On 2/28/2010 10:25 AM, David Harmon wrote:
> On Sun, 28 Feb 2010 06:34:44 -0600 in rec.food.cooking, Omelet
> > wrote,
>>
>> Not a bad thing. Too much salt, for me and many others, causes fluid
>> retention and higher blood pressure.
>
> That's the sodium, right? The "S" in MSG.

Per gram it's got a third as much as salt and you use precious little of
it--one of the first recipes for hot and sour soup published in English
by a Chinese author has a half a teaspoon in 2 quarts of soup.