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- From: billn@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com (bill nelson)
- Subject: Re: MSG
- Message-ID: <1992Jul29.054622.17287@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com>
- Organization: Hewlett-Packard Company, Corvallis, Oregon USA
- References: <1992Jul22.173124.1309@cs.yale.edu>
- Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 05:46:22 GMT
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- nathan@laplace.biology.yale.edu (Nathan F. Janette) writes:
- : > |>
- : > 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.
-
- Wrong. Both salt and sugar, as added to food, are highly concentrated
- versions of the natural substances. They are not different than MSG
- in this regard.
-
- MSG does bring out the flavor in food - even fresh food.
-
- Bill
-