I also posted this item in the Debates Forum a while back, but I'm also interested whether the General Forum readers have had any experiences after MSG consumption which affected their well-being.
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MonoSodium Glutamate [Much used flavour enhancer E621 in the food-industry, Vé-Tsin (Chinese name), Ajinomoto (Japanese name)] intolerance.
"There have been reports of allergies and/or sensitivities to MSG, sometimes attributed to the free glutamic acid component, which has been blamed for causing a wide variety of physical symptoms such as migraines, nausea, digestive upsets, drowsiness, heart palpitations, asthma, anaphylactic shock, and many other complaints. "Chinese restaurant syndrome" is often used as an example of the symptoms purported to be caused by MSG."
"An unknown percentage of the population may react to MSG and develop MSG symptom complex, a condition characterized by one or more of the following symptoms:
burning sensation in the back of the neck, forearms and chest
numbness in the back of the neck, radiating to the arms and back
tingling, warmth and weakness in the face, temples, upper back, neck and arms
facial pressure or tightness
chest pain
headache
nausea
rapid heartbeat
weak pulse
violent dreams
bronchospasm (difficulty breathing) in MSG-intolerant people with asthma
drowsiness
weakness."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monosodium_glutamate
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monosodium_glutamate#MSG_intolerance
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_restaurant_syndrome
Have any of you (or any of your relatives or friends) experienced health difficulties resulting from using MSG ?
I would appreciate hearing your experiences.
Originally posted by ivanhoeNO but a Chines restaurant near me only served gluten free pasta/ rice and think it was the first in the country!
I also posted this item in the Debates Forum a while back, but I'm also interested whether the General Forum readers have had any experiences after MSG consumption which affected their well-being.
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MonoSodium Glutamate [Much used flavour enhancer E621 in the food-ind ...[text shortened]... difficulties resulting from using MSG ?
I would appreciate hearing your experiences.
Originally posted by ivanhoeNever suffered from any of the above. I'm sure that I am intolerant to some foods or additives though. It generally manifests itself in a flaky skin comlaint. Now there's an original chat up line if you've ever heard one.
I also posted this item in the Debates Forum a while back, but I'm also interested whether the General Forum readers have had any experiences after MSG consumption which affected their well-being.
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MonoSodium Glutamate [Much used flavour enhancer E621 in the food-ind difficulties resulting from using MSG ?
I would appreciate hearing your experiences.
Originally posted by ivanhoeMy step-mother is allergic, which rules out Chinese Buffets when she's here. I don't know what happens to her though; she never told me. She's the only one I know of who's allergic to MSG but not a whole plethora of other things.
I also posted this item in the Debates Forum a while back, but I'm also interested whether the General Forum readers have had any experiences after MSG consumption which affected their well-being.
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MonoSodium Glutamate [Much used flavour enhancer E621 in the food-ind ...[text shortened]... difficulties resulting from using MSG ?
I would appreciate hearing your experiences.
Whether they cause immediate discernible symptoms or not, all artificial additivies have a detrimental effect on the body and should be avoided. Problem is, a young fairly healthy system will not display symptoms until much later, when no obvious link between cause and effect can be identified. Then we blame viruses.
Originally posted by asromacalcioIf it is so bad, why don't they ban it?
Whether they cause immediate discernible symptoms or not, all artificial additivies have a detrimental effect on the body and should be avoided. Problem is, a young fairly healthy system will not display symptoms until much later, when no obvious link between cause and effect can be identified. Then we blame viruses.
Originally posted by reader1107I would appreciate it very much if you would ask her what symptoms show after consuming MSG.
My step-mother is allergic, which rules out Chinese Buffets when she's here. I don't know what happens to her though; she never told me. She's the only one I know of who's allergic to MSG but not a whole plethora of other things.
Originally posted by CrazyLilTingMSG is often called the nicotine of the food-industry, because MSG has addictive capacities.
in a simple one word: MONEY.
You can find the flavour enhancer MSG in all sorts of products like sausages and other meat products, bouillons, soups, cookies/biscuits, Asian dishes, sauces, gravies, chips/crisps and other snacks, etc etc.
Tons of it are added to our food year in year out. It is big business.
The best known food company to produce and use it is the Ajinomoto Company in Japan.
http://www.ajinomoto.com/
Bodybuilders and other sportsmen also show interest in the Ajinomoto Company:
http://www.bodybuilding.com/store/aj/ajin.htm
http://www.rense.com/general52/msg.htm
MSG - Slowly
Poisoning America
Author Unknown
5-1-4
I wondered if there could be an actual chemical causing the massive obesity epidemic, so did a friend of mine, John Erb. He was a research assistant at the University of Waterloo, and spent years working for the government.
He made an amazing discovery while going through scientific journals for a book he was writing called The Slow Poisoning of America. In hundreds of studies around the world, scientists were creating obese mice and rats to use in diet or diabetes test studies.
No strain of rat or mice is naturally obese, so the scientists have to create them. They make these morbidly obese creatures by injecting them with a chemical when they are first born. The MSG triples the amount of insulin the pancreas creates, causing rats (and humans?) to become obese They even have a title for the race of fat rodents they create: "MSG-Treated Rats" .
MSG?
I was shocked too. I went to my kitchen, checking the cupboards and the fridge.
MSG was in everything! The Campbell's soups, the Hostess Doritos, the Lays flavored potato chips, Top Ramen, Betty Crocker Hamburger Helper, Heinz canned gravy, Swanson frozen prepared meals, Kraft salad dressings, especially the 'healthy low fat' ones. The items that didn't have MSG had something called Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein, which is just another name for Monosodium Glutamate. It was shocking to see just how many of the foods we feed our children everyday are filled with this stuff. They hide MSG under many different names in order to fool those who catch on.
But it didn't stop there. When our family went out to eat, we started asking at the restaurants what menu items had MSG. Many employees, even the managers, swore they didn't use MSG. But when we ask for the ingredient list, which they grudgingly provided, sure enough MSG and Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein were everywhere. Burger King, McDonalds, Wendy's, Taco Bell, every restaurant, even the sit down ones like TGIF, Chilis', Applebees and Denny's use MSG in abundance. Kentucky Fried Chicken seemed to be the WORST offender: MSG was in every chicken dish, salad dressing and gravy. No wonder I loved to eat that coating on the skin, their secret spice was MSG!
So why is MSG in so may of the foods we eat? Is it a preservative or a vitamin?
Not according to my friend John. In the book he wrote, an expose of the food additive industry called The Slow Poisoning of America, (www.spofamerica.com ), he said that MSG is added to food for the addictive effect it has on the human body.
Even the propaganda website sponsored by the food manufacturers lobby group supporting MSG at http://www.msgfacts.com/facts/msgfact12.html explains that the reason they add it to food is to make people eat more. A study of elderly people showed that people eat more of the foods that it is added to. The Glutamate Association lobby group says eating more benefits the elderly, but what does it do to the rest of us?
'Betcha can't eat just one', takes on a whole new meaning where MSG is concerned!
And we wonder why the nation is overweight? The MSG manufacturers themselves admit that it addicts people to their products. It makes people choose their product over others, and makes people eat more of it than they would if MSG wasn't added.
Not only is MSG scientifically proven to cause obesity, it is an addictive substance: NICOTINE for FOOD!
Read further at:
http://www.rense.com/general52/msg.htm