Monday, December 22, 2008

One small change can help you get skinny

Here it is: Quit eating MSG.
MSG may turn off leptin, a hormone that signals you’re full and regulates metabolism, according to a study published by the journal Obesity. So it’s no surprise the study found that MSG users were more likely to be overweight than not. Want to avoid it? On food labels look for “hydrolyzed protein” and “protein hydrolysates” as well as monosodium glutamate or MSG.
Other label ingredients to watch out for are: Glutamate, monopotassium glutamate, glutamic acid, calcium caseinate, sodium caseinate, yeast extract, yeast food, hydrolyzed corn gluten, gelatin, textured protein, yeast nutrient, autolyzed yeast and natrium glutamate.
Geez – talk about food that's not natural. Most of these don’t even come up on spell check!

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