| There's a great deal of deception in the labeling of | | | | ingredients with harmless sounding names such as |
| food products found at your local grocery store and | | | | "yeast extract." I believe this practice to be |
| even at many health food stores. A disturbing trend | | | | irresponsible and unethical, and I strongly urge you to |
| I've noticed is that many vegetarian products and | | | | not only avoid purchasing products made with yeast |
| grocery items billed as "healthy" or "natural" are using | | | | extract, but avoid products from companies that use |
| chemical additive taste enhancers found in an | | | | yeast extract in any of their products. It is simply a |
| ingredient listed right on the label. | | | | dishonest practice, and we should not reward |
| The taste enhancer is MSG monosodium glutamate a | | | | companies that engage in such practices by |
| chemical that has been associated with reproductive | | | | purchasing any products they manufacture. |
| disorders, migraine headaches, permanent damage to | | | | Unfortunately, many of these food manufacturers are |
| the endocrine system leading to obesity, and other | | | | creating products for the so-called health foods |
| serious disorders. MSG is a chemical compound that | | | | industry. In a way that is sadly all too real, traditional |
| simply does not belong in the body in the | | | | grocery products and processed foods will list MSG |
| concentrations provided by these foods. It is used by | | | | right on the label. At the same time, so-called healthy |
| food manufacturers as a taste enhancer something to | | | | products will use yeast extract, so they can avoid |
| cover up the bland tastes of these foods and make | | | | mentioning MSG on the label. Yet, both products |
| them more appealing to consumers. But food | | | | contain MSG, and both products carry the risk of toxic |
| manufacturers don't want to list MSG on the labels, | | | | side effects associated with MSG. |
| especially when they know that consumers will avoid | | | | So, are you any safer by purchasing health foods |
| purchasing products that list MSG. | | | | rather than traditional grocery store foods? The |
| So what do they do instead? They hide the ingredient | | | | answer is that you should avoid purchasing processed |
| in another ingredient called "yeast extract," then they | | | | foods at all, regardless of what health claims are made |
| put yeast extract in the product and list "yeast extract" | | | | on the label. Processed foods are unhealthy foods, |
| right on the label. So this is the scam: all sorts of natural | | | | period. If you want optimum nutrition, and foods for |
| health products and vegetarian products are using | | | | which the human body was designed, you need to |
| chemical taste enhancers in the form of yeast extract, | | | | purchase and consume raw ingredients, such as |
| but are failing to disclose to consumers that they | | | | vegetables, fruit, nuts, whole grains, and healthy oils. It's |
| actually contain MSG. And if you look around at the | | | | also a good idea, as you've often heard me |
| natural health products in health food stores and | | | | recommend on NewsTarget.com, to supplement your |
| grocery stores, you'll find that yeast extract is a rather | | | | diet with whole food supplements, organic vitamins, and |
| prominent ingredient. It's used in soups, in vegetarian | | | | superfoods, such as chlorella, spirulina, broccoli sprouts |
| mixes, in some tofu mixes, and even so-called natural | | | | and sea vegetables. This is the way to achieve |
| frozen foods. | | | | optimum nutrition, not by purchasing processed foods |
| I can personally verify that yeast extract has the | | | | that are disguised as healthy foods, even though they |
| same effect as MSG, because I am an individual who | | | | contain ingredients known to induce toxic side-effects |
| is extremely sensitive to MSG. Upon consuming even | | | | in the human body. |
| a small amount of MSG, I experience a severe | | | | But don't take my word for it check it out yourself. |
| headache that lasts for 6 to 8 hours. Consuming yeast | | | | Next time you go to a health food store, look at the |
| extract causes precisely the same effect as | | | | product boxes and cans on the shelves, and see just |
| consuming MSG. | | | | how many you can find that contain yeast extract. It's |
| In fact, food manufacturers don't deny that yeast | | | | especially easy to find with vegetarian foods, which |
| extract contains MSG it's something that's well-known | | | | just goes to show you that just because a product |
| in the food manufacturing industry. What's going on | | | | says "vegetarian" on the label doesn't mean it's good |
| here is a blatant deception, an attempt to mislead | | | | for you (or that the company making it gives a hoot |
| consumers by essentially renaming dangerous | | | | about your health). |