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Cathy
| | Posted on Friday, February 08, 2002 - 3:25 pm: |    |
I'm new and am learning all I can. Thank you SO much for your help. May GOD BLESS YOU for your efforts!!! I know He helped me find this site.
I want to find a doctor in Manitoba,Canada who knows about MSG stuff.
I look forward to keeping in touch here in future and I want to tell EVERYONE I can about MSG once I get more informed. I know many people with problems such as MS, autism, etc.
Cathy |
Roy Piwovar
| | Posted on Friday, February 08, 2002 - 4:22 pm: | |
Cathy,
Doctors who specialize in treating migraines and other headaches may be more likely to be aware of problems related to MSG.
http://www.cma.ca/cmaj/vol-159/issue-1/0047.htm |
Deb A.
| | Posted on Saturday, February 09, 2002 - 10:48 am: | |
We are happy that you found us, Cathy. EVERYONE knows many people who are reacting to excitotoxins...the numbers are growing each day, unfortunately. Learning all you can about MSG is the most improtant thing you can do to help the people around you. Get yourself better first and then people will begin to listen. Most doctors are unaware of the effects of MSG. |
pianowoman36@hotmail.com
| | Posted on Friday, February 22, 2002 - 7:27 am: | |
Thanks so much for your VERY PROMPT response! I didn't find any info on doctors on the internet site, but my nurse practitioner (she works under a doctor's supervision) referred me to a dietician and gave me the name of a homeopathic doctor (a former pharmacist) that she's heard good things about. I'll check him out soon. In the meantime, I'm learning lots and feeling great. I had a bad reaction lately (after eating a few things that contained hidden MSG) which lasted 2 weeks. I don't remember having a reaction that long before. The one good thing that came out of it is I went to emergency and they ruled out any heart problems. My nurse practitioner feels better knowing this!
The hardest thing is convincing others about the MSG thing. My husband is coming around. I took our kids off MSG and am noticing improvement. Thank God!
I haven't found a really helpful Canadian site. In the coming months, I'd like to see what I can do to help, once I know what needs to be done.
Cathy |
Tom Fernstrom
| | Posted on Thursday, March 07, 2002 - 2:14 pm: | |
Dear Fellow MSG A-Fibbers,
I have been trying to keep tabs on my Uncle via long distance calls to St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester, MN (the MAYO Clinic) where he was admitted for severe back pain, but has been sent to the ICU 3 times so far for bouts of Atrial Fibrillation. I finally got ahold of his cardiologist today to explain that I had recently been helping my Uncle determine the cause of his A-Fib bouts and its relationship to MSG ingestion.
To my surprise, the cardiologist listened intently to my explainations and even asked for the website where I had picked up so much knowledge about the topic. I told him of this website, my use of CoQ10 and explained how CoQ10 provides energy to the cells to fend off the increase of glutamate in the mitochondrial fluid surrounding the cells. And I told how my Uncle had been taking CoQ10 and claimed increased energy and less A-Fib.
The cardiologist indicated how interesting that was because he has a patient that also swears that MSG brings on his A-Fib. Let's hope he does visit this site and find the real truth.  |
Roy Piwovar
| | Posted on Thursday, March 07, 2002 - 3:14 pm: | |
Regarding atrial fibrillation, the link below states that:
"AF is triggered by various factors (for example,
ingesting food containing MSG (monosodium glutamate)".
http://www.yourhealthbase.com/victor2.html |
Deb A.
| | Posted on Friday, March 08, 2002 - 10:30 am: | |
Tom, thank goodness, your uncle has you! Wouldn't it be great if that doctor began to talk to other doctors about MSG? Good work!
Read that link, Roy, and it sure is encouraging to see MSG being named as a trigger more frequently to serious conditions. |
PhyllisCh
| | Posted on Friday, September 13, 2002 - 3:42 pm: | |
I have been sensitive to MSG since I was a small child. I never realized, though, until I saw your website that this sensitivity would be the cause of my Fibromyalgia and irregular heartbeats. I am having difficulty ommitting it completely from my diet. I work full time and with not much time to cook dinner, I tend to cook whatever is quick. If anybody has any recommendations for quick msg free dinners, I would appreciate it.
I would also greatly appreciate if someone might recommend a doctor in the Putnam or Westchester County, New York or Danbury, Connecticut area. Thank you. |
Gerry Bush
| | Posted on Friday, September 13, 2002 - 9:30 pm: | |
PhyllisCh- The best way to avoid msg in foods is to search for restaurants that serve only "safe" food. I live in Mesa, Az and am able to eat safely at "Baja Fresh" which has great charbroiled fish tacos, and also at "Rubios Baja Grill" which is fast food that states "NoMSG-EVER!" They have many delicious and safe dishes.
I have also found a small Italian restaurant and even an Italian deli that has food that I can safely eat.
You might also try to find a "Trader Joe's", "Wild Oats", or "Whole Foods" market as you can find many safe, already prepared or easier to prepare dishes there. Be careful, read ALL labels and you can stay safe and MSG-free. Good luck! |
Ruth
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 18, 2002 - 8:36 pm: | |
PhyllisCh,
I stay away from restaurants totally, though now that I have my yeast and "leaky gut syndrom" problem under control, I might try eating out. It's been three years since I ate in a restaurant. Olive Garden, especially, gave me problems. Eggs, hard boiled, are fast and easy, and a great source of protein, if you aren't allergic. Canned tuna (make sure it has no MSG, or its hidden ingredients on the label)is also easy. No cooking required. With a piece of fresh fruit, or a salad, if you have time to prepare it, made with organic lettuce and a few safe vegetables, dressing of fresh lemon, olive oil, and salt, pepper, maybe a little honey, is good. I throw a few raw almonds on top. It's a quick lunch in a thermos bag with "blue ice." For dinner, keep it simple-safe chicken (from a health food store), prepared in quantity, frozen, and heated in microwave, maybe fried in a little olive oil with a fresh pepper or squash, takes just a few minutes. I make organic brown rice, enough for several days, to eat with the chicken. After you're feeling better, start experimenting with other safe meats-beef, pork. Do you have Deb's book-it has lots of great recipes and invaluable information about the hidden sources of MSG. Hope this helps. |
Martha Myers
| | Posted on Monday, November 11, 2002 - 12:44 pm: | |
Ruth,
I am interested in how you solved your leaky gut syndrome. Thanks for leads on quick protein. |
Ruth
| | Posted on Monday, November 11, 2002 - 5:52 pm: | |
Martha Myers,
My leaky gut syndrome was so bad that my only hope was to find a doctor familiar with leaky gut, and yeast, the cause of the problem. Yeast is very tough to kill. My doctor, a wholistic, M.D, prescribed Nystatin powder to kill the yeast, along with a no sugar diet and several supplements to boost the immune system. I have read that a diet, alone, can sometimes work, but my yeast problem was too advanced. I was eating almost nothing. Everything gave me migraines. I had lost over 30 pounds and was afraid that I'd wind up in a hospital, unable to control my weight loss. I started making progress after about a month on the diet and the Nystatin powder, and gradually improved over a period of 7 months. It's been a little over a year now and I can pretty much eat anything, except for Chinese food and more than one slice of pizza at a time. So far, those are the only foods I've tried from restaurants, and they both gave me migraines. Too heavy on the MSG. I can tolerate some MSG and all natural glutamates again. It's wonderful to be able to eat any fruits and vegetables I want without getting dizzy and a headache. I found my doctor on the ACAM website. Let me know if you need more information. |
Cathy
| | Posted on Thursday, November 14, 2002 - 7:49 am: | |
Martha,
I too was on a no sugar diet-no fruit, no milk or dairy(contains lactose-a type of sugar), no fermented foods, no yeast, no peanuts, no white flour or white rice, no processed food, etc. because my naturopath and I figured I had a yeast problem. For the first month, I followed the diet, eating lots of garlic and onions because they help kill the yeast. I also had to eat fresh pumpkin, sunflower or sesame seeds every day as well as ground flax seed (1Tbsp. 2X/day) and olive oil. Eating lots of fresh veggies, especially leafy ones, cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, turnips is also important. Eat whole grains, free range chicken and turkey, deep water fish, wild game, nuts, yeast-free crackers and breads.
For the second month, I followed the diet and had to take 1 medium clove garlic 2-3 times/day plus Thorne SF722 and Thorne Citricidin capsules-they kill the yeast. One is castor oil extract and the other is grape seed extract I believe. I don't know how they compare with Nystatin in strength.
During the third month, I continued the diet plus had to take high quality L. acidophilus and L. bifidum capsules (4-6 billion cells/capsule) 3X/day. Right at the end of the third month, I experienced the last "die-off" of the yeast (aches and terrible moods). Since then, I have had no symptoms, but I have gone very slowly re-introducing fruits, etc. I allow myself a small amount of bittersweet chocolate or a homemade cookie (made with only a little sugar plus a bit of stevia) and I usually eat these after a big meal so that the sugar is "diluted" with other foods. I haven't had much dairy or bread yet; I suspect I have some allergy to them which was "masked" before.
There are more details to this "candida treatment protocol" diet that I will give you if you like. An interesting point: this diet is very similar to what Deb A. and others recommend on this site. Not only does it eliminate the main sources of yeast (and things that aid yeast growth), but also the main sources of free glutamates! |
Tom Fernstrom
| | Posted on Thursday, September 04, 2003 - 9:45 am: | |
Dear NOMSGers,
I sent the below e-mail today. Maybe the Dr. can become interested in the cause as well as the technique described.
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Addressee,
If you can contact Dr. Petelenz, please inform him I know I would have either died or suffered extensive brain damage if I was not knowledgeable of this technique when I had an episode of Atrial Fibrillation where my heart beat so fast it essentially stopped pumping blood. I too knew to force myself to cough as described in the article linked below.
In my case, I have found that my episodes of Atrial Fibrillation were due to the ingestion of food products containing freed Glutamic acid or with added MSG.
http://apnews.excite.com/article/20030902/D7TAGCRG0.html
Sincerely,
Tom Fernstrom
Tfernstrom@aol.com |
Deb A.
| | Posted on Thursday, September 04, 2003 - 2:57 pm: | |
As always, you are doing good things, Tom. If more of us just took the time to inform more doctors, we could make more of an impact. We hear from so many people in the course of the work Mike and I do...email, phone calls,..anyway, when they share the familiar story of how their doctors didn't buy into the MSG "stuff", but then how they finally got better once they eliminated it, I always ask them, "did you ever go back to the doctors who gave you all the tests and wrong diagnoses and drugs?"..and 9 times out of 10, the answer is "no". I realize we want to forget all the pain we went through before we found the answer, but it is so very important to either write a letter with some sources for your doctor about MSG and your experience, or talk to him about it personally. Leave a letter with his staff to give to him. When we were in NoMSG, one of our projects was to write a "doctor's letter" and then send it to doctors all over the country. We had a difficult time getting a doctor to write one, which I could never understand, since we had 2 doctors on the board, and access to Dr. Blaylock and Dr. Schwartz. The project kept getting held up...maybe was considered too expensive...I really can't remember what happened, or if anything ever came of it. Anyway, doctors are very hesitant to believe that MSG is dangerous since the FDA hasn't said otherwise. But it is interesting that emergency room doctors are very familiar with its effects. |
Anonymous
| | Posted on Monday, May 08, 2006 - 11:55 pm: | |
You are all crazy. MSG has been around for hundreds of years. Asian cultures has used MSG for years on their foods, and they are the longest living ethnic group around. You with your "leaky gut syndrome" I have never had a leaky gut and have had MSG added to my foods at home for years. it adds falvor and is a perfectly harmless additive. Alot better than tons of salt or oils. |
Carol H
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 09, 2006 - 12:27 pm: | |
It does seem to have affected your spelling and grammar, though ......
Crazy is eating MSG and putting up with migraines, seizures, and projectile vomiting just cause you say so. |
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Tom Fernstrom
Unregistered guest
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 17, 2008 - 1:19 pm: | |
Dear NoMSGers,
Having been eligible to be a member of AARP for the last 8 years, I find it very discouraging to read about how many seniors have trouble finding primary care physicians who will accept them. From what I’ve read, there are fewer and fewer physicians willing to enter into general practice because the pay is low and the patient load is overwhelming.
I started to think about what would happen if our campaign to educate people to the harm caused by Excitotoxins became successful to this older generation. How long would it take to reduce patient loads enough to allow the doctor/patient ratio to return to a workable level.
Deb A.,
Have you ever thought of submitting an article to AARP?
Tom |
Tom Fernstrom
Unregistered guest
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 17, 2008 - 4:30 pm: | |
Deb A.,
Maybe if you wrote a series of articles like an advisory column dedicated to better health through excitotoxin abstinance?
Tom |
Deb A.
Unregistered guest
| | Posted on Thursday, September 18, 2008 - 9:48 am: | |
As soon as I find a minute, Tom! Great suggestion. |
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