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- From: jchen@cash.NoSubdomain.NoDomain (Jason Chen)
- Subject: Re: MSG
- Message-ID: <1992Jul22.181143.25965@walter.bellcore.com>
- Sender: jchen@cash (Jason Chen)
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- References: <1992Jul22.165731.23990@walter.bellcore.com> <1992Jul22.173124.1309@cs.yale.edu>
- Date: Wed, 22 Jul 92 18:11:43 GMT
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- In article <1992Jul22.173124.1309@cs.yale.edu>, nathan@laplace.biology.yale.edu (Nathan F. Janette) writes:
- |> In article <1992Jul22.165731.23990@walter.bellcore.com>
- |> jchen@cash.NoSubdomain.NoDomain (Jason Chen) writes:
- |> > In article <1992Jul22.164206.732@cs.yale.edu>,
- |> nathan@laplace.biology.yale.edu (Nathan F. Janette) writes:
- |> > |> In article <1992Jul22.144117.20399@walter.bellcore.com>
- |> > |> jchen@cash.NoSubdomain.NoDomain (Jason Chen) writes:
- |> > |> >
- |> > |> > 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
- |> > |> > from consuming 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.
- |> > |>
- |> > I certainly agree that MSG is not a neccesity of your life. Nor are
- |> > hot pepper, parsley, cinnamon, or even sugar. As a matter of fact,
- |> > salt and sugar do more harm to your body than MSG.
- |>
- |> Salt and sugars are naturally occurring substances within
- |> the human body; MSG is not. In reasonable quantities,
- |> salts and sugars pose no harm to the body. MSG is a highly
- |> concentrated substance derived from a natural
- |> substance. Hot peppers, spices, etc have inherent taste;
- |> MSG does not, it just makes your tongue swollen.
- |>
- MSG consists of a number of amino acids, which are found naturally
- in living matter, and yes, in human as well. Although MSG will not
- provide nutrition to the human body, it is theoretically harmless to
- a normal human body.
-
- I am not an advocate MSG, but would like to provide a balanced view on
- the matter. There have been a lot of blind fear around. Your statement:
- "IMHO, Avoid it in any quantity." is a typical reaction of that.
-
-
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- C. Jason Chen
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