Trying to figure out the ins and outs of MSG. What I've concluded so far from my research via google;
- It is the sodium salt of glutamate. A common amino acid that enhances flavor.
- Tests where subjects consumed around 3 grams without food suffered temporary and mild symptoms such as; headaches, numbness, flushing, tingling, palpitations, and drowsiness. (You usually wouldn't consume it by itself.)
- In excessive doses it can cause "neurotoxicity". Overexciting of the cells within the nervous system resulting in permanent neurological damage. It is difficult to get exacts on the dosage as the experiments that have been done have either been on mice or on humans in comparatively small doses up to around 10g. The only time adverse effects were reported from the human trials was when the msg was eaten by itself. The effects were temporary and minor.
(There is yet to be an experiment where a subject is force fed msg till they die. Lazy.)
- There is no clear linkage or evidence that msg causes cancer and all instances found would appear to be anecdotal. It would seem to have started with this publication in 1969. The MSG however was not isolated so the symptoms could be attributed to many other factors. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/5764480
- One of the greatest proponents that MSG is a "killer" is Dr Joe Mercola who wrote this article. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-mercola...91502.html (Completely unrelated fact; Joe makes a fortune by selling "natural remedies" at this site; http://www.mercola.com/)
- http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8085168 An experiment on mice from pubmed that, in my opinion, uses a too high a dose considering the size and species of test subjects. The equivalent dosage for a human would be far, far more than you would realistically consume in a month.
- I wish I was a scientist.
If anyone has anything to add or wants to correct me I welcome it. Right now I'm conducting taste experiments. I try my exquisite cooking without the msg, then I try it with it. Using a small dosage so far, there is a slight difference but nothing radical. I suspect the amount in takeaways is far higher than I am using thus far but it is difficult to get exacts on how much they use.
- It is the sodium salt of glutamate. A common amino acid that enhances flavor.
- Tests where subjects consumed around 3 grams without food suffered temporary and mild symptoms such as; headaches, numbness, flushing, tingling, palpitations, and drowsiness. (You usually wouldn't consume it by itself.)
- In excessive doses it can cause "neurotoxicity". Overexciting of the cells within the nervous system resulting in permanent neurological damage. It is difficult to get exacts on the dosage as the experiments that have been done have either been on mice or on humans in comparatively small doses up to around 10g. The only time adverse effects were reported from the human trials was when the msg was eaten by itself. The effects were temporary and minor.
(There is yet to be an experiment where a subject is force fed msg till they die. Lazy.)
- There is no clear linkage or evidence that msg causes cancer and all instances found would appear to be anecdotal. It would seem to have started with this publication in 1969. The MSG however was not isolated so the symptoms could be attributed to many other factors. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/5764480
- One of the greatest proponents that MSG is a "killer" is Dr Joe Mercola who wrote this article. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-mercola...91502.html (Completely unrelated fact; Joe makes a fortune by selling "natural remedies" at this site; http://www.mercola.com/)
- http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8085168 An experiment on mice from pubmed that, in my opinion, uses a too high a dose considering the size and species of test subjects. The equivalent dosage for a human would be far, far more than you would realistically consume in a month.
- I wish I was a scientist.
If anyone has anything to add or wants to correct me I welcome it. Right now I'm conducting taste experiments. I try my exquisite cooking without the msg, then I try it with it. Using a small dosage so far, there is a slight difference but nothing radical. I suspect the amount in takeaways is far higher than I am using thus far but it is difficult to get exacts on how much they use.
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