I had Killer 18 hr. migraines. I did all the neurological testing. I was prescribed Immitrex (which I declined to take having read that several people dropped dead from taking it, even while in their own doctor's offices). I started carefully avoiding as much Manufactured Free Glutamic Acid (commonly called MSG) as possible and... no more migraines. My neurologist was surprised. I also suffer vision disturbance, heart arythmias, mood swings, icy hands and feet, concentration problems, tintinitus, and connective tissue maintenance problems from ingesting too much MSG (and only God knows what else it's doing.)
My brother was told by an emergency room physician after experiencing hours of a racing heartbeat, that if they could not slow his heart within the next few hours, he would die. The emergency room team had tried several things and nothing was working. His heartbeat snapped back into rhythm for no apparent reason. To this day if he takes in MSG, which he tries very hard to avoid, it alters his heartbeat every time.
The man up the street ends up in the emergency room with asthma from MSG ingestion.
My cousin's child's lupus is in remission for the first time in years after going off aspartame and avoiding MSG.
People came up to my NOMSG booths at local health fairs and volunteered that they found, that by avoiding MSG; one health disorder after another improved. Many also volunteered that family members and friends known to them, were avoiding MSG for one health problem or another, or had "died" from it with: strokes, heart attacks, asthma, etc.
Millions of case histories documented all over the world prove what currently accepted printed science doesn't, that is---by avoiding MSG and aspartame--- "oh so rare" and "not so rare" health disorders related to MSG and aspartame ingestion improve or disappear.
You don't need a degree or any science background to get these results, just unadulterated food and drink.
How do these people KNOW that MSG caused their problems? Simply stated, when they encountered MSG they experienced their problem whereas when they avoided it they remained symptom free.
These people were not trying to justify the continued use of a neurotoxic substance for any rea$on like government and industry scientists, they were just trying to live their lives without health problems.
What does this tell us about the testing done to validate safety that contradicts what millions with no financial interests have discovered to be true?
Forced to do their own trial and error testing, after medical science failed to restore their health to a level allowing daily life activities, they find out--on their own, one case after another, THAT AVOIDING MSG IS THE KEY.
Are the scientists eyes wide open or conveniently $hut?
I tend to put my faith in those with no financial interests in the MSG matter rather than with those who have a conflict of interest, ie. the food & glutamate industry, pharmaceutical companies, the health industries and associations, and government agencies which attest to the safety of a substance that Millions know is a bio-hazard.
No conspiracy just sound logic.

Lam,
My brother, the one with the heart problems is definitely not a woman. There are NMDA receptors located on heart muscle tissue. As for the eyes glutamate is believed to be the major excitatory neurotransmitter in the retina.(Do searches on glutamate and glutamate receptors in the vertebrate retina). Again I should suffer these symptoms anytime were it just perimenopause. I don't ---it's only after MSG ingestion. If I eat junkfood, ringing in the ears is one of my first symptoms.
Visit websites listed in above postings for more background information.
JillsMom-
Delicious apples when chemically analyzed are found to contain many substances we would not choose to eat. They are treated with insecticides and fungicides, agents to prevent ripening, waxed with glutamate containing waxes, and color dyes are used--any of which in addition to any true allergy to the food might cause reactions. Unless you are anaphylactic, one way to test would be to find an abandoned fruit tree, that no one has sprayed or treated for years and test the fruit. That would help you to eliminate chemical induced reactions. A leaky gut is the basis for many food related allergies. Strengthening intestinal wall integrity is beneficial to overall health for many reasons.

We left this strand hanging, didn't we? Some suggestions to improve intestinal integrity: try to keep yeast under control, (lot of websites on this) cut back on sugar, add acidophilus, add olive and flaxseed oil, cut back on spicy & hot food that inflames the gut, MSG also causes inflamation so cut back on MSG, see [url="http://www.NoMSG.com"]www.NoMSG.com[/url] for alias names for labeling MSG in manufactured products, drink more water, eat meals at regular intervals allowing digestive system to function better. There are lots of websites and ideas out there that can help improve leaky gut.