I have a confession. Though it’s been over eight

years since the “Seinfeld” season finale, I can’t help but mourn over the void its left in the sitcom world.

I was recently ensconced in a yuk-filled “Seinfeld” re-run, where Jerry, George and Kramer were discussing what dishes to get before ordering for some Chinese. When it was finally determined what to buy, George called the Chinese restaurant to place the order. What happened next is what caught my attention. As George listed off the various dishes Jerry, Kramer and he wanted, Kramer chimed in “Be sure to ask for extra MSG.”

Be careful what ye wish for, Cosmo Kramer—you just might get it!

MSG—monosodium glutamate—sounds innocent enough, but in reality, it’s a food additive guilty on all charges of contributing to obesity and other health related maladies.

The most disturbing thing about MSG is its not only found in Kramer’s peapods, but in virtually every processed food on the market today—including ingredients that make no mention of MSG (such as yeast extract, torula yeast, hydrolyzed vegetable protein and autolyzed yeast).

Made from the amino acid glutamic acid, MSG falls under a rather infamous larger class of chemicals called excitotoxins, which “excite” cells and neurons in the body to the point of cell death. Studies have reviewed the linkage of MSG to obesity by pointing to animal experiments that show how excessive monosodium glutamate consumption creates lesions in the part of the brain called the hypothalamus, which controls elements of the nervous system, hunger and thirst pangs as well as sexual activity. It’s no wonder, then, that these lesions were found to cause obesity, sexual reproductive problems and short stature.

Studies like this have led many leading health experts to write books on the deleterious effects of MSG on ourselves and that of our offspring.

On the subject of MSG and obesity, Russell L. Blaylock MD writes in his book “Health and Nutrition Secrets” that “with this enormous consumption of foods laced with MSG additives, it is no wonder that we have an obesity problem in this country, especially when you combine the hypothalamic lesion caused by MSG to the high-fat and carbohydrate diets of young people. Of particular concern is the suggestion that MSG ingested by pregnant women may actually cause this lesion in children while they are still in the womb.”

In his book “In Bad Taste” George R Schwartz writes: “Particularly disturbing is the later obesity after MSG exposure during the neonatal and infant period even after only a short or limited exposure.”

Despite all this, the FDA collectively sits on their hands while food manufacturers continue to bamboozle consumers by hiding MSG in alternative ingredients.

Using MSG is good money-making sense for the food industry: Because it adversely affects appetite regulation (causing you to eat more), it’s more money for them.

Even though avoiding processed foods is a good rule of thumb to live by, it’s a sad state of affairs when you can no longer trust food labeling. “Buyer beware” has never been so apropos.

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