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BOOKS
Excitotoxins: The Taste that Kills by Russell L. Blaylock, MD (Health Press, 1996)

In Bad Taste: The MSG Syndrome by George R. Schwartz, MD (Health Press, 1999)

The Crazy Makers: How the Food Industry Is Destroying Our Brains and Harming Our Children by Carol Simontacchi (J.P. Tarcher, 2001)

A Consumer’s Dictionary of Food Additives, Fifth Edition by Ruth Winter (Three Rivers Press, 1999)


WEB
www.nutrasweet.com  - The official Web site of the NutraSweet Company includes an extensive list of links to scientific studies on the health effects of aspartame.

www.msgfacts.com - The official Web site of The Glutamate Association contains information about the safety of MSG consumption as well as a list of “human sensitivity studies.”

www.truthinlabeling.org  - A nonprofit organization dedicated to securing full and clear labeling on all processed foods.

www.holisticmed.com/aspartame - A clearinghouse for information about aspartame-related health risks.

www.cspinet.org/reports/food.htm  - The Center for Science in the Public Interest’s list of food additives to avoid.

www.cfsan.fda.gov/~lrd/msg.html  - This FDA backgrounder details the most common health complaints experienced by MSG consumers.