Why MSG Isn’t Really That Bad

Fact: Anything with MSG in it just tastes better. But for years we’ve been told how awful it is for us and to steer clear of any foods that use it. So what i…


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  1. Yeah and salt has iodine that you need and you say MSG is not bad? So how
    much dose is recommended? how much MSG do we put in our body in a day,what
    products have MSG? and so on….. you come to conclusion that you cant have
    normal MSG consumption because it is in 90% products you eat.So this is
    poor explanation or somebody is paying you well for clumsy info.

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  2. The problem with MSG is not so much the substance itself, but how it is
    being used. You're eating a canned soup and it tastes delicious, but it
    might be void of any healthy ingredients, thus making you believe
    otherwise. Also, it is being used for an addiction mechanism, making you
    eat more, because it's so delicious. Eating more of less nutrient value –
    that's the scheme. The food industry is only interested in profits, thus
    they tend to use this as much as they can, and this will eventually,
    through lobbying and all, lead to an actual overuse of it.
    A related example is aspartame. It's cheaper than sugar and attractive for
    people on a diet, so more profitable for the industry, but did you know
    it's poisonous? The FDA effectively allows it because they consider the
    poison dosage not high enough to cause immediate results that then could be
    directly linked to aspartame.
    It's the same old story everywhere: The industry tries to sell you cheap
    crap for big bucks.

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  3. In the comments i see some people add this in their food. I thought it was
    just a thing used in processed food? You buy this stuff ina supermarket or
    something? Oo I barely use salt allready on my food, because i like the
    flavours of my food, i've never thought of putting some substance in it.
    Sounds like some addictive thing, and the mind playing tricks on you that
    it's needed to make it 'better'. Idk if it's safe or not, i just don't see
    why you'd even take the risk. Same with people putting salt on everything,
    often it's done as a habit, not even tasting the food before putting it on
    there.

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  4. I picked up a little bag of it from a bulk food store. I try it on all
    sorts of shit. If I were to describe the flavour, I'd say it's like meat.
    Which makes it very strange to taste on its own. But with soup, meat, and
    cheesey dishes, it's pretty great. If the prevailing flavour is salt, MSG
    might work.

    Word of warning, do not put it on peanut butter. Peanut butter shouldn't
    taste like meat. You will be left with deep scars. If you consider putting
    it on a peanut butter sandwich, I would suggest instead watching 3 Guys 1
    Hammer. That would be a less traumatic alternative.

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  5. Lol at all the stupid Americans in the comments ranting about how bad MSG
    is and how it makes you stupid and kills you and makes you fat.
    Japan eats more MSG than the USA and Japan has the highest life expectancy
    in the world as well at the 2nd or 3rd highest IQ behind Hong Kong and also
    low obesity rates. So huge lol.
    Americans are so stupid they don't even understand the science of MSG.
    Using studies in baby mice and feeding them 50x the normal dosage of course
    will cause problems. Feeding baby mice many things at 50x the dosage will
    cause horrible things to happen. Could be 50x salt even or 50x acidic or
    alkaline foods or any other thing that we consume.
    Truth is the health food movement is the scam and are using gullible people
    to make money. The health food movement pretty much claim you shouldn't eat
    Salt, Sugar, Normal Fats, MSG, Colors, Carbs, Acidic foods, meats. They
    even claim you should drink distilled water. I suggest people start doing
    their science so they don't get fooled by this because the health movement
    is actually harmful to your body.

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  6. I have a whole bag of crystallized msg, and I can tell you that it does NOT
    make everything taste better. Eating even a small amount of it pure can
    irritate your tongue, and too much tastes bad. Also, it makes both a bad
    pancake topping and ice cream flavor.

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  7. Keep buying this bullshit, sheep. Trust the corporations. They care about
    you. They really do.

    And the fact that our "healthcare" system is for-profit? It's not related
    at all. Go bac to sleep.

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  8. Well…. MSG is bad if you have a condition that, when consumed in any
    amount, MSG will put you into hyper-fibrillation and hospitalize you for
    weeks… (My dad)

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  9. My mother is allergic to it. She gets very sick if she eats it. Can you
    please explain to me how thinned retinas and holes in the brain are not
    "ill effects"? Unless I'm elected Pope, I sure as hell don't want a holy
    brain.

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  10. I once dunked pieces of chicken in MSG…okay twice…thrice…a couple
    times here and there…but seriously not that often.

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  11. a lot of food are bad when you eat too damn much of it remember to eat
    health food & drink good juice too & have fitness life style too to keep up
    your life

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  12. If you go to the spice isle in just about any grocery store you should be
    able to find MSG. It's usually branded as "accent". I use it from time to
    time in homemade soups and stews. It does make them more savory. I don't
    use it often and when I do, I use a small amount. You can actually taste
    the difference. everything in moderation!

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  13. MSG is bloody great. Life is short, and if there is no conclusive evidence
    that MSG is bad then dig in I say. After all, it was all started because
    some guy in the 60s had a weak stomach and couldn't handle the Chinese
    jandle

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  14. MSG mess with your memory… Your memory of the Chinese meal you had last
    week will be better than it actually was and you will want more! MSG will
    make you fatter and dumber… MSG *ISN'T* a normal "spice"… It is a
    chemical that transform food into addictive food (aka drugs)…

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  15. I often cook with MSG in combination with salt. That is, I use much less
    salt and just a bit of MSG. Instead of a teaspoon of salt, maybe 1/4th
    teaspoon salt and 1/6th MSG. The food tastes about the same and is
    healthier on the heart. Lots of heart problems in the family and I believe
    this can lessen the strain on it. Never had a problem with it.

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  16. Natsuhi Kururugi · Edit

    I was always told that MSG is bad for you but never why or how. It's
    baffled me though a bit why but I never pursued it and I assume I eat it a
    lot with normal foods containing natural MSG shrugs. 

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  17. "On the negative side, research concluded that it could thin your retinas,
    cause asthma and obesity, and even put holes in your brain. Where as on the
    positive sid they said, "it has no ill effects".
    What are you saying here? It seems like these two sentences directly
    contradict each other.

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  18. It scares me to think that MSG is in literally everything. While some
    people say it does nothing and others saying it causing cancer and other
    horrible shit. I think there needs to be more research done!!!

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  19. I have a migraine condition that causes one of my eyes to blur and hazy
    over randomly. About once a month. usual 10 15 minutes, with varying amount
    of vision loss. I ate what I knew was a pile of msg when i went out to a
    Thai restaurant. About 30 minutes later the vision in one of my eyes
    blanked out instantly and was gone for about 30 minutes. I tried to stay
    away from msg since and have not hand another bad crash.

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  20. it's proven that it's natural. now i want to know how much a person should
    take in a day. so that those butthurt people saying it's like a addictive
    drug or something like that can shut the F up.

    here are some comparisons:
    -people get diabetes with excessive use of sugar
    -kidney stones with salt
    -hyper acidity with sour tastes

    others that i might not be aware of or i've failed to include, feel free to
    add in the comments.

    in that sense, all of these things should always be in moderation. as if
    Western cuisine doesn't have msg… pfft.

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  21. I use MSG in a lot of my foods, in moderation of course. It's not that I'm
    a bad cook or my food is bad. However I do believe that all food can or
    could be more delicious. There's always things you can add to food to make
    it taste better. My shortcut is just using MSG….. Also 'cause I'm
    Asian….. That could be it too,,,, ._.

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  22. When I eat MSG (Monosodium Glutamate) I start to itch all over…until I
    later found out, by my GI-doctor, that my body doesn't brake down or digest
    MSG very well, if at all and so when I eat it not only do I start to itch
    but I get constipated and my stomach wall will get inflamed, this was all
    discovered after having a colonoscopy and an uperoscopy. So it is harmful,
    but only to some people, why…idk….

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  23. It's bullshit saying its harmless my stomach says otherwise been having
    diarrhea and vomiting, and feels like my stomach wants to explode … I
    don't want to eat anymore cause of the pain I'm in . Guy who made this shit
    is an asshole.. I also lost a child during pregnancy cause of this shit
    many are sensitive to this crap … Things that taste better is not always
    best for your health 

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  24. I used to use MSG, but then I got a tinnitus (not from MSG) that gets for
    real tripled after eating flavor enhanced food. I've heard varying
    explanations as to how/why it happens – but regardless I can tell you that
    it really happens – no bullshit.

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  25. Everything we eat now causes some issues, the nitrates/nitrites in
    processed meat, processed sugar that causes cancer, You can't eat anything
    now without some type of additive, enrichment, etc etc. The only way to be
    sure is to grow your own food like Sweden or is it Switzerland? 

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