

I had an awful reaction, (but had eaten it in the past) so I didn't connect the dots. It was the rotisserie chicken that cinched it for me. I was diagnosed with a gluten allergy, but now I think that was wrong, but it's probably good not to eat it anyway, because of the laboratory manipulation of the wheat supply.

So instead of the vitamins doing you all this healthy good, it is also not doing you so much good! I think a few homemade goods will do us all good.įor all those people out there taking vitamin pills, did you know that the capsule case is made from hydroxpropyl methylcellulose and that is another name for carrageenan? It's rather worrying. Bake your own bread, make your own yogurt, have fruit trees in your yard, a few chickens, a goat and cook your hot cereal. It's time to get back to the way Grandma did it with a few food items. There are many out there, and people should seek them out. In short, if there is anything besides cottage cheese in cottage cheese,or cream in cream, or chicken in chicken, think twice before buying it. Take your reading glasses and magnifying glasses with you to the store and read what's in your food. It's on their website.Īfter reading all the pros and cons, I have decided to change they way I eat.įrom now on, I will eat no foods, or very, very limited amounts that contain any type of:additives, strange words, numbers, unreadable words, unpronounceable words, things in there that don't seem appropriate to the product, (e.g., chicken, carrageenan), (cream, Carrageenan), dyes, colors, preservatives, etc. I hear Pepperidge Farms products are a good choice (Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Plaintiff VS Pepperidge Farm, Incorporated Defendant Civil Action - Equity No 257 M.D. Still not convinced? Well, just carry on. The following label violations(8) were observed in 1999 on or after April 1, 1999Įxamples include names of ingredients that sometimes or always contain or create MSG:īriannas Home Style Blue Cheese Dressing "NO MSG," Contains: Cheese culture, Enzymes, Vinegar, Buttermilk powder, Natural flavor, Citric acid.Ĭampbell's Healthy Request Cream of Mushroom, "No MSG, " Contains: Modified food starch, Cornstarch, Whey protein concentrate, Disodium inosinate, Disodium guanylate, Maltodextrin, Mushroom powder.Ĭampbell's Healthy Request Chicken Broth, "No MSG," Contains: Chicken stock, Chicken flavor (dried chicken stock, gelatin, flavoring) Flavoring, Disodium inosinate, Disodium guanylate 2012 Jul 4.Ĭheck out some stats from the FDA - random choice here. The effect of dietary glutamate on fibromyalgia and irritable bowel symptoms. Start with this one, for example: Holton KF, Taren DL, Thomson CA, Bennett RM, Jones KD.
Replacing gelatin with iota carrageenan free#
MSG by any other name is not! Walk a mile in the shoes of someone who reacts to processed free glutamic acid. Seriously, it's a cheap test - less than a hundred dollars to find out.Ī rose by any other name is just as sweet. If you find they have no answer or do not know or are unwilling to say, report them to the FDA. Autolyzed yeast, Hydrolysed pea protein, carrageenan, sodium caseinate, "enzymes", "natural", etc. I repeat, the trick is to not ask if MSG is in the product, but to ask if "Processed Free Glutamic Acid" is present. We all have the right to find out from any food manufacturer if there is processed free glutamic acid. If carrageenan doesn't have anything to do with MSG, then why not label the foods "NO MSG"? Why, because that is illegal and you can't label a product "NO MSG" if it contains "processed free glutamic acid".

The question is how much "processed free glutamic acid" is contained in a product. To say there is no MSG in carrageenan is splitting hairs. How did I forget that over the last thirty years? I guess like most people i got too busy and I wanted to believe "they wouldn't feed you stuff that was bad for you". I find I can make everything myself without all the additives. A great thank you and bravo to her for this work. Joanne Tobac's paper on the subject on a web search. I see a few other posters found and have read Dr. Those who say "free glutamic acid" is the devil: you do realize that it occurs in lots of foods you eat after you cook them? I only buy nondairy milks without carrageenan.
