks, jams, deserts, candy, crackers, bread all has high fructose corn syrup you can see how easily it is to overindulge. Stevia, xylitol, maple syrup or small amounts of just plain natural sugar is lots better. We have talked about this in most of our books, especially The Secrets of Staying Young, The ADD and ADHD Diet and others.