Adding Flavor Seasonings Really Lose Weight?

Research reveals flavorings or monosodium glutamate (MSG may also increase waist circumference. The researchers found that people who eat more MSG were more likely to be overweight or obese.

The relationship between MSG intake and overweight high after the researchers count the number of calories people eat. Ka He, a nutrition scientist at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, who led the study, said that although the risk of weight gain caused by MSG is a public health implications are great. "All the people who are overweight consume MSG," he said as quoted by Reuters.

MSG is one of the most widely used additives in food. Although likely more popular in Asian countries, the MSG was also used in America. In Uncle Sam's country is MSG found in processed foods, like canned soup.

Daily intake of MSG in the U.S. estimated that only about half a gram. While Japan and Korea is estimated to average consumption of MSG 10 grams per day.

Although MSG is considered safe, some people complain of headaches, nausea and other adverse reactions.

Several studies have examined the potential link between MSG and weight, with conflicting results. Scientists have speculated that people can eat large servings of food with MSG because it just tastes better. Other evidence suggests that MSG may interfere with the signal system in the body that regulates appetite.

In a recent study, published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, researchers measured direct intake of MSG. Found, men and women who ate MSG average of 5 grams per day is about 30 percent more likely to become overweight. When compared to those who consume less that is less than one-half gram ditemykan day they do not include people who are overweight.

How real connection between MSG and weight? It is possible something to do with the hormone leptin, which regulates appetite and metabolism. Found that people who consume more MSG produces more leptin.

"Consumption of MSG can cause leptin resistance, so the body does not get the energy it receives from food. So, why people who eat more MSG gained weight regardless of how many calories they consume.

This opinion was also debated. Ivan E. de Araujo, a neurobiologist at Yale University who has studied the impact of MSG on leptin, was not convinced by the new findings.

Leptin released by fat cells, so that their weight people have more leptin in their blood, said Araujo. Effect of MSG on the level of leptin, then, just may be a reflection of the growing body mass.

Source : TRIBUNNEWS.COM