The Dangers of MSG – Part 1 ‘The Hidden Danger in Your Food’ (Flavor Enhancers E621 side effects)

Part 1 in this series on the flavor enhancer MSG or monosodium glutamate (E621) shows the hidden danger in our food today. MSG is used in thousands of produc…


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  1. Msg actually hasn't shown to be bad for your health in reproducable studies.
    And are these idiots actually raging on a SPICE that it makes food taste
    better, thus making people eat more? ban salt first then.
    People sometimes feel disy when eating heavy asian food, and falsely blame
    MSG.

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  2. After reading all the comments one thing becomes clear: many who believe
    MSG is bad have this belief that chemical = bad, and since MSG is a
    chemical MSG = bad as well. It's only a small reason behind the belief
    that MSG is bad for you, but its such a rampant one that I find it worth
    putting my tiny voice into the crowd in the hopes of bringing to the
    attention of a few a simple fact; everything you are made of, consume,
    touch and in fact every bit of matter in the universe is
    a chemical. Molecules made up of elements created in the lives and deaths
    of stars. I wont argue any other point for or against MSG because I simply
    don't know enough. I'm just saying to whoever happens to read this, don't
    allow the use of the word "chemical" to result in a bias in your thinking. 

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  3. Given that all protein contains a fair amount of glutamate, and that about
    95-97% of glutamate in the proteins that we eat ends up being intestinally
    absorbed – it would seem that if there really is any issue at all with MSG
    it is with *quantity*, not simply *presence*. So where do you draw the line
    and why? I mean, for example, it sounds ridiculous to attribute a headache
    to having eaten a dish containing MSG, when realistically, the glutamate
    intake for this individual for the meal has only increased, say, 5%. If
    they ate a larger portion of MSG-free food, they would again suffer a
    similar headache?

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  4. I usually steer clear of food containing MSG but I had no idea in how much
    it appears in the ingredients- even in "organic" foods/snacks. A few weeks
    ago when I had absolute nothing left in my pantry and was too lazy to go to
    the store, I made some ramen noodles (Ugh, I know) and used only 1/2 the
    packet. About an hour later, I felt like absolute crap! Not only did I
    have a slight headache but I just felt sort of sick all over. I knew it
    was the MSG ;( 

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  5. Of course MSG is naturally in foods, whats really the problem is MSG in
    already processed shitty foods Most Americans eat is the problem. Now
    eating whole foods with a little of sprinkle of MSG is fine.

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  6. This is totally true i have the most severe headches when i eat foods with
    msg,s in it , the pain is unbearable its like someone sticking a sharp
    blade into your head and twisting the knife for anything from 18 hrs to 2
    full days and i just had one of these headaches lasting 18 hrs no
    medication works and you are totally in agony as for sleep you just cant i
    decided to jus drink as much water as i could and aft 18 hrs steady it
    stoped usually last a day& a half so im just thankfull its gone ( i was
    crying out to God to take the pain away ive discovered its usually stuff i
    bought fr a certain super market their sweets were responsible I ONLY HAD 2
    of them and also had that aft eating one of their deserts so i will be
    buying No more for sure not worth the agony. sorry i dont think i can name
    the supermarket might land me in bother but i know its their products
    although not all of their stuff and i will be more carefull what i put in
    my basket in future for comsumption.

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  7. Also where do you think that this belief that msg causes all of these
    health problems came from? Is it just a coincidence that our food contains
    msg, and it in fact has nothing to do with the msg but it is the poor diet
    alone? How do you explain the 40 years of steady increase in obesity
    correlating with the steady increase in msg content? Why is it that so many
    people show symptoms of sickness after eating msg? Any answers would be
    great.Im truly curious and hope you can help out.

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  8. I used to have pounding headaches when eating foods containing MSG. Ever
    since avoiding MSG, I no longer have headaches! The dangers and toxicity of
    MSG are even better explained in the aspartame film 'Sweet Misery',
    available on YouTube. Start watching at 34:00 into the film for more
    details regarding the effects of man-made MSG on the brain as well as the
    toxicity of this chemical. Please check the text section for more links and
    websites with more information about MSG.

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  9. BrainzEntertainment · Edit

    Chinese most often use fresh and flavourful food in china, but in the west
    day use rotten and bad quality cheap food, so they have to put in Msg. In
    china they use very hot peppers but the white poeple can't eat those.

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  10. I agree with your comments healthranger7.I have been speaking my butt off
    to people about it because it caused my migraines and my son's asthma.I
    believe too many children are eating it today than when we were
    children.The sad thing is that poorer or 3rd world countries are being
    dumped with this neuro toxin and there is no control over how the food
    industry uses it. I have found so many that are just not interested in
    changing and would prefer taking their child to the doc every 3 weeks.

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  11. MSG is a neurotoxin! The dangers and toxicity of MSG are explained in Sweet
    Misery. Start watching at 34:00 into the film for more details regarding
    the effects on the brain as well as the toxicity of MSG.
    /watch?v=c0UDeydlEDM

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  12. "Sensitivity to MSG" is a FALSE STATEMENT. Monosodium glutamate is the
    sodium salt of the ESSENTIAL AMINO ACID called glutamic acid. MSG =
    glutamic acid, is found IN ALL FOODS you eat. Some foods have more than
    others. You cannot avoid glutamic acid if you eat food. No one is
    "allergic" or can get "migraines" from MSG. You are misinformed. Watching
    more videos of misinformation will not change the FACTS. Cite some
    peer-reviewed journal articles that show evidence, not anecdotal stories.

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  13. All industry sponsored studies claim that MSG is safe…. Independent
    (non-industry sponsored) studies nearly always show that MSG is dangerous.
    What group are you more willing to believe? The big corporations or
    independent scientists who want to alert people about health issues? The
    dangers and toxicity of MSG are explained in the film Sweet Misery. Start
    watching at 34:00 into the film for more details regarding the effects on
    the brain as well as the toxicity of MSG. /watch?v=c0UDeydlEDM

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  14. How about just looking at incompetence, corruption and fraud? There is HUGE
    fraud and corruption going on inside the FDA, the agency that is
    responsible for our food safety. Please watch the following documentaries:
    'War on Health – Gary Null's documentary exposing the FDA' ~~
    /watch?v=h0CQrL5nzwo ~~ 'Genetic Roulette – The Gamble of our Lives' ~~
    /watch?v=wnlTYFKBg18 ~~ 'Cancer – The Forbidden Cures' ~~
    /watch?v=gWLrfNJICeM ~~

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  15. Everyday I continue to become more and more disgusted with the American
    food industries. I have been for a long time. I've been looking more and
    more into MSG's. All of the companies and scientists know that MSG is
    dangerous and that it causes weight gain. They use it to fatten up mice!
    It's even in TEA.

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  16. There is definite proof that glumatic acid in MSG is damaging! The toxicity
    of man -made MSG are explained in Sweet Misery. Start watching at 34:00
    into the film for more details regarding the effects on the brain as well
    as the toxicity of MSG. /watch?v=c0UDeydlEDM Please consider getting the
    excellent book by Dr. Russell Blaylock titled ’EXCITOTOXINS; The Taste That
    Kills’ Amazon [dot] com/Excitotoxins-The-Taste-That-Kills/dp/0929173252
    Please watch this video: /watch?v=tTSvlGniHok

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  17. I did not realize that MSG was in so many foods until today. Since I quit
    artificial sweeteners and most processed foods a couple months ago, my
    epilepsy has significantly diminished. For some reason I thought MSG was
    banned and illegal to put in foods, I don't know why I thought that. But
    I'm angered thought that it's not! MSG = Monosodium Glutemate..duh! lol,
    why didn't I notice that before???

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  18. Artificially produced, free-flowing, unbound glutamate present in MSG is a
    neurotoxin! The dangers and toxicity of MSG are even better explained in
    the aspartame film 'Sweet Misery', available on YouTube. Start watching at
    34:00 into the film for more details regarding the effects of man-made MSG
    on the brain as well as the toxicity of this chemical. /watch?v=owtF2nt2VX4
    ’EXCITOTOXINS; The Taste That Kills’ Amazon [dot]
    com/Excitotoxins-The-Taste-That-Kills/dp/0929173252

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  19. "MSG can be used to reduce salt intake (sodium), which predisposes to
    hypertension, heart diseases and stroke (Journal of Health Commun 2:
    37–48)." Asian people eat so much MSG that they're the fattest people on
    Earth. They're like lab animals, have no consciousness, have no discipline,
    and can't make a choice on how much they eat. MSG was invented in Japan, I
    heard they don't live very long because they eat MSG. They're the fattest
    of all Asians. They are huge! I blame MSG for this obesity

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  20. Regardless of the credentials of the 700 Club or Pat Robertson, MSG is
    still a neurotoxin! The dangers and toxicity of MSG are better explained in
    the documentary 'Sweet Misery'. Start watching at 34:00 into the film for
    more details regarding the effects on the brain as well as the toxicity of
    MSG. watch?v=owtF2nt2VX4

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  21. I used to have pounding headaches after eating foods containing MSG. Ever
    since avoiding MSG, I no longer have headaches! The dangers and toxicity of
    MSG are even better explained in the aspartame film 'Sweet Misery',
    available on YouTube. Start watching at 34:00 into the film for more
    details regarding the effects of man-made MSG on the brain as well as the
    toxicity of this chemical. /watch?v=owtF2nt2VX4 Please check the text
    section for more links and websites with information about MSG.

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