Frito-Lay has launched a new "Natural Doritos" product that doesn't have the usual monosodium glutamate (an excitotoxin) and artificial colors found in its flagship product, but it does contain another offensive ingredient: yeast extract. It's listed right on the package of the new Natural Doritos products.

Yeast extract is a flavor-enhancing additive that many food manufacturers use in place of MSG. The problem is that yeast extract is a hidden source of MSG (monosodium glutamate), according to my sources (see below).

MSG, you may know, is classified as an excitotoxin by Dr. Russell Blaylock, who is a doctor, author, and expert on chemicals that damage the nervous system. MSG is well known to cause migraine headaches, seizures, and other nervous system disorders. Dr. Blaylock's research also shows that MSG damages the endocrine system and causes obesity due to impaired appetite control regulation (causes you to be unable to stop eating).

Doctors and authors who are warning people about yeast extract include Dr. Gary Null, Dr. Julian Whitaker, Dr. George R. Schwartz, Phyllis Balch, Dr. Alexander Mauskop and even the Life Extension Foundation (sources cited below).

Yeast extract is also used in so-called "natural" veggie burger products sold in grocery stores and health food stores. In fact, yeast extract is the No. 1 flavor additive of choice for food manufacturers who don't want to list MSG on their labels. Don't trust the labels that say "all natural" on the front. Read the ingredients and look for yeast extract.

TruthInLabeling.org lists yeast extract as an ingredient that always contains MSG: http://www.truthinlabeling.org/hiddensources.html

Learn the truth about yeast extract and other offensive food additives at Webseed: http://www.webseed.com/yeast_extract.html

Deceptive marketing practices?
What's wrong with Natural Doritos using yeast extract? The problem stems from the fact that the product is labeled "natural" and is positioned in the natural food section in grocery stores. Yet it is made with yeast extract, an ingredient that many doctors, authors and scientists claim may actually be hazardous to the health of you and your children.

Because of this, it is my personal opinion that the Frito-Lay company is engaged in deceptive marketing practices by promoting a product as "natural" that admittedly contains yeast extract.

Baby food manufacturers voluntarily removed MSG from their products decades ago after realizing just how damaging MSG is to the brains of infants and young children. So why is Frito-Lay still selling regular Doritos with MSG, and now "Natural" Doritos with yeast extract?

I believe the answer may be because Frito-Lay wants to jump on the "natural" bandwagon with a product that, in my opinion, isn't natural at all. Yeast extract is a manufactured, concentrated ingredient. Calling yeast extract natural is like calling crack cocaine natural because it comes from the coca plant.

DO NOT eat any grocery product containing MSG or yeast extract, and especially avoid allowing children of any age to consume these products. Protecting the health of the brains and nervous systems of our children is extremely important.