Is msg bad for you

Answer 1

MSG can make some people sick. For me I've always gotten much worse symptoms than feeling sick. If I accidentally consume something with even tiny amounts of free glutamate(active part of MSG) I become almost completely mentally incapacitated for days. My memory will be terrible. I'll be surprised I have a cat, for example. This is not just a little temporary brain fog; it is causing some permanent damage to my brain as well. It's a matter of sensitivity which can be caused by several factors such as low blood sugar, magnesium deficiency and a damaged blood brain barrier. The safe amount is different for everyone and it's not even known what the unsafe threshold is for anyone because damage of a smaller degree may not cause noticeable symptoms immediately but after several years of consumption have an accumulative effect that could cause decreased mental and memory capacity later.

Answer 2

well, all i know is that it makes any bad dishes taste good. speaking for ALMOST all the asains enicity that uses this in their dishes, we been using this stuff for-ever since it was invented and decades later we seem to be ok (i think). just look at it this way, fatty foods like chips, Pizza, tri tip, double-layer chocolate cream cheesecake is all good stuff, but some people would not even put that stuff into their mouth, right ? so, if your an adventures for good food i say MSG is not bad for you.

Gen.Lee Choj

Edit: The below is making an argument not in fact. There is overwhelming evidence that msg isn't bad for you in any way shape or form. This is nonsense, all theory no science. The only even plausible link is that it MAY increase risk for obesity. Research in said study was NOT double blind and it may just be that people eat more because things taste better with msg. Glutamate is present in plenty of foods with next to no nutritional value, parmesan has very high ammounts of glutamate and little nutritional value for the ammounts of glutamate.

Edit2: Im just going to delete the statements about MSG paralyzing nerves and killing them and the like. this is insane. if you want to make a statement back it up with fact, this is not your place for a personal crusade.

http://msgtruth.org/