I blow up like a bullfrog. I get a three day migraine that puts me completely out of commission, until I discovered a particular medication to combat this horror.
I went to a Chinese restaurant in 1986, ate something with MSG in it, and was in a dark room for three days after.
I made the connection much later when I repeated the pattern and discovered the situation.
I tried again in 1991, thinking people had gotten with it on this toxin, and the waiter said, no we don’t use MSG.
Next day hubby freaked out at how I had simply blown up like a balloon. THe headache was memorable.
It’s not like the much preferred natural childbirth, which is over in a mere 12 to 36 sleepless hours, and the ripping and repair work, which I have experienced.
It is much worse than that.
Restaurant food must be carefully chosen, and labels carefully perused.
Living in Germany fro four years was not a problem at all in this regard, as they don’t fool around with Chemicals. They eat food.
I did have an anchovy pizza there once and OOh I remember the days that followed.
It, like so many similarly processed meats, soups, sauces, and processed meals, must be avoided.
Never have I ever in the ensuing 20 years re entered a Chinese restaurant.
Names for it are hidden, and the FDA is fine with that, Autolysed protein, Natural flavor, and other things I have long forgotten as my food shopping has relegated me to the outer edges, and to Whole Foods.
That these people can write this trash, and I expect nothing of real value from the BI, is exactly why I don’t fool around with any substance that does not prove, nor seem to be safe.
They lie.
Yes they lie. Real food already tastes good and doesn’t need to be adulterated.