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- From: nathan@laplace.biology.yale.edu (Nathan F. Janette)
- Subject: Re: MSG
- Message-ID: <1992Jul22.192502.2436@cs.yale.edu>
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- Organization: Yale University, Department of Computer Science, New Haven, CT
- References: <1992Jul22.181143.25965@walter.bellcore.com>
- Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 19:25:02 GMT
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- In article <1992Jul22.181143.25965@walter.bellcore.com>
- jchen@cash.NoSubdomain.NoDomain (Jason Chen) writes:
- > 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.
-
- No, it is a claim with as much research and empirical support as
- your own claim. Blind fear: hardly, you just disagree, that's all.
- I prefer to avoid things that I don't need in my body, that don't
- help good food taste better, etc. Not fanatical, just pragmatic.
-
- --
- 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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