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it went away. I added Standard Process the PTD, but chickened out before it really does have the rule stiplating that
Drenamin (3 tablets) and Thytrophin (2 was started. I told the doctor about the spices may mean only spices.
tablets) daily. iodine, and she said to go home and try Jane Kraft
After about three months of this it “as an experiment.” Alger, Ohio
regimen, I began to have bowel difficul- After a couple of weeks, the dry
ties—bloating, discomfort, low-level patch was gone, (I actually peeled the Response from Jack Samuels: Spices,
diarrhea, irregular bowel movements. dead skin off) and it has not returned. as defined by the FDA, should be safe
No dietary or other changes would’ve I used Lugol’s Iodine, 7%. The only for MSG-sensitive people. The website
caused that, I think. After a couple mistake I made was ordering it on the truth-in-labeling.org does not list spices
weeks, I thought there could be an iodine internet, unknowingly from Costa Rica. on our list of MSG-containing ingredi-
connection, and stopped taking the Io- It cost more for shipping than it did for ents. However, it has been found that
sol, but continued the glandulars. Within the iodine, and then I was charged extra some spice importers or sellers of spices
days the bowel problems went away and on my credit card for ordering outside of have added MSG to some spices, without
have stayed away. The makers of Iosol the U.S. But the most important thing is identification.
said they have never had a problem with that it worked! I do not think that the use of un-
it. (I had read about this protocol in Dr. Thanks so much for the valuable disclosed MSG in spices is common
David Williams’s Alternatives newslet- information, once again. because the resulting product would be
ter.) Beth B. mislabeled and would subject the in-
I have no idea what to make of all Farmington, Connecticut volved companies to liability. Certainly,
this and neither does my chiropractor, a major spice company would not want
but it was very unnerving, and I thought SPICES to take the risk of adding undisclosed
you might wish to add the story to your You have taught me that food with MSG to their products. Having said the
files on iodine. “spices” on the label is suspect of con- above, I once saw individual packets of
Paula Gifford taining MSG in some form. Yet, when red pepper flakes that included a dis-
Boston, Massachusetts I contacted a food company, they sent closed source of MSG. Can you imagine
me the following reply: “According red pepper flakes that need a flavor
IODINE ON THE SKIN to FDA regulations, which we follow enhancer?
Last summer I went to the derma- strictly, only actual spices can be listed
tologist because I had a small dry patch under the general term of ‘spices’ on NO BROKEN BONES
of skin on my cheek that would not the ingredient label. Thus, when you I grew up on a Virginia farm as part
go away. She froze it off, very gently are considering any of our products, of a family of eight boys. None of us ever
as I had asked, so I would not get a you can be assured that the term ‘spices’ had a broken bone, and I attribute that
scar. It came back again and the physi- refers only to spices, and nothing else. to the fact that we all drank raw milk.
cian wanted me to try photo dynamic Since spices are free of MSG, you can Tam Murray
therapy, (PTD) which involves putting be assured you are avoiding this product. Alexandria, Virginia
chemicals on the face and then going Please be aware that we do have some
under a UV light, resulting in a very products that contain MSG. These prod-
red, peeling face for a few days. ucts have monosodium glutamate listed
Before I went in, I read the article on the ingredient panel (in exactly that Gifts and bequests to the
about iodine and the advice from Dr. terminology).” Weston A. Price Foundation
Morell about using iodine on actinic Please tell me whether the FDA will help ensure the gift of good health
keratosis and skin cancer. I went in for to future generations.

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