Braggs. Liquid Amino Acids?

You may have noticed I often use Braggs Liquid Amino Acids in many of my recipes. You may be asking yourself, "What the heck is Braggs?" and wondering why I use it ALL the time. Your nagging questions will be answered here:

I use Braggs as an alternative to table salt, and as I am sure you are well aware--sodium (the evil element Na, atomic number 11), though essential for health, in excess leads to a plethora of health related disorders including cardiovascular disease and weight gain. Braggs does contain sodium, just not nearly as much. Braggs is also a healthy choice in lieu of soy sauce or tamari (though you can obtain tamari that is low sodium and wheat free). Braggs is made from "Healthy, Certified Non-GMO Soybeans" that have not been fermented and are gluten free. Their website at www.bragg.com is what you would expect from health extremists--information you will never need like a link to "What are Excitotoxins?" and they use abbreviations like ACV (apple cider vinegar) that for the novice take practically ten minutes to decode.

The inventors/purveyors of the product; Paul C. Bragg ND, PhD and self proclaimed "Originator Health Stores and Life Extension Specialist", and Patricia Bragg ND, PhD and self proclaimed "Pioneer Health Crusader, Health Educator, Author" (quoted from the bottle). As you might expect, they're crazy health-nuts. Surprisingly they both have Wiki pages! The first paragraph of Paul's bio questions the validity of his supposed birth year (he claims 1881 and genealogical research indicates a later date of 1895...hmmm..) Beyond this claim his whole history appears fudged and controversial, even the PhD (www.ahealedplant.net/bragg.htm). Patricia is not his wife but daughter in law, though she claims to be a daughter by blood (things that make you go hmmm...) Basically, they're health freaks who embellished their images for the purpose of selling more health products.

Regardless of the controversy, as extreme far-left advocates of raw food, fasting and physical exercise for a means of improving one's health and reversing disease, they are to me invaluable "health crusaders", as they again self-proclaim.

Containing 16 amino acids:

Alanine Arginine Aspartic Acid Glutamic Acid Glycine Histidine Isoleucine Lysine

Leucine Methionine Phenylalanine Proline Serine Threonine Tryosine Valine

and the following nutritional facts:

you should use it.