Top 10 Hidden Sources of MSG

As a child I had bouts of diarrhea and abdominal pain. My parents and Drs all told me "Oh it's just stress" or "It's just gas" so I lived with it. After I ate (TV dinners and fast food had just hit the scene ), in abut 5 minutes I would have to run to the bathroom with diarrhea and sometimes so much pain that I would break out into a cold sweat and or feel like I would pass out.

So I grew up thinking I experienced these symptoms because I couldn't handle stress.
I would eat processed foods or eat out and spend much time in pain, dehydrating diarrhea. I would run into walls and couldn't think straight ( I literally couldn't' get the right words to come out of my mouth!)

In my 30's it turned much worse - with diarrhea 20 times a day, full of blood ( I know this is getting gross - but this is what happens to many of us, right!)
I was diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis and labeled with a "Stress Related Illness"
Trusting that my Dr. knew what to do, I took high doses of Prednisone (what a mistake that was!!)
This progressed to hospitalizations and IV steroids.

I started researching MSG and learned what it had done to my body.
I wasn't crazy - it was the MSG!

Read more in Addressing Irritable Bowel Disease by Dr Ronald Hoffman

After much blood loss, weight loss and loss of a normal life, my colon was so diseased that it had to be removed - the whole thing. I had a surgical procedure Colectomy with Ileo-Cecal Pull Through and J Pouch.
In easy terms - they removed my entire (totally diseased by MSG) colon and made a pouch out of 2 loops of small intestine to act as a reservoir, then hooked that to my rectum and out. For 4 months I had an ileostomy (bag on the outside where all my now liquid stool went) while the new pouch healed.

True to form (since I am a nurse and nurses get all the complications) that new pouch stayed infected and I was destined to be on strong antibiotics for life.

UNTIL, I came upon a place called Ell Farm.
http//.www.ellfarm.com
They have the BOB shake that I started drinking. I figured what the heck I'll try it.
It is loaded with electrolytes, minerals and liquid chelate that is an internal antiseptic, with all ingredients extracted straight from organic ground.

I am now antibiotic free and healthier than ever, but still read all labels for those hidden MSG culprits.

I am on a mission to help anyone with the same symptoms, to stear them in the right direction; keep them from loosing their insides and eat MSG free!
I hope and pray that if you are experiencing what I did - that this has helped YOU!

OK this is a tough one.

I stay away from eating meat at restaraunts.

Be careful! - Animals are injected with MSG prior to slaughter so the meat "tastes" better.
I only eat Free Range/ no additive meats at home and season them with pure herbs and spices.

Here are some questions to ask your server to make sure you don't get MSG in your food.

"Are your fries seasoned?" - MSG alert
"Is the meat marinated ?" - MSG alert
"Do you make this form scratch?"
"Can I see the ingredients in the batter"
"Is the bread seasoned" - MSG alert
"Do you use seasoned salt?" -MSG alert
"May I talk to the chef?" Ask him what he uses in that recipe
"Can you just grill it with no seasonings?"
" Do you season the vegetable with anything?"

If any of the ingredients they tell say any of the above seasonings - MSG alert

When in doubt and you have to eat out - order a grilled cheese sandwich with no seasonings on the bread ( yes they sprinkle the bread with flavor enhancers) and salad with lemon juice for dressing.