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- From: nathan@laplace.biology.yale.edu (Nathan F. Janette)
- Subject: Re: MSG
- Message-ID: <1992Jul22.164206.732@cs.yale.edu>
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- Organization: Yale University, Department of Computer Science, New Haven, CT
- References: <1992Jul22.144117.20399@walter.bellcore.com>
- Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 16:42:06 GMT
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- In article <1992Jul22.144117.20399@walter.bellcore.com>
- jchen@cash.NoSubdomain.NoDomain (Jason Chen) writes:
- > In article <1992Jul22.031156.29799@pony.Ingres.COM>, rion@Ingres.COM (Rion
- Cassidy (x3357) OGT) writes:
- > |> I imagine that most people who frequent this newsgroup have seen or at
- least
- > |> heard about the 60 Minutes story on Monosodium Glutamate.
- >
- > There are a lot of misconceptions about MSG.
- >
- > The problem with MSG is that some people are allergic to it, just like
- > other natural substance that people are alergic to. If you have not
- experienced
- > with MSG related reactions, you do not have to worry about it.
- >
- > There is no clinical evidence to link MSG to any health problem to a
- > normal person. Even for those who are allergic to it, the symptoms are
- > typically short and mild. Very few had strong reactions, none has died
- > of it.
-
- Nor is there any good reason to use it. If the food is fresh,
- you won't need to make your tongue swollen with MSG to enjoy
- the taste.
-
- --
- Nathan Janette "I'm a NeXTstep man,
- Dept MB&B, Yale Univ I'm a NeXTcube guy"
- New Haven, CT
- nathan@laplace.biology.yale.edu (NeXT)
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