"kuri" > wrote in message
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>
> "Melinda" > wrote in message
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>> Is MSG still considered an evil substance to add to food? I'd seek some
> out
>> to add to my food as an experiment but I seem to recall that it was or is
>> considered bad for the health.
>
> Certain persons seem to be allergic. If that was your case, you'd already
> know it, you wouldn't be able to eat 90% of prepared food.
>
> I find artificial MSG has a bad aftertaste while natural umami is very
> good.
> It is like the difference between the sweeteness of aspartame and that of
> honey.
>
> Kuri
>

Kuri -

The cases I know of, did not look like simple allergies. Mostly the
individuals would be having MSG food with no problems occasionally. However
when they started to eat MSG food more often (in one case it was a guy who
was in a lengthy business trip living next to a Chinese restorant and
instead of having chinese once a week, he was eating there every day) - then
they experienced quite heavy negative (I am trying to avoid the word "toxic"
here) effects.
In case of classic allergies, as you correctly stated, the picture would be
quite different.

BTW - unfortunately the signs "NO MSG" that you can see on the doors of most
Chinese restorants now do not necceserily reflect the true situation.
Legally, "MSG" abbreviation does not mean "Monosoidium glutamate" and such a
sign can be misguiding..

Sasha.