"bulka" > wrote in message
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> I'm no trained health professional, but I've talked to a bunch of them
> about MSG, especially since I've cut back my 90yo dad's salt intake to
> about zero,

> We are practically force-feeding in Dad now, but mostly by nagging.
>

For ****s sake, why? Withholding salt and force-feeding a ninety-year-old
man seems cruel and misguided.
If he wants salt, let him have it. If he doesn't want to eat, maybe there's
a reason. Should his final years consist of deprivation and nagging?