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- From: billn@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com (bill nelson)
- Subject: Re: MSG
- Message-ID: <1992Jul29.060912.18030@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com>
- Organization: Hewlett-Packard Company, Corvallis, Oregon USA
- References: <1992Jul27.072535.18264@sco.com>
- Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 06:09:12 GMT
- Lines: 19
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- evanh@sco.COM (Evan Hunt) writes:
- : >
- : That's not the only problem with it. MSG can contain gluten; for people with
- : celiac disease (like my wife) it is literally poison.
-
- Someone correct me, if I am wrong. But, these are two completely unrelated
- proteins with similar names. MSG is based on glutamic acid, not gluten.
-
- ... deleted ...
-
- : Sounds good to me. I see no reason why it should be banned. But it should
- : DEFINITELY be labelled correctly. Label reading for a celiac is complicated
- : enough already; hearing that MSG may be lurking in unsuspected places is
- : really rotten news.
-
- But it is. It appears in most foods you eat. I think you are worrying
- unnecessarily.
-
- Bill
-