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Originally Posted by NotGolfer
Was diagnosed with this awhile ago....but wasn't given much information. What I know I've read on the internet. Can anyone tell me what I can expect? I'm on a couple of anti-inflammatorys and also some pain pills too.
Is this one of those things that affects folks differently?? Curious about how others deal with it!
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I am familiar with it as many of my cousins and peer group do have it.
As another poster replied....massage does seem to work on the trigger points. One I know is helped by accupressure.
Years ago, in the olden days, what is now known as fibromyalgia was just called "muscular rheumatism"........
My own mom would say to anyone who would listen, "Do you ever feel like you've been run over by a truck?" Only those who have it would be able to relate to her aches and pains.
I've read over and over again that eliminating all processed foods that have MSG or other "flavor enhansors"......even sometimes sneaked in as "natural flavorings"..........Monosodium Glutamate is not good for those who suffer from fibromyalgia..........
MSG, or monosodium glutamate, is a sodium salt of glutamic acid. As a food additive, it’s used to enhance flavor. It’s found in many seasonings, sauces, salad dressings and prepared foods; it’s also often used in fast food preparation. Side effects associated with MSG include a burning feeling in the chest, arms and face, as well as chest pains, headache, fatigue, heart palpitations and nausea. The FDA does not require manufacturers who use MSG in their products to list it as an ingredient. Here’s a list of foods that often contain MSG;
please keep in mind that not all products from these companies contain MSG, so check with the manufacturers to be sure.
1) Prepared and Packaged Foods
Many prepared foods contain MSG, especially snack foods like frozen meals, canned soups and instant soups. Some of the most popular packaged foods contain MSG. Some of them are:
- Hamburger Helper
- Lipton’s Onion Soup Mix
- Progresso soups
- Campbell’s soups
Most frozen pizzas, processed vegetables, processed and canned meats and frozen pot pies contain MSG as a flavor enhancer.
2) Sauces and Seasonings
Many sauces, seasonings and salad dressings contain MSG. Soy sauce, fish sauce, gravy and dipping sauces often contain MSG. Here are some of the salts, seasonings, sauces and dressings that contain MSG:
- Accent seasoning
- Bacon Bits
- Goya Sazon
- Lawry’s Season Salt
- Gravy Master
- Bragg’s Liquid Aminos
- Marmite
Sweeteners, like brown sugar and Nutrasweet, often contain MSG, as do many salad dressings. Some processed cheeses, like processed parmesan cheese, contain MSG. Ketchup, mustard, mayonnaise and many other condiments contain this food additive as well.
3) Fast Foods and Chain Restaurant Foods
Fast foods are very high in MSG, especially Chinese food. While most Chinese and other Asian fast food restaurants use MSG as a flavor enhancer, many now offer MSG-free alternatives or will be willing to prepare them if asked.
Some fast food restaurants who regularly use MSG include:
- McDonald’s
- KFC
- Burger King
- Chick-Fil-A
- Taco Bell
Popular chain restaurants, like Applebee’s, are also known to use MSG in many of their products. Often, that’s not because the restaurants intentionally put MSG into the food, but because it’s present in the sweeteners, spices and sauces they use, or because it’s present in packaged and processed foods used by that restaurant. If you’d like to avoid MSG at your favorite restaurants, check that restaurant’s food allergy guide and avoid using spices, sauces or sweeteners at that restaurant. Many restaurants will provide MSG free sweeteners, spices and sauces if you ask.
4) Snacks
Many snacks, like chips, contain MSG as a flavor enhancer. The dips and sauces that many people like to eat in conjunction with chips, pretzels and other snacks also often contain MSG. While some snack foods, like plain potato chips and Cheez-Its crackers, are MSG free, many others contain MSG, sometimes in levels high enough to cause an allergic reaction in those sensitive to glutamic acid. Popular snack foods that contain MSG include:
- Pringles chips (the seasoned varieties)
- Doritos
- Planters nuts
- Unilever and Knorr instant dip products
Most flavored potato chips and processed cheese flavored snacks also contain monosodium glutamate, so you should try to avoid them.
Even pizza parlors use it in their sauce and meat products, the alfredo sauce as well.........with Chinese takeout, you can request no MSG but then it really does taste bland....but I'd rather have bland.
I just wrote to a big meat supplier in the mid west and was surprised when she answered me so quickly........and honestly.......
Even they post online all the "additives"......not necessarily in the meat.....but in the "sauces" and such that go along as condiments, marinades & prepared vegetables.
"Thank you for contacting us. We appreciate your interest in our products.
While we do not add any MSG to our meats , products that are premade or have
marinades may have it."
"It is important for us to keep our customers informed of
nutritional information regarding our products, along with food
allergens/sensitivities that may be contained in our items."
"To review our nutritional analysis information and food
allergens/sensitivities, please go to
www.omahasteaks.com and click on the
"Customer Service" tab on the bottom toolbar. You will see links under the
"Product Information" tab which allows you to download a PDF file of the
nutrition facts and the food allergen/sensitivity guide."
"Please be aware that not all of the steak selections currently have the
nutritional information online. If you cannot locate the nutritional
information you are looking for, please email us your name and address. We
would be happy to mail the information to you."
"If we can be of further assistance, please feel free to contact us via
email or at 1-800-329-6500."
Sincerely,
Julie Davis
Omaha Steaks Customer Care
There were columns that would be of interest for those with wheat allergy, milk, dairy, gluten, MSG, etc., etc., etc., etc. nuts, etc.
You have to keep scrolling down on the file....as it's a lot of information and very very long....many pages, but easy to read......
They must get a lot of queries........this is no doubt a form letter.
In the past I have contacted STAUFFERS..........and they are not forthright about the MSG and flavor enhansors as they call them, in their prepared frozen foods.
Better to be honest with the public. Years ago, people thought of allergies as sneezing, stuffed up sinuses, etc.......but now food sensitivities are also called allergies...or so it seems.............without becoming a vegan or vegetarian, I will agree with that crowd, that the American diet overall is loaded with unnatural "stuff".
So, better to cook or bake or prepare (even salad dressings) from scratch.......avoiding all the junk.
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