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[anthrax]

What about a chinese buffet ?

(Health Scout)
If you think Chinese takeout causes you headaches because of all the monosodium glutamate (MSG) that's used to bring out the flavor of various foods, you'll be surprised at this Harvard study.
According to the Journal of Nutrition, MSG may not cause headaches after all.

University researchers found 130 people who complained of MSG headaches and got them to try foods with and without MSG. They also gave them samples of plain MSG.

Some of the people who had reported MSG headaches did react when they were given pure MSG. But none of them had any reaction when the MSG was mixed with food

 

[PwB]

Check out the book "Excitotoxins, The Taste That Kills"

From Book News, Inc.
Primarily for the lay public, but also for those trained in medical science and biology, neurosurgeon Blaylock releases a well-researched bombshell--that excitotoxins, substances added to food and beverages and including glutamate (MSG) and aspartate (NutraSweet), damage nerve cells in the brain, and are particularly dangerous to the elderly, children, and those at high risk of neurodegenerative diseases. Must have the food industry flacks working overtime. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

 

[anthrax]

MSG (as Aspartame) may be harmful to certain groups of people
but a very small % of the population


several studies have proved that MSG was GRAS (generally recognized as safe)

www.fda.gov/medbull/january96/msg.html