Comments on: What CDC Actually Found: No Evidence of a Slowdown in National Fattening

By: Alexander

Alexander — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 22:19:19 +0000

The fundamental problem is that society as a whole is overeating on a scale never before seen in human history and simultaneously has a significantly decreased amount of physical acivity. This is leading to a set of medical problems including diabetes mellitus type 2, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, gout, asthma, gastroesophageal reflex disease, arthritis of the backs, hip, and knees, gallbladder disease, coronary artery disease, etc, etc. It also doesn’t help that the vast majority of people are in complete denial about the problem.

By: Anonymous User

Anonymous User — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 23:59:53 +0000

I would argue msg is hardly the problem. It may be a small factor but people eat much more than they used to, eat out more than ever before, and most people arent physically active.

By: Jim Cline

Jim Cline — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 04:13:26 +0000

Has anyone plotted the rate of increase of use of MSG (MonoSodium Glutamate, and its pseudonames) as compared to the rates of obesity increase? Many decades ago, foods did not contain MSG and could be prepared to taste very fine. But now, food producers cannot individually eliminate MSG; it would have to be a governmental ban on the use of MSG so all food suppliers would be on equal footing. If they were able to ban the use of L-Tryptophan supplements - an essential amino acid required by humans - (actually banned due to a poisoned batch, not the material itself, it turned out) then surely they can ban MSG. Think of how much medical costs that would save the country i9n the next decades, too.