Ate something with MSG bad idea!

StArBeLLa87
StArBeLLa87 Posts: 1,582 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Anyone get headaches after consuming something with MSG?

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  • nickip91
    nickip91 Posts: 20 Member
    The last time I ate something with MSG (Chinese Takeaway) within 20 minutes I had a headache and chronic stomach pains to the point I went home from my volunteer work I felt so rough. I now know to avoid it at all costs! It's not worth the pain!

    Seems like quite a common issue for a lot of people. Why they haven't banned it I don't know!
  • BrittanyMegan88
    BrittanyMegan88 Posts: 670 Member
    MSG makes me sooo sick now too. I get a headache and I feel really hung over and sick for the rest of the day.
  • Laurelthequeen
    Laurelthequeen Posts: 78
    Doesn't seem to affect me. It's delicious!
  • BrittanyMegan88
    BrittanyMegan88 Posts: 670 Member
    Doesn't seem to affect me. It's delicious!
    Yeah, it didn't use to bother me either until I quit eating it fora few months. Now I can't.
  • theCarlton
    theCarlton Posts: 1,344 Member
    I love MSG.
  • ashlinmarie
    ashlinmarie Posts: 1,263 Member
    My aunt gets bad migraines from MSG but it doesn't affect me or most of my family at all.
  • gabesgourmet
    gabesgourmet Posts: 78
    After I started eating clean MSG became my mortal enemy...I don't get headaches-but GOOD LORD what it does to my tummy. It's in so much stuff-especially spice blends. I've had to throw them all away and make my own! MSG is EVIL!
  • janmoulder2
    janmoulder2 Posts: 133 Member
    Yeah, it'll trigger a migraine sometimes for me....not always though. I read labels to avoid it. Nasty stuff!
  • mustgetmuscles1
    mustgetmuscles1 Posts: 3,346 Member
    MSG is delicious.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMihS5pFzQ0
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DW__LPYTlk0
  • Elpaw4mbv
    Elpaw4mbv Posts: 43 Member
    I can have slight amounts of it (like Soy Sauce for Sushi) but anything more than that and I am headed for a migraine and stomach/GI issues.

    FYI - lots of prepackaged salads have it sprinkled on the greens to keep them green and crunchy and many salad bars also do that. Especially fast food restuarant salads!!! Chick-Fil-A is safe as is Wendy's - the rest of them - beware. I always ask now and am shocked by how many popular chain restuarants do it. When you ask, tell them you are allergic to MSG so that the wait staff will actually ask someone who knows and gets you the right answer.
  • clydethecat
    clydethecat Posts: 1,087 Member
    horrible headaches within a half hour. hangover feeling the next day. i dont touch anything with msg.
  • Acg67
    Acg67 Posts: 12,142 Member
    Chinese Restaurant syndrome

    Do these things also give you headaches?

    Free glutamate content of foods (mg per 100g)
    roquefort cheese 1280
    parmesan cheese 1200
    soy sauce 1090
    walnuts 658
    fresh tomato juice 260
    grape juice 258
    peas 200
    mushrooms 180
    broccoli 176
    tomatoes 140
    mushrooms 140
    oysters 137
    corn 130
    potatoes 102
    chicken 44
    mackerel 36
    beef 33
    eggs 23
    human milk 22
  • NanaWubbie
    NanaWubbie Posts: 248 Member
    Severe headaches......horrible.
  • MireyGal76
    MireyGal76 Posts: 7,334 Member
    next time take the fortune OUT of the fortune cookie before eating it...






    get it... ate something with msg...
  • Elpaw4mbv
    Elpaw4mbv Posts: 43 Member
    There is a difference between free glutamate that is found naturally in foods and digestion and the manufactured stuff (MSG) - but in answer to your question to those of us with MSG problems - some of those items do actually give me headaches or slight tummy problems if they are eaten in excess but not the mind numbing migraines and major gastro issues that I get with MSG.
  • iWaffle
    iWaffle Posts: 2,208 Member
    I used to have MSG problems but then I got this HTC One X and it works so well. Now I can get all the MSG I want.
  • ArchangelMJ
    ArchangelMJ Posts: 308 Member
    I love MSG.
  • matt2442
    matt2442 Posts: 1,259 Member
    I have never been to Madison Square Garden so I cannot comment on any effects from the food there, no.
  • MireyGal76
    MireyGal76 Posts: 7,334 Member
    I used to have MSG problems but then I got this HTC One X and it works so well. Now I can get all the MSG I want.

    I like my samsung galaxy ;)
  • TraceysJourney
    TraceysJourney Posts: 27 Member
    Brings on an asthma attack for me and sometimes tomato sauce can aswell lol:smile:
  • neanderthin
    neanderthin Posts: 10,222 Member
    Anyone get headaches after consuming something with MSG?
    Not if you detox first.
  • Babeskeez
    Babeskeez Posts: 606 Member
    I used to have MSG problems but then I got this HTC One X and it works so well. Now I can get all the MSG I want.

    I like my samsung galaxy ;)

    Me too. But the *kitten* freezes all the time. :angry:
  • MLBuddecke
    MLBuddecke Posts: 13
    I am very sensitive to MSG, early warning sign is becoming "stuffed up" and then I know to beat it home fast, as I will be in the bathroom for the next hour with stomach problems.
  • neanderthin
    neanderthin Posts: 10,222 Member
    I am very sensitive to MSG, early warning sign is becoming "stuffed up" and then I know to beat it home fast, as I will be in the bathroom for the next hour with stomach problems.
    What happens when you don't know your consuming MSG? It is in everything and it's called by a dozen different names.
  • Hexahedra
    Hexahedra Posts: 894 Member
    I'm ok with standard amount of MSG used here in USA, but when I visited SE Asia where they use it much more liberally, I got headache all the time.
  • calibriintx
    calibriintx Posts: 1,741 Member
    Chinese Restaurant syndrome

    Do these things also give you headaches?

    Free glutamate content of foods (mg per 100g)
    roquefort cheese 1280
    parmesan cheese 1200
    soy sauce 1090
    walnuts 658
    fresh tomato juice 260
    grape juice 258
    peas 200
    mushrooms 180
    broccoli 176
    tomatoes 140
    mushrooms 140
    oysters 137
    corn 130
    potatoes 102
    chicken 44
    mackerel 36
    beef 33
    eggs 23
    human milk 22

    I have no idea what you just said...can't stop staring at your picture.:blushing:
  • Cr01502
    Cr01502 Posts: 3,614 Member
    I prefer my MSG in a bottle,
  • jenilla1
    jenilla1 Posts: 11,118 Member
    YES! I eat a very clean, low processed diet, so when I eat something with MSG in it I know it. I always get headaches from MSG. Otherwise, I'm the type of person who never gets headaches.

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