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I personally believe that many different neurotoxins can cause

autism. Logically

why would one cause it and not suspect that others could cause it

too. But I am convinced that it is caused by neurotoxins. As well as

ADHD.

 

regards,

Frank

 

 

Research

JustSayNo

Sun, 18 Jan 2004 11:54:42 -0500

[sSRI-Research] Autism and ADHD - Caused by Neurotoxin MSG?

 

Press Release Sent to the SafeHarbor Group:

Autism and ADHD Linked to Addictive Food Additive

 

For the last fifty years, the medical community has been baffled by

the rise

in cases of Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder and Autism. These

two

diseases, unheard of before 1950, have been striking an increasing

number of

children. Physicians have been unable to explain to parents why

their

children are suffering these maladies despite there not being any

family

history of the disorder.

 

Finally these parents will know the answer. Thanks to John Erb, a

developmental disorder researcher and author of the book The Slow

Poisoning

of America , the cause of ADHD and Autism is no longer a

mystery. " These

diseases appear to be caused by a food additive commonly known as

MSG or

monosodium Glutamate. " John Erb explains, " MSG is added to food

because of

its addictive qualities, it is nicotine for food. It is highly

reactive in

the human brain and other organs. "

 

MSG and its related ingredients have been found in increasing

amounts in

processed and fast foods. Almost every restaurant and most processed

foods

from snacks and soups to ready made meals have glutamate in them in

some

form or another. MSG has no nutritional value. Scientific studies

have

shown that food laced with the MSG cause people to eat more of it,

and

faster, than food without it.

 

" Corporations use this knowledge to sell their products. Their

competition

uses MSG, so they keep adding it in larger amounts to keep up with

them, "

John Erb comments. The FDA has no limits on how much MSG can be

added to

foods, even though as little as two tablespoons of it has been shown

to

cause epileptic convulsions and death in animals such as dogs.

 

MSG is a highly reactive amino acid. It is used by scientists in

studies to

purposely cause death to areas of the brain and is fed to rodents to

make a

strain of obese and pre-diabetic test subjects. MSG is classified as

a

neurotoxin: too much of it introduced to the brain can cause rapid

cell

death. It is this kind of destruction that John Erb states is the

cause of

ADHD and Autism. He came to this conclusion after reviewing hundreds

of

medical journal articles detailing the ways in which glutamate

affects

organs such as the brain. According to John Erb, " When a woman

becomes

pregnant, the placental barrier is not fully formed in the first

month of

fetal development. The chemicals the mother eats can go directly to

the

developing child. The glutamate stimulates rapid growth in the

brain,

creating ADHD symptoms. Too much glutamate over-stimulates areas of

the

brain, resulting in neuronal cell death. This destruction to the

neurons

results in the symptoms categorized as Autism. "

 

MSG is used in almost every institutional se! tting across the

country.

From hospitals to school cafeterias to elderly care facilities, MSG

is being

added to mass produced food to increase its palatability. Women are

being

exposed to a major toxin that can cause irreparable damage to their

child

even before they discover they are pregnant.

 

Shocked by his discovery, John Erb met with Dr. Thomas Ward, Nova

Scotia's

Deputy Minister of Health, a pediatrician who specialized in

Neonatology.

When Mr. Erb explained to Dr. Ward about the dangers of MSG, Dr.

Ward

replied, " I know how awful the stuff is, I would never touch it. "

When John

Erb pressed the Deputy Health Minister to remove it from all food

products,

Dr. Ward said that it was an issue for the federal government, and

suggested

that Mr. Erb take his book The Slow Poisoning of America to the

federal

government and " Hit them over the head with it. "

 

John Erb took his discovery to Dr. Susan! Bryson, head of the Autism

Research Center in Halifax, and one of the leading Autism scientists

in

Canada. She was amazed by his findings, and confirmed that current

studies

being done by the National Institute of Health show that the cause

of Autism

has been linked to a toxin invading the embryo's brain stem at as

early as

twenty days after conception. The NIH had not yet identified the

toxin, but

thanks to John Erb's discovery, they now know the direction in which

to

focus their research.

 

" The sooner people know that MSG can cause ADHD and Autism in their

unborn

children, the sooner they can take steps to avoid being another

victim of

the steadily increasing numbers of these disorders, " John Erb

states.

Autism, unheard of before 1950, (MSG was introduced to the American

diet in

1948) has now risen to epidemic proportions, with one in every 200

children

born with the affliction.

 

" There may be a genetic component deciding who is stricken with ADHD

and

Autism, otherwise when you consider the rampant use of MSG in

today's diet,

every child would be born with either ADHD or Autism. But if the

growth

curve keeps going the way it has, it won't be long before this is

the case.

" MSG has been hidden in food ingredient lists as hydrolyzed

vegetable

protein, autolyzed yeast extract, soy protein isolate, and many

other names.

Every year, the amount of this substance hidden in foods rises

astronomically. Just because the name MSG does not appear on the

label,

does not mean that the food does not contain the excitotoxin

glutamate.

 

" People should demand that the food industry, both restaurants and

food

manufacturers, remove the added glutamate in all its forms from

anything we

ingest, " John Erb states emphatically. " The fact that they add it to

make

us addicted to their food is appalling enough, but considering it is

doing

terrible damage to our children, for that t! here is no excuse. The

sooner

these corporations are held accountable for poisoning us, the sooner

we can

eradicate ADHD and Autism from the maternity wards across the

nation. "

 

To order John and Michelle Erb's book please visit their website at:

http://www.spofamerica.com/

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