MSG: your enemy

So what is the deal with MSG?    You may have heard something about it, about how it makes some people violently ill, and now it is finally time for you to find out just what the big deal is. 

Let me clue you in. 

MSG is short for monosodium glutamate or sodium glutamate.  It is used as a food additive but it is marketed as a flavor enhancer. MSG is normally obtained by fermenting carbohydrates which come from starch, sugar cane, sugar beets, and  molasses.  AND, you may be very allergic to it.  This includes MSG that is found in plant growth enhancers or in  fertilizers or fungicides that have been approved for spraying on crops.  It is known to cause severe asthma if you are allergic to it, and even if you are not allergic to it, that blood pressure problem you may have or the flu-like symptoms after eating, the migraine headaches may all related to MSG.  Maybe you are struggling with your weight, your child has learning disabilities or behavioral disorders. MSG has been linked to all of these things, even glaucoma and retinal degeneration.

When caused by MSG, the root of your illness  lies in the destruction of brain cells, possibly years before gross obesity, stunted growth, learning disabilities, behavior disorders, and/or retinal degeneration are first observed.

When MSG was injected into rats as part of a research experiment, they found that it tripled the amount of insulin that the pancreas created causing the rats to become obese.   Nobody wants this. 

So, where do we start?  We stop eating at Taco Bell, KFC, Applebees, TGI Fridays. We stop eating Cambells Soups,  Hamburger Helper, frozen food and Kraft salad dressings.  We always look at labels and keep our eyes open for hydrolyzed vegetable protein which is another name for MSG.  

We start by making a conscious decision to eat healthier for ourselves and for our families.  To eat foods that have no preservatives, additives or MSG.  We change our eating habits and we change our spending habits.  Eating healthy doesn’t have to be expensive.  Wildtree’s product line can make it easy for you.  With products like Wildtree’s Grapeseed oils, marinades & sauces, slow cooker sensations, soups and stews you can reform your eating habits and feel safe after every meal.  Why take the risk? Visit www.jsullivan.mywildtree.com and start changing your life today. Jill will even come to your house and talk to you about all of this.   Let Wildtree help you start making a difference in your life.

Preserve your life, with preservative free food!

With the holiday season over for a while, some of us might be ready to focus on saving money while still eating healthy as we start making plans for our spring or summer beach vacation.

My favorite dinner as of late, has been to get a pound of nice fresh salmon from the local co-op, marinate it with some of Wildtree”s Morrocan Salmon Sauce, which consists of fresh ginger, and honey in addition to a blend of exotic spices. Then I add a pinch of Wildtree All Natural Sea Salt to the salmon, make a nice salad with some fresh leafy greens,tomatoes, cucumbers and carrots which I toss in Wildberry Dressing.

While I am waiting for the salmon to bake in the oven, I warm up some nice fresh pita bread to dip in Wildtree’s Hummus  Seriously, This hummus is some of the best hummus I have had in a long time. It is perfectly balanced with lime juice, tahini and garbanzo puree. And, what makes it so great is that there are no preservatives. If you happen to invite your friends over for dinner, you just may get a standing ovation. Everything tastes like you made it yourself, and the best part is–you did!

 For those of you who have gotten the “memo” about processed and preserved foods, but haven’t given it much thought:  Let me clue you in! Food processing changes the original food and the proportions of the nutrients within the food. Many prepackaged, microwaveable,  and boil-in-the-bag type foods have gone through a multitude of processes before they end up in your local grocery story and refridgerator. These foods have little or no nutritional value.  You end up just eating to eat.  You are not nourishing your body at all.

The food industry allows several thousand  additives to be used in the processing of food. And just because some of these are supposedly “safe,” does NOT mean they are!!   Chemicals, food additives,  artificial sweetners which can cause all kinds of cancer, artificial flavors, dyes, nitrites, preservatives to prevent spoilage, acids, maturing agents, bleaching agents, emulsifiers to maintain consistency are all finding their way into our bodies via these easy-to-prepare packaged foods.

We now know that alot of these processes can cause allergic reactions and stress on the liver, many of which are cancer forming. Children exposed to such processes can become hyperactive and display learning difficulties.  In addition, who wants to feel sick and unhealthy all of the time?  That miserable stomach ache you have all of the time? Maybe it’s from the MSG.

This is just the begininning– I could go on and on.  And why should you even bother eating foods like this at all when you could have a healthy preservative-free meal with Wildtree prepared in just minutes? You don’t have to spend tons of money shopping at places like Whole Foods, you can make your life quick and easy by ordering Wildtree products online at http://jsullivan.mywildtree.com/Pages/HomePage.aspx.   When you join the culinary club, you will save even more money.

It is very easy to turn your life around.  And once you do it, you will feel better, your food will taste better, and your family will be happier.  In addition, your dinner party guests will be very impressed:)