<<Stranger still, some doctors declared the syndrome occurred only in certain geographical locations. New York and Southern California were deemed risky, while

<<Stranger still, some doctors declared the syndrome occurred only in certain geographical locations. New York and Southern California were deemed risky, while Hawaii and London were absolved.>> NY and SOCAL, that explains it all ;) I remember I never had any symptoms from eating Asian food with MSG from being gluttonous with the chili sauce or ate too much and had a normal, expected belly ache, and the sudden revelation that MSG was to blame for a few of my NYC peers' varying maladies, and how people would triple ask if there was no MSG in their takeout to the point of hysteria at some Chinese takeout restaurants to the dismay of the cashier. Not surprised to see the revelation of a lot of bad science from MSG, to P values and so many papers being audited and struck down, to faking heart study data ala Darsee and Slutsky, to the FDA's food pyramid, to disease mongering by big pharma and the media's effect on having everyone think they have this or that syndrome with some more gullible than others.