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- From: billn@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com (bill nelson)
- Subject: Re: MSG
- Message-ID: <1992Jul29.055132.17428@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com>
- Organization: Hewlett-Packard Company, Corvallis, Oregon USA
- References: <1992Jul22.184155.11235@pony.Ingres.COM>
- Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 05:51:32 GMT
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- rion@Ingres.COM (Rion Cassidy (x3357) OGT) writes:
- :
- : 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?
-
- No, they are just having an abnormal reaction to MSG.
-
- Some people have life threatening reactions to sugar. Should be all refuse
- to use it, because of this?
-
- : 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.
-
- But, it does have benefit. It enhances the taste of food. Maybe that is not
- a benefit to you - it is to many others.
-
- As another poster stated - 60 minutes, as usual, blew the subject up all out
- of proportion to the risks. But then, they are noted for such tactics.
-
- Do I use MSG? Very seldom - but then, I usually use enough other spices that
- it would not add anything noticable to the taste.
-
- Bill
-