THIS IS FOR BOTH TYPE 1 AS WELL AS TYPE 11 DIABETES.
MSG AND DIABETES
_HTTP://WWW.MSGTRUTH.ORG/DIABETES.HTM_ (HTTP://WWW.MSGTRUTH.ORG/DIABETES.HTM)
DIABETES IS A DISEASE OF METABOLISM, WHERE BLOOD SUGAR IS NOT AUTOMATICALLY
CONTROLLED BY THE BODY. THIS IS DUE EITHER TO THE PANCREAS' INABILITY TO MAKE
ENOUGH INSULIN, WHICH CLEARS EXCESS BLOOD SUGAR (GLUCOSE) FROM THE BLOOD
STREAM, OR BY THE BODY'S RESISTANCE TO INSULIN.
TYPE 1 DIABETES
IN THE SEARCH TO UNDERSTAND THE MECHANISMS OF DIABETES BECAUSE OF ITS
UNPRECEDENTED RISE IN CHILDREN, IT WAS LEARNED THAT ROUGHLY 85% OF THOSE STUDIED
WITH TYPE 1 DIABETES HAD ANTIBODIES AGAINST GLUTAMIC ACID DEBARBOXYLASE (GAD) .
GAD IS AN ENZYME THE BODY USES TO TURN GLUTAMIC ACID, (GLUTAMATE) INTO
GAMMA AMINO BUTYRIC ACID (GABA).
_HTTP://CONTENT.NEJM.ORG/CGI/CONTENT/SHORT/322/22/1555_
(HTTP://CONTENT.NEJM.ORG/CGI/CONTENT/SHORT/322/22/1555)
_HTTP://WWW.OHIOHEALTH.COM/HEALTHREFERENCE/REFERENCE/B444170C-26F6-49DF-92AC12
B7A858173C.HTM?CATEGORY=QUESTIONS_
(HTTP://WWW.OHIOHEALTH.COM/HEALTHREFERENCE/REFERENCE/B444170C-26F6-49DF-92AC12B7A858173C.HTM?CATEGORY=QUESTIONS)
_HTTP://WWW.DIABETES123.COM/DICTIONARY/G.HTM_
(HTTP://WWW.DIABETES123.COM/DICTIONARY/G.HTM)
INGESTING MSG MAY PRESENT THE PATIENT WITH AN EXCESS OF GLUTAMATE, WHICH THE
BODY HAS TROUBLE CONVERTING BECAUSE THE IMMUNE SYSTEM IS ATTACKING THE VERY
MECHANISM THE BODY USES TO METABOLIZE EXCESS GLUTAMATE. THESE PEOPLE
ALREADY HAVE AN EXCESS OF AN AMINO ACID THE BODY CAN MAKE - THEY DO NOT NEED
ADDITIONAL FREE GLUTAMATE IN THEIR DIET.
WHY SHOULD MSG MATTER TO A DIABETIC?
MSG CAUSES A VERY LARGE INSULIN RESPONSE AFTER IT IS INGESTED SINCE THERE
ARE GLUTAMATE RECEPTORS IN THE PANCREAS. MSG MANUFACTURERS STATE THAT INGESTED
MSG DOES NOT RESULT IN A CORRESPONDING INCREASE IN BLOOD LEVELS OF FREE
GLUTAMIC ACID, BUT ACCORDING TO THE FOLLOWING RESEARCH DONE IN CANADA, INGESTED
MSG DOES RESULT IN HIGHER PLASMA CONCENTRATIONS OF FREE GLUTAMIC ACID AND
HIGHER INSULIN LEVELS AS WELL:
_HTTP://AJPENDO.PHYSIOLOGY.ORG/CGI/CONTENT/FULL/278/1/E8_
(HTTP://AJPENDO.PHYSIOLOGY.ORG/CGI/CONTENT/FULL/278/1/E8)
THIS STUDY ALONE MAKES FREE GLUTAMIC ACID'S ROLE IN DISEASES LIKE DIABETES
EXTREMELY RELEVANT TO THE OVERUSE OF MSG AND FREE GLUTAMIC ACID IN OUR FOOD.
TYPE 2 DIABETES
IT WAS ALSO LEARNED THAT 85% OF CHILDREN WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES ALSO SUFFER
FROM OBESITY:
SEE OUR PAGE ON MSG AND OBESITY _HTTP://WWW.MSGTRUTH.ORG/OBESITY.HTM_
(HTTP://WWW.MSGTRUTH.ORG/OBESITY.HTM)
TAURINE
TAURINE IS NOW BEING INVESTIGATED AS A TREATMENT FOR DIABETES PER THIS
LINK:
_HTTP://NEURO-WWW.MGH.HARVARD.EDU/NEUROWEBFORUM/GENERALFEEDBACKARTICLES/12.16.
9612.19PM.HTML_
(HTTP://NEURO-WWW.MGH.HARVARD.EDU/NEUROWEBFORUM/GENERALFEEDBACKARTICLES/12.16.9612.19PM.HTML)
WE WILL HAVE SOON GIVE TAURINE ITS OWN SPECIAL PAGE ON THIS SITE. TAURINE
KEEPS APPEARING IN THE RESEARCH REGARDING DISEASES AFFECTED BY MSG SUCH AS
EPILEPSY, VISION, ATRIAL FIBRILLATION, AND BLOOD PRESSURE, ETC, ETC...)
GLUTAMATE USES THE SAME TRANSPORT SYSTEM AS CYSTEINE, TAURINE'S METABOLIC
PRECURSOR, HENCE GLUTAMATE COMPETES FOR UPTAKE WITH THE AMINO ACID THE BODY USES TO
MAKE TAURINE. THIS COULD RESULT IN MSG OVERLOAD CAUSING TAURINE DEFICIENCY.
IT IS INTERESTING TO NOTE THAT MSG SYMPTOM COMPLEX SHARES MANY OF THE SYMPTOMS
OF TAURINE DEFICIENCY.
BLOOD PRESSURE
MSG OPENS CALCIUM CHANNELS, THUS CONSTRICTING BLOOD VESSELS €“ THIS MAY PUT
DIABETICS WITH HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE AT RISK BY NEGATING CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKER
MEDICATION.
SINCE CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE IS A PROBLEM FOR THOSE WITH DIABETES, IT WOULD
BE WISE TO AVOID ANY BLOOD VESSEL CONSTRICTING FOODS CONTAINING THE FREE
AMINO ACIDS -TYROSINE, TYRAMINE AND GLUTAMATE. THIS MEANS MOST FERMENTED FOODS,
AS WELL AS MSG, AND HYDROLYZED PROTEIN.
ARTIFICIAL SWEETENERS
ANOTHER UNFORTUNATE PROBLEM RIGHT NOW IS THAT MANY DIABETICS ARE USING
ARTIFICIAL SWEETENERS LIKE ASPARTAME (NUTRASWEET). UNFORTUNATELY, IT CONTAINS
PHENYLALININE - THE METABOLIC PRECURSOR TO TYROSINE. TYROSINE IS WELL KNOWN
TO BE A BLOOD PRESSURE RAISER. THIS IS PROBABLY WHY MANY PEOPLE COMPLAIN OF
HEADACHES AFTER EATING NUTRASWEET. BLOOD VESSEL CONSTRICTION CAN CAUSE
HEADACHES. NUTRASWEET MAY ACTUALLY BE DANGEROUS FOR DIABETICS, BECAUSE OF ITS EFFECTS
ON THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM.
FRUITS AND FRUIT JUICES ALREADY SWEETEN THINGS WELL. FRUIT SUGAR, OR
FRUCTOSE IS AVAILABLE IN POWDERED FORM TO BAKE WITH OR PUT IN COFFEE. STEVIA, AN
HERB IS ALSO USED AS A SWEETENER. POWDERED FRUCTOSE WORKS VERY WELL, HAS A VERY
LOW GLYCEMIC INDEX (30), IS NOT ARTIFICIAL, CAN BE HEATED WITHOUT RELEASING
POISONOUS SUBSTANCES (ASPARTAME BREAKS DOWN WITH HEAT AND RELEASES METHANOL
AND FORMALDEHYDE), AND IS ENDORSED BY THE DIABETICS ASSOCIATIONS AS A NATURAL
SUGAR SUBSTITUTE. THOSE WITH CORN ALLERGY, MAY WANT TO FIND A BRAND NOT MADE
FROM CORN PRODUCTS.
LINKS TO VARIOUS DISEASES/CONDITIONS CAUSED BY MSG
_MSG AND ADD_ (HTTP://WWW.MSGTRUTH.ORG/ADHD.HTM)
_MSG AND ADDICTION_ (HTTP://WWW.MSGTRUTH.ORG/ADDICTION.HTM)
_MSG AND ALCOHOLISM_ (HTTP://WWW.MSGTRUTH.ORG/ALCOHOL.HTM)
_MSG AND ALLERGY_ (HTTP://WWW.MSGTRUTH.ORG/ALLERGY.HTM)
_MSG AND A.L.S._ (HTTP://WWW.MSGTRUTH.ORG/ALS.HTM)
_MSG AND ALZHEIMER'S_ (HTTP://WWW.MSGTRUTH.ORG/ALZHEIM.HTM)
_MSG AND ASTHMA_ (HTTP://WWW.MSGTRUTH.ORG/ASTHMA.HTM)
_MSG AND ATRIAL FIBRILLATION_ (HTTP://WWW.MSGTRUTH.ORG/ATRIAL.HTM)
_MSG AND AUTISM_ (HTTP://WWW.MSGTRUTH.ORG/AUTISM.HTM)
_MSG AND BLINDNESS_ (HTTP://WWW.MSGTRUTH.ORG/MSGAND1.HTM)
_MSG AND CELIAC SPRUE_ (HTTP://WWW.MSGTRUTH.ORG/MSGAND2.HTM)
_MSG AND DEPRESSION_ (HTTP://WWW.MSGTRUTH.ORG/DEPRESS.HTM)
MSG AND DIABETES
_MSG AND DIZZINESS_ (HTTP://WWW.MSGTRUTH.ORG/DIZZY.HTM)
_MSG AND EPILEPSY_ (HTTP://WWW.MSGTRUTH.ORG/EPILEPSY.HTM)
_MSG AND FIBROMYALGIA_ (HTTP://WWW.MSGTRUTH.ORG/FIBROMYA.HTM)
_MSG AND HEAT STROKE_ (HTTP://WWW.MSGTRUTH.ORG/HEAT.HTM)
_MSG AND HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE_ (HTTP://WWW.MSGTRUTH.ORG/BLOOD.HTM)
_MSG AND HYPOGLYCEMIA_ (HTTP://WWW.MSGTRUTH.ORG/HYPOGLYC.HTM)
_MSG AND HYPOTHYROIDISM_ (HTTP://WWW.MSGTRUTH.ORG/HYPOTHYR.HTM)
_MSG AND IBS_ (HTTP://WWW.MSGTRUTH.ORG/IBS.HTM)
_MSG AND INFLAMMATION_ (HTTP://WWW.MSGTRUTH.ORG/INFLAMMA.HTM)
_MSG AND MIGRAINE_ (HTTP://WWW.MSGTRUTH.ORG/MIGRAINE.HTM)
_MSG AND MS_ (HTTP://WWW.MSGTRUTH.ORG/MULTSCLE.HTM)
_MSG AND MYOPIA_ (HTTP://WWW.MSGTRUTH.ORG/EYESIGHT.HTM)
_MSG AND OBESITY_ (HTTP://WWW.MSGTRUTH.ORG/OBESITY.HTM)
_MSG AND PITUITARY TUMORS_ (HTTP://WWW.MSGTRUTH.ORG/PITUITAR.HTM)
_MSG AND RAGE/PANIC DISORDER_ (HTTP://WWW.MSGTRUTH.ORG/PANIC.HTM)
_MSG AND ROSACEA_ (HTTP://WWW.MSGTRUTH.ORG/ROSACEA.HTM)
_MSG AND SULFITE SENSITIVITY_ (HTTP://WWW.MSGTRUTH.ORG/SULFITE.HTM)
_MSG AND TINNITUS_ (HTTP://WWW.MSGTRUTH.ORG/TINNITUS.HTM)
_MSG AND SLEEPLESSNESS_ (HTTP://WWW.MSGTRUTH.ORG/MSGAND.HTM)
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