Hi, my name is Steve. Some years ago, I noticed that after eating certain foods I became extremely lethargic, fatigued and would have horrible headaches. It was almost like hangover symptoms after drinking alcohol.
In my 20s I seemed ok but now a little older, I didn’t know what was happening to me to make me feel so bad. I was quite fit and within a normal range of BMI. My flight physicals for my pilot license were always passed with no problem so I suspected nothing untoward.
At that time, in my mid-late 30s I was on the verge of going to my doctor because this was becoming a serious problem and I wondered if it was a strange allergy. Afternoons in the office after lunch at KFC was becoming embarrassing. I could hardly stay awake and even if I was barely conscious, I couldn’t let this continue because after all, I was the boss!
Dinner at home was starting to follow a similar pattern.
After eating one of my favourite pies I’d be zonked out on the sofa and I’d just shrug it off as fatigue after the long hours at work.
I guess I don’t remember where I discovered about KFC and MSG. What I do know is that by not eating KFC or the Fray Bentos pies, I never had those severe symptoms of lethargy.
At first, I found that cutting out those two main culprits helped no end. But it still didn’t completely help. I’d find that those horrible symptoms came back on other days in other situations. The common denominator was MSG or one of its variant products.
It’s been years since I first discovered I had problems with MSG. I firmly believe that this chemical is cumulative in its effects or else my body has become less tolerant of it as I’ve gotten older. Because the chemical has no benefits whatsoever, I see no reason why anyone would want this product in their food.
So, this is why I feel strongly that the public needs to be made aware of the extreme negative impact that MSG is having on our health. Big corporations are poisoning our food chain and this is worse than the effects of smoking because at least with smoking, it is a person’s choice whether to smoke or not. With MSG in our food, we have no choice.
Let’s stop this madness. We don’t need to become health nut freaks to make this happen. It is about education. Once people understand this problem we can boycott those foods, manufacturers and establishments that want to force this on us.
One of the most natural diets on the planet is the food eaten around the Mediterranean. There is little wonder that the people there have one of the highest life expectancy’s in the world. Their diet has little or no MSG.