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Big deal, so it's not a real allergy. When I eat food containing a lot of added MSG, my brain feels like it's on fire. Maybe it's not anaphylaxis but it's sti
by gamache 16y ago
Big deal, so it's not a real allergy. When I eat food containing a lot of added MSG, my brain feels like it's on fire. Maybe it's not anaphylaxis but it's still annoying.
- Avshalom 16y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monosodium_glutamate#Health_concerns http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monosodium_glutamate#Health_con... On one hand most of the linked studies were likely paid for by food companies. On the other hand, considering the wide variety of sources that MSG averse people don't react to, claims that it's psychosomatic seem fairly reasonable.
- sudont 16y agoThis is one double-blind test that would be fairly easy to do with friends. Try it at home, kids?
- tptacek 16y agoWhat are the foods you eat that you perceive as containing a lot of added MSG? Maybe there's something else they have in common. Insulin responses can easily and predictably give you a headache.
- gamache 16y agoTwo foods have reliably caused symptoms that I connect with MSG: the fried rice from one particular place near where I went to school, and Doritos. I can eat equivalent amounts of other fried rice or corn chips without symptoms.
- brunoc 16y agoI think I get a similar thing. A weird overwhelming sensation then a rush of fire in the neck and then brain on fire. Always at a chinese restaurant, with specific dishes.