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| Subject: The truth about MSG Wed Nov 09, 2011 2:53 am | |
| Few ingredients have been subject to as much debate and hysteria as monosodium glutamate. Let's dispel some myths.
More than 40 years ago, The New England Journal of Medicine published a letter from a Maryland doctor about a meal he had eaten. That relatively innocuous letter was to ignite a food controversy that has continued unabated ever since.
''I have experienced a strange syndrome whenever I have eaten out in a Chinese restaurant, especially one that served northern Chinese food,'' Robert Ho Man Kwok wrote. ''The syndrome, which usually begins 15 to 20 minutes after I have eaten the first dish, lasts for about two hours, without hangover effect. The most prominent symptoms are numbness at the back of the neck, gradually radiating to both arms and the back, general weakness and palpitations …''
http://www.watoday.com.au/entertainment/restaurants-and-bars/the-truth-about-msg-20111105-1n0mz.html |
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