On Tuesday, September 6, 2016 at 10:03:06 AM UTC-10, Taxed and Spent wrote:
> On 9/6/2016 12:54 PM, tert in seattle wrote:
> > Taxed and Spent wrote:
> >> On 9/6/2016 12:03 PM, tert in seattle wrote:
> >>> notbob wrote:
> >>>> On 2016-09-06, cshenk > wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> It became popular to blame MSG in the late 90's.....
> >>>>
> >>>> ?????
> >>>>
> >>>> The "Chinese restaurant syndrome" was around and common way back in
> >>>> the 60s. By the 90s, MSG had been declared "generally recognized as
> >>>> safe" (GRAS), much like GMOs are, today. (as if.....) 8|
> >>>>
> >>>> nb
> >>>
> >>> .That Won-Ton Soup Headache.: The Chinese Restaurant Syndrome, MSG and
> >>> the Making of American Food, 1968.1980
> >>>
> >>> Ian Mosby*
> >>>
> >>> *Department of History, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada. E-mail:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Soc Hist Med first published online February 2, 2009 doi:10.1093/shm/hkn098
> >>>
> >>> [Reprinted without permission (sue me!)]
> >>>
> >>
> >> I stopped reading after it was stated it was the result of racism. Is
> >> there a summary beyond that from this article? Maybe that MSG has
> >> caused a world full of gluten intolerance?
> >
> > It sounds like you don't like the racism theory. Why not?
> >
> >
>
> It is fine by me, but it didn't need to be repeated over and over, and I
> just want the facts, Jack. Fine, racism/fear of another culture/the
> unknown led people to allege MSG is a problem OK, then stop. Now the
> facts as to MSG itself.

The facts is that MSG has been in use as a seasoning for almost 100 years. It is regarded as safe to eat. Nobody was ever been killed/harmed by Chow Fun or his brother Look.