| Author | Message | ||
| Howard M |
Deb A. I tried the Costco Romaine Lettuce (six to a bag). Two days for lunch salad and well, I'm toast. (translation: I began to react two hours after the second lunch, with a minor warning just before I got up this morning, as if it were warning me) I do believe that Costco has managed to secure a steady supply of Lettuce which requires the supplier to augment (hehe...erk) his crop for maximum growth. Any ideas, anyone? Or am I guessing? (but I don't think so) | ||
| Roy Piwovar
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Howard, I'm afraid you may be right about the romaine lettuce: http://www.truthinlabeling.org/msgsprayed.html | ||
| Anonymous |
Howard: I'm reacting to just about all produce - organic, non-organic, Farmer,s Market local, big agribusiness, ¨U.S. grown, foreign grown. At a local farmer's Market last week, I saw huge cabbages - honestly about the size of a basketball for sale. | ||
| Ruth |
Anonymous, Any chance you might have yeast and leaky gut? The symptoms are escalating food allergies. My symptoms (migraine haedaches) got worse over a 2 year period; I finally decided I needed the help of a doctor to be ably to eat again. I can eat all vegetables now. You can do a word search here for yeast and leaky gut. | ||
| Laurie M |
Cabbages aren't neccesarily being sprayed in order to get that big. Up here in Alaska our cabbages can grow to the size of a small dog house!! No spraying neccesary. Just a good growing season with lots of light. | ||
| Anonymous |
Ruth:Thanks for the suggestion about yeast and leaky gut. I'll do the word search and consider the possibility. Laurie M.: I had no idea cabbages could grow that large. Thanks for the comment. | ||
| John Z |
Hey gang, are you saying that if produce is sprayed with MSG it would grow huge? | ||
| Deb A. |
AuxiGro is a metabolic primer that consists of 30% free glutamic acid, the harmful form found in MSG. It does not wash off. It was developed to make larger and more bountiful crops, which it does. In addition, they learned that it acts as a pesticide, also. It does not wash off...becomes part of the plant and produce protein. | ||
| John Z |
I assume all organic produce is safe, right? If you spray said organic produce with MSG/auxigro/any other chemical it can no longer be called organic, am I right or wrong? | ||
| Deb A. |
MSG is considered a "natural" substance by the FDA and the EPA. It is primarily comprised of glutamic acid, an amino acid found in many vegetables and fruits, milk, the bones in our bodies, etc. However, the form in MSG has been highly processed and is in a form that enters our bloodstream immediately without having to got through the normal, slow digestive process. But the FDA, fueled by the industry sponsored/paid tests of the food industry, doesn't designate any difference between naturally occurring bound glutamic acid, and the free or processed form found in MSG. As a result, organic growers think that they are spraying something very "natural" on their crops, while pumping them with free processed glutamic acid. All organic produce is not safe if one reacts to some of it....as many here and elsewhere have reported. AuxiGro is 30% free glutamic acid and does not wash off like some chemical pesticides do. It especially binds with root vegetables since it is sprayed on the plant and travels to the root...onions, potatoes, carrots, peanuts, etc. It is sprayed on a lot of lettuces, berries, tree fruits, and nuts, and more...that's not saying all organic or non-organic farmers of these products use AuxiGro. One woman I know used fish fertilizer on her vegetable garden and reacted to the produce that year....she is extremely sensitive to hydrolyzed protein and MSG. Not everyone is as sensitive..we all have different tolerance levels for excess glutamate. | ||
| Jerry Story
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John Z, Organic does not mean safe! I went to a store that was devoted to nothing but organic foods. I read some labels. MSG was everywhere, just like a normal store. | ||
| BiggieG |
So what can you use to wash your fruits and veggies? | ||
| MEMorrisNJ
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I soak my fruits and vegies for 10 minutes in water with several squirts of concentrated Proseed Grapefruit Seed Extract (a little goes a long way) that I buy from Needs. I then make certain to rinse several times. A little goes a long way. This was recommended by a friend of mine who is highly sensitive to molds. |
