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Originally Posted by Michaelangelica
I cannot taste MSG.
The concept of umani is foreign to me, yet i am allergic to MSG in high doses or when my immune system is 'down" or overloaded(?).
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Pretty strange on this side, too. I've been reading up on this "umami" taste, and everything they say tastes "umami" simply taste salty to me. I want some clean MSG (powder?) so I can taste for myself what they mean by it. I think that MSG (or any other glutamate, for that matter) is perfectly natural and occurs in most savory foods, but the Japanese probably add too much of it to increase "umami".
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The Japanese seem to handle it OK. Is their a genetic factor here?
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I don't think so. I think they're just used to it. I also don't think the obesity it supposedly causes according to the chain letter is true, because the Japanese have a much lower obesity rate than the US, and they should be consuming a lot more MSG than the average Yank. I think the killer in the 'States is the Fast Food culture, where deep-frying is an institution.
