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- From: burke@tss.com (Jim Burke)
- Subject: Re: MSG
- Message-ID: <1992Jul24.181540.20581@tss.com>
- Sender: news@tss.com (USENET Network News)
- Reply-To: burke@tss.com (Jim Burke)
- Organization: Teknekron Software Systems. Inc.
- References: <182753@pyramid.pyramid.com> <oePiyPX0BwwbI_4kUM@transarc.com>
- Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 18:15:40 GMT
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- In article <oePiyPX0BwwbI_4kUM@transarc.com>, Lyle_Seaman@transarc.com writes:
-
- |> I can sympathize with people who are more sensitive to MSG than I am,
- |> but I also have a friend who is allergic to bannanas. Therefore,
- |> I cannot support an outright ban on the stuff, or what seems to be
- |> an overblown concern. I *do* support better disclosure.
-
- I seem to recall that there is glutemate in almost everything we eat,
- and MSG is simply derived from natural foods anyway. Some experts say
- that the addition of MSG should not be significant since you're already
- getting lots of the stuff naturally. I believe beets are especially
- high in the stuff. Still, there are lots of people who say they are
- very sensitive to it. However, if disclosure was required, everything
- you eat would have a warning label on it, kind of like the "sulfites"
- labeling on every bottle of wine you buy. Since every wine contains
- sulfites, what has the labeling really added?
-
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