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If you think MSG is fine, try eating a tablespoon of it with nothing else. Then another time try eating a bunch of mushrooms or similar by themselves with a si
by coldcode 13y ago
If you think MSG is fine, try eating a tablespoon of it with nothing else.
Then another time try eating a bunch of mushrooms or similar by themselves with a similar quantity.
Likely not the same feeling. Digestion and absorption of food changes with how you consume it. Eating a sweet potato or a bunch of sugar doesn't hit the bloodstream the same way.
In my teens and twenties I found I got migraine headaches after eating certain foods; with a little experimentation I found foods (all kinds, not just Chinese) containing added MSG gave me a headache within 2-4 hours. Eliminating those foods eliminated the headaches. Later in life I found I was less effected though with sufficient quantities I could still get one. It was pretty clear the only food that affected me this way had MSG in it. Most people seem not to be affected.
Personally I don't mind if people add it to foods as long as it's labeled honestly so I can choose to avoid it. No different than with peanut allergies or sodium content or trans-fats. Adding yeast extract or hydrolyzed vegetable protein (proteins broken down into amino salts including the glutamate) to foods to avoid mentioning you did it for the MSG is the only thing that bugs me. It's like saying a food is low-salt because you added Natural Ocean Water instead of salt.
- TruthElixirX 13y agoAdequately controlling for experimental bias includes a double-blind placebo-controlled experimental design (DBPC) and the application in capsules because of the strong and unique after-taste of glutamates.[21] In a study performed by Tarasoff and Kelly (1993) 71 fasting participants were given 5 g of MSG and then administered a standard breakfast. There was only one reaction, and it was to the placebo in a self-identified MSG-sensitive individual.[18] In a different study done by Geha et al. (2000), they tested the reaction of 130 subjects who reported sensitivity to MSG. Multiple DBPC trials were performed and only subjects with at least two symptoms proceeded. Only two people out of the whole study responded in all four challenges. Because of this low prevalence, the researchers concluded that the response to MSG was not reproducible. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monosodium_glutamate#Safety http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monosodium_glutamate#Safety
- eropple 13y agoWhere are you eating that they put a tablespoon of MSG in something? Even Chinese restaurants I'm familiar with that use MSG only use (and only need) a very small amount.
- sk5t 13y agoThis is a weird example... how terrible would you feel after choking down a tablespoon of straight table salt?
- ahoge 13y ago> If you think MSG is fine, try eating a tablespoon of it with nothing else. If you think salt is fine, try eating 10 tablespoons of it with nothing else.