“Again, if MSG causes all the things you say it does, these same reactions would also come from consuming foods where glutamate occurs naturally. “
No, that does not follow. The bad reaction has a lot to do with quantity. And whether it occurs naturally.
jps098
“My wife gets 3 day migraines if she eats foods with MSG”
Me, too, don’t let anyone tell you MSG is not the problem. Other additives are bad as well.
Huh? The average person consumes 10 times more glutamate from naturally occurring sources than from added sources. If you get headaches from the added sources, then you must also get them from the naturally occurring sources. These people should have migraines after every meal, but they don't. Of course, if you eat several heaping spoonfuls of MSG straight, then you could have a negative reaction. Bad things can happen anytime you overwhelm the body with something. I don't know of anyone eating straight MSG in mass quantities, but you may travel in different circles.
MSG is not the problem, but making it the problem solves the problem of having to find out what is the problem actually is. This is why emotion and science don't go well together.