On 2/27/2010 2:23 PM, Mark Thorson wrote:
> dsi1 wrote:
>>
>> I think that MSG's bad press has it's start in an article that appeared
>> in Reader's Digest in the 60's. Mostly it was about research into the so
>> called "Chinese restaurant" syndrome. The piece stated that only a small
>> number of people show any ill effects of MSG. That small detail didn't
>> matter much as it was all downhill for MSG in the US after that article.
>> Since then, there has been little interest in pursuing any scientific
>> research into the ill effects of MSG. My guess is that it's because it
>> is seen more as a problem of people's fears and perceptions rather than
>> a public health issue.
>
> And because certain people continue flogging it
> through the years as their schtick to get on Oprah,
> The 700 Club, etc. and sell their books.
>
> Get my book What Oprah Doesn't Want You To Know,
> and you'll find out the real story! :-)

Young folks will have a hard time understanding that Reader's Digest was
a mag of no small importance back then. OTOH, they did a piece on the
disintegration of American values and morals in movies like George
Romero's "Night of the Living Dead" and made that flick a huge cult
classic. If it weren't for Reader's Digest, the Zombie movie might not
exist. It's a genre that's still going strong today - seems that it just
refuses to die. Ha ha ha. :-)