MSg / Glutamate / Ve-tsin : safe or not ?

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Philip - 05 Jul 2005 09:38 GMT

When looking for the side effects on glutamte I found many different
opinions...
many people seem to have some side effects, but only in the West... In
Asia glutamate is used abundantly and no side effects are reported
there...

Is it a Western disease ?

Is it a disease at all ?

Many government sites claim it is safe. Also non American reputed
universities claim it is safe (see for example
www.food-info.net/uk/intol/msg.htm and links from there). Can we
believe this, and other, university sites ?
And if so, what is the 'truth' about glutamate ?

Philip

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MMu - 05 Jul 2005 11:47 GMT

> When looking for the side effects on glutamte I found many different
> opinions...
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> Philip

msg is one of the best researched food additives there is, and there are
studies in both ways, some show an effect some show none. there was however
a double blind clinical study done on people who claimed to have negative
reaction to msg (in a survey) and they found no difference to the control
group. I'll see if I can find that one again.

conclusion: some people might have adverse effects but most don't .. its
nothing else than a amino acid in the end (plus the sodium).

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