Monosodium glutamate is a salt not an amino acid. It does not disassociate perfectly (or instantly) in the gut and uptake through the digestive system is slow [

Monosodium glutamate is a salt not an amino acid. It does not disassociate perfectly (or instantly) in the gut and uptake through the digestive system is slow [1]. There are several steps before your metabolic system can turn MSG into amino acids and surprise, surprise: until then it behaves like a different chemical. [1] https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/Monosodium-glutamate https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/Monosodium-glutama...