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> Takeout food is generally unhealthy, though. The pho I've eaten has off the charts amounts of sodium Is there something takeout places usually put in it that
by viewer5 11y ago
> Takeout food is generally unhealthy, though. The pho I've eaten has off the charts amounts of sodium
Is there something takeout places usually put in it that people who make it at home don't?
- jedrek 11y agoMost people have trouble adding MSG directly to their food, restaurants have no such qualms.
- greggman 11y agoMSG is not unhealthy AFAIK. Wikipedia covers that for one. For anecdata see Japan. Highest life expectancy, most msg usage. And it's commonly used in home cooking
- gtk40 11y agoIt's just salt and glutamic acid (naturally occurring in mushrooms, tomatoes, etc), and it immediately dissolves to each of those components in water. Usually the problem isn't with MSG but with too much salt at places that also add MSG.
- kbart 11y agoArguably, MSG itself isn't unhealthy (in limited doses), but it enhances taste so much, that it's often used to cover up for poor quality or even expired products. For example, lower quality hot dogs without MSG and other additives are basically inedible, for the same reason junk food is tasty as well.
- wmil 11y agoYou can mask poor ingredients by dumping salt and sugar into dishes. Sugar actually stops you from tasting all the salt.