DOES MSG CAUSE CANCER?

All processed free glutamic acid (MSG), no matter how produced, is accompanied by unwanted by-products of production.  These unwanted by-products of production are referred to as impurities.  Impurities are invariably produced by all methods used for breaking down protein (autolysis, enzymolysis, and acid hydrolysis)(4,8-12), by all methods used to produce monosodium glutamate(7), and by all methods use to produce reaction or processed flavors (5,13).

When acid hydrolysis is used to free amino acids from protein, the impurities produced included carcinogenic mono and dichloro propanols(4,12).  Reaction flavors produced through a maillard reaction may contain carcinogenic heterocyclic amines(13).

1. Dichloro propanols (1,3-DCP) ; Cancer potential

Statistically significant dose-related increases in the combined incidences of the following tumors were observed in male and female rats: in the liver, hepatocellular adenoma and carcinoma; in the tongue/oral cavity, squamous cell papilloma and carcinoma; and in the thyroid, follicular cell adenoma and carcinoma. In the kidney, the combined numbers of renal tubular adenoma and carcinoma were increased in males only. In numerous in vitro assays, 1,3-DCP was genotoxic.

2. Heterocyclic amines are linked to;

• Colorectal cancer
• Breast cancer
• Prostate cancer
• Pancreatic cancer

(TLC)