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.
Beware, now they’re “hiding” it under other names
https://www.glutathionediseasecure.com/other-names-for-MSG.html
They’ve done the same to that evil dog-killing franken-sweetener, Xylitol.
Now it’s harmless sounding “birch sugar”.
Creeps.
For fellow MSG victims, here’s some help:
https://www.truthinlabeling.org/hiddensources.html
Some surprising sources that will get you even though there’s no MSG in the label.
Chicken broth is naturally high in MSG, but because it’s natural it doesn’t have to be shown on the label. Very common ingredient in canned soups that don’t even say chicken on the label. (Campbell’s especially bad. Even Progresso which claims “no added MSG” has a lot of soups I love but can’t eat because they are based on chicken stock.) This started me making my own soups in large batches. So I not only evade the MSG monster, I save a lot of money, too. Win-win.