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Originally Posted by mynah
Here is an interesting explanation I've read:
MSG sensitivity has also been called "Chinese restaurant syndrome" - although it does not occur (or rarely occurs) in China. Apparently the stuff is most potent when taken on an empty stomach. In Chinese foods, it is mostly used in soup, which is traditionally served first in the West, but in between other food in china.
I've seen someone apparently (though briefly) at death's door after a Chinese meal, and have experienced the symptoms myself (though never in the East). Solution: Read the labels, and if you have to have something with MSG, eat some additive-free food first.
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almost everthing has MSG in it now
The only
really bad reaction I have had is in a japanese restaurant where MSG was continuously shaken on the BBQd food
I had heat palpitations, extreme agitation,- abit like taking amphetamine.
I could not sleep for 24 hours and then collapsed into an incoherent mess for another 24 hours..
Here is one japanese version of "don't give me MSG or I will die" ( below)
