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- From: sns@bondi.jpl.nasa.gov (Sam Southard)
- Subject: Re: MSG
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- References: <1992Jul30.232522.14069@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov> <1992Jul31.200535.24184@cs.yale.edu>
- Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 20:21:57 GMT
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- In article <1992Jul31.200535.24184@cs.yale.edu> nathan@laplace.biology.yale.edu writes:
- >In article <1992Jul30.232522.14069@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov> sns@bondi.jpl.nasa.gov
- >(Sam Southard) writes:
- >> The solution is easy. If you see a package which has MSG on
- >> it, don't buy it.
- >
- >True enough, but MSG can be labeled as other things,
- >including hydrolized (sp?) veg protein, "natural
- >flavorings", etc... quite a problem for someone who
- >wants to avoid it!
-
- If you want to avoid it, it's your problem to know what the other names are
- for it. Actually, it's my problem too, since my wife reacts to MSG. It's
- inconvinient since I like to snack on lots of things that are horrible for me,
- those products usually containg MSG, and we don't like to say things like
- "this is your food, this is my food, etc.". I'd rather not have something in
- the house which one of us can't eat.
-
- Had you read the rest of the paragraph you would have seen something like "If
- it's not labeled you can usually figure out what it was and not buy it in the
- future". This can be used for cases where it's included in "natural
- flavorings".
-
- >Of course, food in restaurants isn't even labeled.
-
- You can ask them if they use it. If they do and can't leave it out, you know
- where not to eat. If you get bitten by it if they don't know (if they use an
- ingredient which already has it in), you know where not to return.
-