MSG or monosodium glutamate — a near ubiquitous food additive used to enhance flavors in food — seems to have gotten the entire mainstream-media industry under its spell. This past spring, I received an email from a writer by the name of Clarissa Wei. She wrote: “I’m a freelance journalist currently working on a story about the history of MSG…
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By Linda Bonvie The glutamate industry has been trying for a very long time to promote MSG and other free glutamate-containing additives* as “good for you” ways to reduce sodium. Now, with a helping hand from their friends at the FDA, these brain-damaging additives will be used in even greater quantities and in foods where you might not expect to find…
By Linda bonvie and Bill Bonvie Being accused of racism these days is no small matter. And those of Asian descent have seen an increase in incidents of racism targeting them. So, when a reader review at Amazon.com appeared about our book, “A Consumer’s Guide to Toxic Food Additives,” accusing us of “promoting myths rooted in racism,” it was a…
(Note to readers: Let’s flex our collective consumer power by commenting on a petition just submitted to the FDA to strip MSG of its GRAS status. Details below, as well as a link at the end so you can tell the FDA what you think.) Much has been written on what to eat. Doctors, nutritionists, and foodies of all stripes…
Here’s the best New Year’s resolution you can make BY LINDA BONVIE If you made a New Year’s resolution, probably by now the enthusiasm in following this self-improvement ritual has slowly faded into the humdrum of daily life. But I’m here to help revitalize things. It’s not too late to make one of the best New Year’s resolutions of all….
In Badditives! The 13 Most Harmful Food Additives in Your Diet and How to Avoid Them, Linda and Bill Bonvie, who for several years wrote the Citizens for Health “Food Identity Theft” blog, identified a rogues’ gallery of the “worst of the worst” ingredients out there. We were fortunate to be able to bring you selections below from this important…