MSG in my fave thing!

stv1520

So one of my favorite foods is Kimchee. I get it at an Asian food store. I eat it every day. Low calories, and all vegetable. However, I noticed that there is MSG added to it. How bad is that for me? Will it affect weight loss, or screw up my diet at all?

toxikon

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-msg-got-a-bad-rap-flawed-science-and-xenophobia/

burntoutphilosopher

Msg is absolutely harmless

The highest concentration of msg you can get is an aged steak.

Msg allergy is a myth. Proven false over and over. Msg is in no way harmful.

... though it does cause you to retain water.

LAT1963

Hm. NIH disagrees with you burntoutphilospher https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2802046/

janejellyroll

LAT1963 wrote: »

Hm. NIH disagrees with you burntoutphilospher https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2802046/

I don't believe including an article in PubMed indicates that it's an official position of the NIH, does it?

toxikon

LAT1963 wrote: »

Hm. NIH disagrees with you burntoutphilospher https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2802046/

Here's another more recent one for you (with humans instead of mice): https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4870486/

From the fact that the results of the human studies are not consistent and it is assumed that most studies using beverages as a vehicle are not properly blinded, we suggest that a causal relationship between MSG and headache has not been proven. In addition, statistically significant differences in the incidence of headache were not observed when MSG was administered with food, except in one case of the female group where the blind integrity was questionable. It would seem premature to conclude that the MSG present in food causes headache.

stv1520

Thanks all--Interesting all around.

Alatariel75

I personally have a reaction to MSG. Too much of it gives me a migraine. It's in some of my favourite things.

... I still eat those things in small doses, coz damn I love them.

cerise_noir

I love msg!

Rebecca0224

Alatariel75 wrote: »

I personally have a reaction to MSG. Too much of it gives me a migraine. It's in some of my favourite things.

... I still eat those things in small doses, coz damn I love them.

Migraines suck and I'm sorry you have them.