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Stay away from "yeast extract" in foods if possible

Posted on Jan 23rd 2007 1:27PM by Brian White

Filed Under: Nutrition & Supplements

When shopping, are you one that looks at the ingredients of the products you purchase looking for "bad ingredient offenders" (as I like to call them)?

If so, one of the "bad ones" is yeast extract. That ingredient may sound harmless enough, but did you know that yeast extract and MSG (monosodium glutamate) are one on the same for all intents and purposes?

MSG is an "endocrine disruptor" (excitotoxin) by most standards and it not a healthy ingredient at all. But, it does makes foods taste good - which is why it is used in so many processed foods. Search Google for this ingredient and you'll be amazed at what you find out there.

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Tags: free glutamic acid, FreeGlutamicAcid, monosodium glatamate, MonosodiumGlatamate, MSG, Yeast extract, YeastExtract

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starwxrwx 1-24-2007 @ 1:47AM

Do you have a scientific link for your claim that MSG is an 'endocrine disruptor' or what sort of doses are a problem? The last blog post you had claiming MSG was a endocrine disruptor linked to endocrine disruptors being found in things like pesticides.

The text you link to about yeast extract only says MSG *may* be found in products that also contain yeast extract, not that they are one and the same.

Not all people have a problem with MSG, though I understand that some do.

Do you realise that many of the health-based side effects so shockingly spelt out in the link you provide can also be caused by things like ... SALT!

Seriously, anything can be bad for you if you have too much which is why DOSES are important. Have you ever read an MSDS sheet for salt (NaCl) ? You would think it was nasty stuff!

Brian 1-24-2007 @ 8:01AM

MSG is *bad* any way you look at it (or eat it) in my opinion. And yes -- there are numerous sources that link MSG to endocrine disruption (with scientific studies as well) -- in fact, there are hundreds of sources and citations that can be found with a Google search. Here's three:

http://tinyurl.com/2xhdyf

AND

http://tinyurl.com/23kh42

AND

http://tinyurl.com/28ydh7

I won't touch the "salt" comments since that has nothing to do with my post -- we're sticking to MSG -- but thanks for the input.