No MSG in the Hodgepodge

It's a lazy summer Wednesday around here today. I like those kind of days. I'm still cleaning out and organizing but I'm taking it slow and easy so I can get it right. Which makes it easy to take some time for the Hodgepodge! 

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1. What's something people might ask you for help with? Taking care of their animals while they go on vacation. You know, since I never go anywhere. And because I love animals. :)

2. What's something you might ask someone else for help with? I try not to ask anyone for help with anything. While I don't mind helping others, I don't like to need help. Does that fall under my personal trait of 'stubborn'? But, if I don't know how to build something or need something moved that is just too heavy, I will (begrudgingly) ask for help.

3.  Did your family take summer vacations when you were a child? If so, where did you go? If you're a parent, did/do you plan summer vacations with your own family? Did/do they resemble those you took as a child? Yes! Every summer we went to the beach for a week. It was great! We only took about 3 vacations while the lovelies were coming along. I'm still working on a post about this for tomorrow. 

4.   Pool-lake-ocean...which one is most appealing to you on a hot summer day? Pool. I used to LOVE getting in the ocean and the lake but, for some reason, not anymore. I no longer enjoy swimming in bodies of water where I can't see what's swimming with me. 

5.  Have you ever justified using the expression, 'you gotta be cruel to be kind'?  Was it really necessary or were you rationalizing? I've never used that expression. 

6.  The Journal of Psychology recently mentioned the results of a survey identifying the ten most hated foods as-liver, lima beans, mayonnaise, mushrooms, eggs, okra, beets, brussel sprouts, tuna, and gelatin.  Of those foods, how many do you actually hate? Anything you'd add to the list? Not only do I particularly HATE liver, I'm allergic to it- the taste and the smell. And tuna in a can is just gross. I can't think of anything I'd add to the list. 

7. What's your favorite book or movie set in a beach or lake town? The only book I can think of right now is Tell No One by Harlan Coben. The only movie I can think of right now is Mr. Hobbs Takes A Vacation.  Of course I'll think of more after I post this. :)

8. Insert your own random thought here. Warning: Soap Box time: Did y'all know that Natural Flavors is another name for MSG (monosodium glutamate)? It comes disguised under the names of 'Modified Food Starch'; 'Modified Corn Starch'; 'Autolyzed Yeast Extract'; 'Natural Smoke Flavors'. MSG is one of the most common food enhancers. It intensifies your taste buds and makes you think the food tastes better than it actually does. It tricks your taste buds into eating lower quality food and into eating more of it as it is quite addictive. Why? So food manufacturers can increase their profits. MSG increases serotonin and insulin. 


Ok, that's basically what Dr. Berg says in the first part of the video. But watch it for yourselves. It's worth the 9 minutes or so. It makes me want to slap the crap out of food manufacturers. And I'm pretty sure they're in cahoots with the pharmaceutical companies. The food makes us sick and fat and the pharmaceutical terrorists feed us pills that DON'T HEAL us but make us feel just good enough to stay on the meds. 

"For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evils..."

I am sharing this just for the sake of sharing. I receive nothing in return except the knowledge that I've put something helpful out there!  :)

Enjoy the rest of your week, y'all! 

And stay away  from MSG!