Healthnotes Newswire (October 25, 2007)—The relationship between food additives and hyperactivity has been debated for more than three decades. Now a new study published in The Lancet finds that artificial food additives, such as food coloring and preservatives, may increase hyperactivity in children.
This handy chart gives a good idea of the broad range of prepared foods that contain, or may contain, MSG. You may be surprised that many seemingly inocuous ingredients, like rice syrup, whey protein, malt extract and corn starch, contain MSG. Even a simple ingredient listing like "seasoning" may be "code" for MSG.
