Sayer Ji, Contributing Writer
Monosodium glutamate (MSG) contributes to illness in two distinct ways:
1) It alters food that is bad for us and makes it taste really, really, really good, in essence compromising our health by tricking our taste buds and intuition into eating things that are intrinsically harmful, or harmful when eaten excessively.
2) It is a toxic chemical that directly damages neurological tissue, as well as inducing a generalized endocrine disruption throughout the body known as "metabolic syndrome," the symptoms of which include hypertension, insulin resistance, elevated blood lipids and/or elevated blood sugar.
So, What is Monosodium Glutamate (MSG)?