January 2013 Class - Read Labels

So much misinformation - don't be fooled by the marketing tricks used to sell foods.  Your health is not their main goals; it is making a profit. 

 

We read the ingredient labels for the above chicken soups and broths at the January class.  All contained MSG (which has many names) except the 365 Organic Whole Foods brand (no longer true**).  Campbell's Chicken Noodle Soup, the staple my mom fed me as a child when I was sick, is loaded with man-made ingredients.  She knew that the old wives' tale which says, "the best medicine for a cold is Grandma's chicken noodle soup" was true, but she did not understand that it had to be homemade. 

 

Campbell's Chicken Noodle Soup:  chicken stock, enriched egg noodles(wheat flour, eggs, niacin, ferrous sulfate, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), chicken meat, water, chicken fat, salt, lower sodium natural sea salt, monosodium glutamate, cornstarch, mechanically separated chicken*, modified food starch, yeast extract, flavoring, sodium phosphate, soy protein isolate, beta carotene, chicken*              *dehydrated

 

Healthy Choice Chicken noodle soup is not much better:  chicken broth, white meat chicken, carrots, enriched egg noodle(durum wheat semolina, whole egg, egg white, niacin, ferrous sulfate, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), celery, modified food starch, flavorings, yeast extract, salt, potassium chloride, sugar, isolated soy protein, chicken fat, maltodextrin, sodium phosphate, malic acid, beta carotene(color)

 

 

The Swanson and even the Trader Joe's organic broth contain MSG.  MSG, or monosodium glutamate, is a excitotoxin.  While you may think you are not affected, and not too concerned, don't think that what you don't know won't hurt you.  One cannot ingest toxins without eventually developing significant consequences.  The health of most older Americans is terrible.  Don't let your food wreck your life.  Be informed.

 

According to Dr. Mercola's website, "One of the best overviews of the very real dangers of MSG comes from Dr. Russell Blaylock, a board-certified neurosurgeon and author of “Excitotoxins: The Taste that Kills.” In it he explains that MSG is an excitotoxin, which means it overexcites your cells to the point of damage or death, causing brain damage to varying degrees -- and potentially even triggering or worsening learning disabilities, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, Lou Gehrig’s disease and more." 

 

In Dr. Mercola's article, he also lists the other names of MSG.  Some of the most common ones are:  yeast extract, autolyzed yeast, and hydrolyzed protein.  Along with any ingredient that is listed which has the word 'glutamate or glutamic' in the name.  All of these ingredients are on my 'never to eat' list.

 

The best broth of all is homemade.  Making chicken broth and other bones broths will be demonstrated at the March class.  I will provide the instructions over the coming weeks though for those who want to get started making broth now. 

I always have frozen broth is my refrigerator or freezer.  Homemade bone broths, that have been simmered for hours, pull healing minerals and gelatin from the bones.  Bone broths aid digestion and can heal gastro-intestinal problems.  My homemade chicken soup (recipe coming soon) with garlic and fresh herbs is my medicine for a cold or the flu.  It works.  My family spends no money on prescription or over-the-counter medication.  These are not needed when you understand and eat God-made foods.

 

You cannot substitute a store bought version and expect to receive the same healing properties from the soup.  Though the Whole Foods 365 Broth** does not have toxins, it does not contain the super nutrients that a homemade broth will have.  Here is a photo of some broth I made this past year.  You can see that it is very rich and gelatinous; it contains incredible healing power. 

**The one brand of chicken stock that I had pointed out in the January class that did not contain hidden MSG was Whole Foods 365 Organic brand. HOWEVER, they have changed the label recently and have changed the ingredients which now include yeast extract, a hidden source of MSG. I no longer recommend this product. Learn to make your own broth!