Brain toxin. So only worry if you have a brain. Liberals can eat it all day, no problem!
Anecdotes become more convincing when you witness them. It doesn’t bother me, I have known women who turn very red when exposed, even unknowingly.
BS.
A friend always gets extreme leg pains whenever food has MSG in it.
In small doses it’s fine, but I feel VERY strange if I eat too much of it.
Too much being the amount in one of those pot noodle soups.
It’s certainly bad for ME! I can’t consume more than the merest trace without getting wicked, lasting pain in my neck. So bad some days that I’d miss work. Doctors spent years trying to fix me. Insurance paid chiropractors enough to buy a new Lambo. I eventually found out on my own. Ten years on and I’m pain free because I’ve rigorously avoided MSG.
Enough with the propaganda already.
If you get migraines it’s a major problem.
Anecdotal: Chest tightness and a resting heart rate over 100. I know when a restaurant is lying to me.
I always thought it was one of those things that was okay in small to moderate amounts for most people. It seemed to make you feel full before you had really eaten all that much. I’m sure that was a trope or something.
Mummm Americanizd Chinese food in Chinatown NYC it better have that glorious sheen too it which is the deadgive away of MSG cooked at high temps. Love it
MSG has been shown to spike insulin as much as 300%.
Glutamine is an essential amino acid, however, like everything else, dose makes the poison.
L-glutamine is an essential amino acid additive for cell culture. ... In aqueous solutions such as cell culture media, L-glutamine decomposes into ammonia, which is toxic to cells.
Common side effects may include:
nausea, vomiting, stomach pain, gas;
swelling in your hands or feet;
muscle or joint pain, back pain;
headache, dizziness, tired feeling;
mild skin rash or itching; or.
dry mouth, runny nose, increased sweating.
MSG is not harmless for many people. I have had very bad reactions to this substance. I have had horrific hives and also anaphylactic reactions to MSG. The bad thing is you never know where you are going to encounter the substance. I have had to carry an Epi-Pen and ID for years.
There are some people that ingesting MSG causes them issues.
I get violent, ripping headaches after eating food that has a lot of MSG in it.
Seriously, MSG totally prevents me from being able to fall asleep. Any of the artificial sweeteners ending in "OL" (Xylitol, Sorbitol, etc) don't help either, but MSG is BAD news for bed time.
I eat what I want. I’m not going to live forever, so why eat things I don’t want
My son called one evening saying he had had a reaction, probably to something he ate: flushing, itching, etc. He had a stir fry and kimchi. I don’t know why I thought of MSG, but I looked it up and his reactions were many of those possible. It was probably in the kimchi, which also produces its own MSG during the fermentation process. He eats a lot of Asian food since his new girlfriend, so I told him that some Asian places make a point of mentioning they don’t use MSG and he needed to look for that.
BTW, I saw in the article that the concern about MSG is in part because of an alleged xenophobia. China getting its feelings hurt again.
I get an intense, throbbing headache behind my eyes whenever I eat anything with MSG. It’s a specific kind of headache that I get from nothing else. I always check food labels to make sure I avoid it.
I guess I’m lucky. MSG has never given me even the slightest bit of trouble. I use Accent fairly often. No Chinese food I’ve ever eaten has caused me problems.
It’s hard to make tasty fried chicken without MSG.