MSG Causing Weight Gain?
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We’ve all heard that MSG is bad for you. It may be making you gain weight as well, according to a recent study out of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
The study focused on 750 Chinese men and women, ages 40-59, living in 3 rural villages in north and south China. Most of the subjects made their meals at home without processed foods and about 82 percent used MSG.
Those who used the highest amounts of MSG had almost 3 times the incidence of overweight as those who did not. And yes, they accounted for physical activity, total caloric intake, and other possible explanations for body mass differences.
MSG is a flavor enhancer in foods. MSG is considered an “excitotoxin,” since its action in the body is to excite neurotransmitters.
Last Updated on July 31st, 2009
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