I don’t think there were a lot of opportunities to really OD on it in an environment where you had to acquire the fruit seasonally and can/preserve for storage.
Now days, you not only have it as a savory enhancer added to junk food, but researchers for manufacturers have gotten to the point where the taste of things like Cheetos and Doritos is designed to taper off on ingestion within an exact period of time to keep the hand going back into the bag!
Dr. Mark Hyman and Tucker Carlson : Everything You’re Eating Is Toxic, and Big Pharma Likes It That Way