Dear Friend, This week's issue is packed full of empowering informtion I hope you will share with interested family and friends. Due to the volume of information in this week's issue, the Financial section will be sent out in Part Two. Be well, Wendy Wilson, Herbalist Health MSG KILLS YOUR BRAIN by Ty Bollinger MSG is anexcitotoxin. These are substances, usually amino acids, which react with specialized receptors (neurons) in the brain in such a way as to lead to the destruction of certain types of brain cells. Humans lack a blood-brain barrier in the hypothalamus, which allows excitotoxins to enter the brain and cause damage. Simply put, as described in Dr. Russell Blaylock's book, Excitotoxins: The Taste That Kills, they are exactly what they sound like: toxins that excite your brain cells to death! How does this happen? "MSG enters the brain past the blood-brain barrier and triggers neurons to open their calcium channel. The glutamate causes the cell to remain stuck in the open position then calcium floods into the cell in large amounts. This triggers the cell to react in emergency mode and starts its special pump that will start pumping out the excess calcium using up large amounts of energy (ATP), the cell swells up with excess calcium and eventually the cell is depleted of energy and dies within two hours. The pump couldn't pump out the excess calcium fast enough. (It's like trying to bail water out of a boat with a large hole in the bottom. You use up a ton of energy and eventually the boat is filled and sinks). The cell shrivels up and the body's defense mechanism sweeps away the dead cell debris." http://www.msgexposed.com/msg-causes-rapid-brain-cell-death/ No strain of rat or mice is naturally obese, so the scientists have to create them. They make these morbidly obese creatures by injecting them with monosodium glutamate (MSG) when they are first born. The MSG triples the amount of insulin the pancreas creates, causing rats to become obese. MSG creates a lesion in the hypothalamus that correlates with abnormal development, including obesity, short stature and sexual reproduction problems. MSG has also been shown to kill brain cells as well as to cause nausea, vomiting, migraine headaches, depression, and heart problems. Unfortunately, MSG is often disguised under other names; thus, you may not be able to detect it in a list of ingredients. Some synonyms for MSG are "Glutamate Textured Protein" or "Glutamic Acid Yeast Extract" or "Gelatin Yeast Nutrient" or "Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein." They hide MSG under many different names in order to fool those who catch on. Food companies learned that MSG could increase the flavor and aroma and enhance acceptability of commercial food products, so it is doubtful that they will ever quit using this brain killing additive to our food supply. Take a quick trip to your kitchen and check the pantry and the fridge. You will realize that MSG is in everything: soups, the chips, the ramen, the hamburger helper, the gravy, the salad dressings, the corn oil, the broth, and so on.