J. Douglas Bremner
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 Derived from yeast on red rice, it is called red rice yeast extract. It has eight statin compounds that are HMG coenzymeA reductase inhibitors, just like statins, that have been shown to reduce cholesterol. Because they are chemically identical to statins, they therefore have the same risks as the statins.
FISH OIL
Studies of fish oils and fish-oil extracts in the form of pills and formulas for the prevention of heart disease have not been uniformly promising. Patients with a history of heart attack have had the best results. |
| Another example is red rice yeast extract, which contains natural forms of statins. Clinical trials have shown that St.-Johns-wort is as effective for the treatment of depression as antidepressants like Prozac. However, for every plant or herb product that has some utility in the treatment of a specific condition, there are another ten that are actively marketed but are in fact useless or potentially harmful.
ALPHA LIPOIC ACID
Alpha lipoic acid (ALA) (sold as Juvenon, or as ALA, from a number of supplement makers) is found in liver, potatoes, and broccoli. |
Mike Adams
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 These are usually in the form of MSG (monosodium glutamate), but can also be found in other hidden MSG sources such as yeast extract or even Torula yeast extract. These ingredients harbor glutamic acid, whose only purpose in food additives is to excite the chemical sensors on your tongue and make otherwise boring processed foods taste at least interesting enough to swallow.
These chemicals have a side effect, however: They turn off the appetite control mechanism regulated by your endocrine system, according to Dr. |
J. Douglas Bremner
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| Some of these side effects (as described in Chapter 4) are sufficiently severe that treatment requires monitoring by a doctor; but if you want to work with your doctor and take red rice yeast extract, that is a reasonable course of action.
ECHINACEA
Echinacea is the name of a plant native to North America that has been used by Native Americans for centuries to treat infections. Echinacea is used now for the treatment of colds and other upper-respiratory-tract infections. Echinacea has been shown in animal studies to increase immunologic activity. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 Natural food manufacturers to AVOID
Cedarlane - Uses yeast extract (should be avoided).
GardenBurger - Uses yeast extract.
... plus ANY "natural" food company that uses yeast extract or torula yeast. |
Paula Begoun and Bryan Barron
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 Selection Ultimate Concentrate ($105 for 1 ounce) contains a yeast extract from wine, but there is no proof anywhere that this ingredient is active or that it promotes skin's natural defenses. Even if it could, the prevalence of volatile fragrance components in this product, including linalool and eugenol, present a problem for skin.
© $$$ Selection Ultimate Gel Spray ($84 for 1 ounce) is a spray-on moisturizer that doesn't contain anything unique or interesting for skin. |
Ann N. Martin
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 First, if you are feeding commercial foods, check the label to see if it contains textured protein, yeast extract, hydrolyzed protein, glutamic acid, gelatin, or sodium or calcium caseinate. These substances always contain MSG. Other ingredients that often contain MSG include whey protein, soy protein, soy sauce, carrageenan or vegetable gum, anything fermented, chicken, beef or pork smoke flavorings.
Human food can also be a source of MSG. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 And if it has yeast extract, or autolyzed yeast extract, or hydrolyzed vegetable protein or any of these other ingredients that actually harbor MSG, then it is, in my opinion, a deceptively positioned product, because it claims to be natural but in fact uses highly potent refined extracts that don't occur anywhere near that concentration in nature.
You'll see a much more detailed discussion of all this in my upcoming book, "Grocery Warning," due out shortly. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 I would have expected to look at the ingredients label for this product and see something like yeast extract, which is really a code name for monosodium glutamate (MSG), a neurotoxin chemical that overexcites the nerves in the nervous system, causes imbalances in the endocrine system making it very difficult to lose weight, and can cause extreme headaches, mental cloudiness, dizziness, and so on. Unfortunately, a lot of natural products these days contain MSG, hidden as an ingredient called yeast extract. |
Paula Begoun and Bryan Barron
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| Derma White Intense Brightening Mask ($50 for the set) is a two-part treatment that is said to speedily brighten skin thanks to something Clinique calls Black-Out yeast extract. There is no research pertaining to this ingredient's ability to lighten or brighten skin, although yeast can theoretically function as an antioxidant. However, both phases of this duo (Gel Treatment and Activating Spray) contain enough alcohol to make them more irritating than helpful for skin.
Clinique pore minimizer products
© $$$ Pore Minimizer Thermal-Active Skin Refiner ($27.50for 2. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 I believe, and the research clearly shows, that yeast extract has no purpose other than enhancing the taste of foods through the delivery of free glutamate to the consumer's tongue. That's the only purpose of this ingredient, and more often than not, it is used to make foods that would normally taste bland appear more exciting to the consumer. It also saves manufacturers money because they don't have to actually buy fresh spices. Instead, they can just throw some yeast extract into the mix, and it will taste good to people who don't know any better. |
| But what a lot of natural food makers do is hide this free glutamate in their foods in another innocent-sounding ingredient: yeast extract.
This ingredient is so common in the natural health industry that it's difficult to actually find what I call "clean natural foods" in the frozen food section of any health food store in this country. One food after another contains yeast extract that functions almost like monosodium glutamate. That is its only purpose in these foods. I personally, have a very sensitive glutamate detector in my body. |
J. Douglas Bremner
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| It is derived from yeast found on red rice and is marketed under the name "red rice yeast extract." This extract has eight statin compounds that are HMG coenzymeA reductase inhibitors and, just like statins, have been shown to reduce cholesterol. However, since the active ingredients of this supplement are chemically identical to those of the statins, they also have the same side effects. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 Processed foods: Processed foods not only lack the nutrition necessary for healthy nervous system function, they're also typically loaded with excitotoxins like MSG, aspartame and yeast extract. These substances damage the functioning of the nervous system, making any practice of the Law of Attraction virtually impossible.
Fragrance products: All fragrance products based on artificial chemicals impair the healthy functioning of the nervous system by dulling the senses and limiting sensory acquity. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 We will NOT promote products made with conventional dairy, refined sugars, chemical additives, artificial colors, yeast extract, etc. Don't even think about sending us a food bar made with sucralose or aspartame. (If we see products made with high-fructose corn syrup, we toss them into the round file.) We are only interested in extremely high quality, natural, earth-friendly products from high-integrity companies, period!
That's it. Enjoy! |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 Remember when NewsTarget readers complained to the Amy's Kitchen company about the yeast extract still being used in a few of their products? That combined action by NewsTarget readers generated the most complaints the company had ever received in a single day. And on the positive side, when we recently ran a recommendation of a natural body care product line, the president of that company called me and told me it generated more calls and website traffic than a different article about them in Oprah Magazine! |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 And yet today, numerous "all natural" food companies continue to use hidden forms of MSG in their foods, hiding them under innocent-sounding ingredients like yeast extract, autolyzed or hydrolyzed proteins (all of which contain MSG). Even the companies you've grown to trust in the "natural" food business are engaged in the blatant hiding of MSG in their products. Pay special attention to vegetarian food products such as veggie burgers. Read the ingredients on everything you buy and you'll find that the largest "natural" food manufacturers still use hidden MSG. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 Similarly, yeast extract sounds like a perfect safe food ingredient, too, but it's actually a trick used to hide monosodium glutamate (MSG, a chemical taste enhancer used to excite the flavors of overly-processed foods) without having to list MSG on the label. Lots of ingredients contain hidden MSG, and I've written extensively about them on this site. Virtually all hydrolyzed or autolyzed ingredients contain some amount of hidden MSG.
Don't be fooled by the name of the product
Did you know that the name of the food product has nothing to do with what's in it? |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 These are poisons like hydrogenated oils (heart disease and cancer), high-fructose corn syrup (diabetes and osteoporosis), genetically modified corn (kidney failure), processed sodium (high blood pressure), MSG and yeast extract (obesity, migraines and worse), aspartame (neurological harm), artificial food colors (behavioral disorders), and hundreds of untested chemicals used in cosmetics, body care, laundry and home cleaning products. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 This is where they take the bodies of dead volunteers (who volunteered before they died, obviously), strip off their skin and body fat, then prop them up into dynamic poses where they are plasticized through a rather technical chemical process involving aspartame, sodium nitrite and yeast extract. Think Weekend at Bernie's, without the skin.
I'm not making this up. Click here to see the Body Worlds website for yourself. BodyWorlds coordinators prefer volunteers who drink a lot of diet soda, since their bodies are already half chemically preserved from the moment of death. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 If you send us a "natural" vegetarian food product made with yeast extract, for example, you can expect to get blasted on NewsTarget for using a hidden form of MSG. If you send us a superfood blend that's made with 50% soy lecithin as a cheap filler, you're going to get blasted for selling a cheap product made with 50% filler. On the other hand, if your product is exceptionally formulated, we will give it a glowing review and recommend that readers check it out.
Our reviews are determined entirely by merit. And it's not just what's in the product that counts. |
| If your product contains yeast extract, hydrogenated oils, high-fructose corn syrup, mercury, artificial colors or aspartame, don't even bother submitting it. I also don't promote products made mostly with fillers (for example, a bottle of mangosteen juice made mostly out of apple juice would not earn my recommendation).
To get exposure on NewsTarget, you have to offer a truly high-quality, innovative product (or book, website, etc.) that delivers strong benefits to customers.
2. Send an empty sample + literature to us. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 To avoid all the bacon and yeast extract, I decided to buy some fresh tortilla soup made by apparently famous sisters who are producing soup under the Whole Foods brand. I bought a large container of the soup, took it home, warmed it up in a pan (I don't use microwaves), and took a sip.
The blast of salt caused my lips and half my face to shrivel into a human prune that looked like a shrunken head from the Jivaro tribe in Equador. It required two liters of fresh water to rehydrate my face back to a semi-normal shape. |
| Much of the "natural" snack food section, for example, is made up of products with hidden MSG in the form of yeast extract. This ingredient is used by all sorts of natural-sounding food companies to enhance the taste of their products without having to list "monosodium glutamate" on the label. Watch out for this hidden excitotoxin. It's in thousands of natural foods products, and many of them are sold at Whole Foods. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 They do this by hiding ingredients (such as hiding MSG in yeast extract, or by fiddling with serving sizes so they can claim the food is trans fat free, even when it contains trans fats (the new Girl Scout cookies use this trick).
Besides avoiding these foods, what else can consumers do to reduce their risk of cancer? The main things are simple: Eat unprocessed foods and base your diet largely on plants. Consume foods that have omega-3 fats and other essential fatty acids. Eat lots of fruits and vegetables; many common ones have known cancer-fighting properties. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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| From promoting truly organic products and companies to criticizing "natural" product companies for using yeast extract in their recipes, we tell it like we see it, and we don't pull any punches. We reveal our revenue sources right up front (book sales, primarily), we don't play money games with the companies we write about, and we print honest, even blatant opinions about nutritional supplements, prescription drugs, medicine and personal health transformation.
Apparently, word is starting to spread. The power of NewsTarget readers is growing each month. |
Mike Adams
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| Some of it is caused by eating fried foods, and yet more of it is caused by the consumption of excitotoxins such as Monosodium Glutamate (MSG) or hidden food ingredients that contain MSG, such as yeast extract, autolyzed vegetable protein and hydrolyzed vegetable protein. Excess processed sodium in foods can also trigger headaches, and there is far too much sodium in foods like canned soups, for example.
It's important to note that the human brain does not normally hurt. If your brain hurts or your head hurts, then there is something wrong with your diet and, perhaps, your level of stress. |
Joseph E. Mario
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 MSG may be hidden in calcium and sodium caseinate, gelatin, flavors, seasonings, autolyzed yeast extract, and modified food starch, textured and hydrolyzed proteins, hidden in over 40 food additives. Take Vitamin B6.
Methotrexate Anti-cancer drug that damages Vitamin B4 Folic acid.
Neomycin Antibiotic lowers Potassium. Calcium. VitaminB-12. lron.andothernutrients. |
Mike Adams
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| Many of the so-called natural food companies—including some that make veggie burgers or vegetarian foods—now use yeast extract as a standard ingredient to make their boring foods taste better. Even these so-called natural food companies are loading up their foods with chemical taste enhancers that I believe may ultimately harm consumers. Some of these foods have big claims right on the front label that say, "100 percent all-natural ingredients!" Beware of claims about foods being "all natural. "Many of them actually contain chemical taste enhancers. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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| There are hundreds of products sold at health food stores and grocery stores that do contain these chemical additives, and the worst offender of all is an ingredient called yeast extract.
This ingredient has only one purpose in foods: To deliver free glutamic acid, or free glutamate, to your tongue. The idea is to mimic the chemistry and function of monosodium glutamate, or MSG, an ingredient that has been classified as an excitotoxin. |
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