I've been poking around in the research again and have found more published studies than I can possibly list here, all pointing to MSG as a definitive cause of obesity, particularly in "neonates," that is, newborns. A nicely succinct quote is this one, from Basic and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, June 2011: "The monosodium glutamate (MSG) neonatal administration in mice provides a model of obesity with impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) and insulin resistance."

Sadly, even though so many studies do in fact clearly show the MSG/obesity link, the manufacturers of this poison, and the food and beverage industry, have very deep pockets and are able to counter these facts with their own studies showing how safe it is. But again, let me ask this question: if MSG is simply a flavor enhancer and does not produce a physical response of any kind, why is it in vaccines? It would make no sense at all to include in vaccines if it did not produce a physical response.

A study from Japan that somehow escaped the MSG watchdogs says, "We previously reported that injection of monosodium glutamate (MSG) in ICR mice leads to the development of significant inflammation, central obesity, and type 2 diabetes." (Full disclosure: because many of these studies are almost impossible to access, I'm using the abstracts only. If I wanted to pay $41 for this one, I'd have full access. Sorry.) But this abstract, taken from the Journal of Autoimmunity, February-March 2008, says this, too, and it's the first time I've seen these words in print: " These results take on considerable significance in light of the widespread usage of dietary MSG and we suggest that MSG should have its safety profile re-examined and be potentially withdrawn from the food chain."

Withdrawn from the food chain. Think about that. The writers are from the Department of Diagnostic Pathology, Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan, or at least they were in 2008.

Withdrawn from the food chain. But safe to put in vaccines, even those given to infants?

Think. About. That.