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- Path: sparky!uunet!walter!cash!jchen
- From: jchen@cash.NoSubdomain.NoDomain (Jason Chen)
- Subject: Re: MSG
- Message-ID: <1992Jul22.201823.3688@walter.bellcore.com>
- Sender: jchen@cash (Jason Chen)
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- Reply-To: jchen@ctt.bellcore.com
- Organization: Bell Communications Research
- References: <1992Jul4.032759.12591@rick.dgbt.doc.ca> <6090048@hpfcbig.SDE.HP.COM> <1992Jul22.031156.29799@pony.Ingres.COM> <1992Jul22.144117.20399@walter.bellcore.com> <1992Jul22.184155.11235@pony.Ingres.COM>
- Date: Wed, 22 Jul 92 20:18:23 GMT
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- In article <1992Jul22.184155.11235@pony.Ingres.COM>, rion@Ingres.COM (Rion Cassidy (x3357) OGT) writes:
- |> In article <1992Jul22.144117.20399@walter.bellcore.com> jchen@ctt.bellcore.com 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.
- |> >
- |> >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.
- |> >
- |> >The whole thing was blown out of proportion in 60 Minutes.
- |> >
- |>
- |> First, I was not spreading any misconceptions about MSG. Second, why do you
- |> take such a defensive stance towards the stuff?
-
- First, nor did I accuse you of spreading misconceptions. Second, I am
- trying to put things into proper perspective.
-
- |> Are you implying that anyone who has a reaction to MSG is not "normal"?
- |> While not being allergic to it, I do believe that it gives me headaches.
- |> Becuase no one has died from it there's nothing to worry about?
-
- We are talking about extraordinary reactions to MSG, not your health.
- Will you put the words in proper context?
-
- |> I think that a very rational view (and the way I percieved the 60 minutes
- |> report) is that this stuff has no real benefit, but can cause real problems
- |> for some people. We have a right to know what products its in so we
- |> can avoid it if we want to.
- |>
- 60 Minutes is an excellent program. It is one of my must-sees. But
- it also has made several major mistakes in the past. The story
- of "Unintended acceleration" almost killed Audi. To date, Audi
- has not fully recovered from it. The episode on MSG, was another
- biased report.
-
- C. Jason Chen
-