On Thu, 30 Jul 2009 19:20:47 -0500, Andy > wrote:

>projectile vomit chick said...
>
>> Oh yes I knew someone would trot out the old "glandular problems"
>> saw. *yawn* My previous statements still stand, if people want to
>> not be fat then STOP EATING SO ****ING MUCH.
>

>MSG... my uncle worked with MSG at a food company back when MSG got a bad
>name. His department's job was to break it down to the catalysts and enzymes
>and list those so they wouldn't have to list MSG in the ingredients lists of
>their products.
>
>He died of a heart attack. He was 36 years old. The company went through
>great legal expense to prove it wasn't their fault. We knew better. They won.
>The BUMS!!!!!!

Do you refer to the infamous GRAS list? (Generally recognized as
safe....FDA)

Monosodium glutamate (glutamic acid sodium salt) is pretty simple
as molecules go. It contains no catalysts nor enzymes. Sort of like
salt and corn syrup. It's at the level of amino acids.

Does it hurt people? Yes, some, of whom I am one. MY heart,
already compromised, goes berzerk when I eat MSG. My reaction
is kinda like a diabetic shock or maybe post prandial dopiness.

Really fun driving after a CHinese meal doped with MSG.....

ALex