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Update on MSG

The reactions attributed to monosodium glutamate do not appear to hold up to scientific scrutiny.

March 3, 2011 |
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Sources Cited

Clin Exp Allergy. 2009 May;39(5):640-6. Epub 2009 Apr 6.Monosodium glutamate 'allergy': menace or myth? Williams AN, Woessner KM.

Acknowledgements

Image thanks to Tracy Wong.

Transcript

What about, MSG? The scientific consensus has been that MSG is generally harmless, but what’s the latest Monosodium glutamate allergy, menace or myth? Myth. Despite concerns raised in the 1960’s, decades of research have failed to demonstrate a clear and consistent relationship between MSG and the kinds of reactions people typically attribute to it. 

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  • http://nutritionfacts.org/members/mgreger/ Michael Greger M.D.

    Please feel free to post any ask-the-doctor type questions here in the comments section and I’d be happy to try to answer them. And check out the other “HHH” videos (Harmful, Harmless, or Helpful?). Also, there are over a thousand subjects covered in the rest of my videos–please feel free to explore them as well!

  • http://nutritionfacts.org/members/herehere/ HereHere

    Interesting. I wonder if there were possible conflicts of interests in this study. Just a thought. Sometimes a single study doesn’t mean anything. I don’t have problems with MSG (although it does make me thirsty, like any other salt), but I do avoid it. It is pretty easy to avoid MSG anyways.

  • http://nutritionfacts.org/members/pannydeters/ pannydeters

    I don’t think it’s just a single study. I believe Dr. Greger has mentioned two European conferences that looked over all the research (surely more than one study, if they spent time on the question a second time) and determined it to be harmless.

  • http://nutritionfacts.org/members/vallis/ Vallis

    Why is there so much anti-msg on the internet? Almost everybody says it is bad for you. I wish it was harmless, it is in so many foods.

  • Teresa

    I like Dr. Russell Blaylock because his concern about MSG has frightened me away from processed foods.  Do you totally discount his book “Excitotoxins  The Taste that Kills”?  What about MSG being an excitotoxin for the brain?  Nutritionfacts.org has been the backbone for my change to a plant based diet, but I wish you could dig up a little dirt on MSG to help keep me on track.  You’re my hero Dr. G, thank you.

  • JuliaKathleen

    I have been told that MSG is used in laboratory studies on rats to induce diabetes in the rats. Is there any truth to this? And, what is MSG anyway? What is it made from?
     

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