The Strange Case of Dr. Ho Man Kwok (2019)
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The Strange Case of Dr. Ho Man Kwok (2019)
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#2This article is very long and having skimmed it I'm still not entirely sure: is monosodium glutamate unhealthy or not after all?
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#3This article is very long and having skimmed it I'm still not entirely sure: is monosodium glutamate unhealthy or not after all?
> MSG is a naturally occurring food substance, with a distinctive savory taste known by Japanese as umami. “It’s a chemical the same way water is a chemical,” said LeMesurier, who is herself of Korean descent, raised by white parents. “If you have ever eaten aged cheese or heirloom tomatoes, you’ve eaten MSG.” Its powdered form was created in 1908 by a chemist in Japan, and it made its way with Chinese immigrants to the United States, where it was commonly added to dishes in Chinese restaurants.
> More recently, studies have roundly debunked the idea that MSG is harmful. Multiple studies using placebos have shown no difference in effects on people eating food with or without MSG. In 1995, the Food and Drug Administration asked an independent scientific group, the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, to study MSG’s safety. It found that only a small number of people experienced any side effects, and that was only after consuming six times the normal serving of MSG on an empty stomach.
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#5Why does everything have to be labeled Racist? It makes the entire article read like some SJW's Twitter rant rather than something worth reading.
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#6This article is very long and having skimmed it I'm still not entirely sure: is monosodium glutamate unhealthy or not after all?
I have found it to increase blood sugars drastically.
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#7Re: The Strange Case of Dr. Ho Man Kwok (2019)
#8This article is very long and having skimmed it I'm still not entirely sure: is monosodium glutamate unhealthy or not after all?
> MSG is a naturally occurring food substance, with a distinctive savory taste known by Japanese as umami. “It’s a chemical the same way water is a chemical,” said LeMesurier, who is herself of Korean descent, raised by white parents. “If you have ever eaten aged cheese or heirloom tomatoes, you’ve eaten MSG.” Its powdered form was created in 1908 by a chemist in Japan, and it made its way with Chinese immigrants to…
Cyanide is also a naturally occurring chemical found in food items like Cassava and to a lesser extent, potatoes. That didn't make it harmless.
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#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
> MSG is a naturally occurring food substance, with a distinctive savory taste known by Japanese as umami. “It’s a chemical the same way water is a chemical,” said LeMesurier, who is herself of Korean descent, raised by white parents. “If you have ever eaten aged cheese or heirloom tomatoes, you’ve eaten MSG.” Its powdered form was created in 1908 by a chemist in Japan, and it made its way with Chinese immigrants to…
Cyanide is also a naturally occurring chemical found in food items like Cassava and to a lesser extent, potatoes. That didn't make it harmless.
You may've seen my comment before I edited in the second excerpt.
We've pretty clear evidence of harm from certain doses of cyanide. We don't have it for MSG, despite a whole lot of trying.
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#10Dave Chang has a small scene in one of his Ugly Delicious (great show, by the way) episodes where he gets a group of non-Asian Americans, who claim to be MSG-allergic, to come and share their stories of MSG-related symptoms after eating at Chinese restaurants. He then hands out Doritos and American products that the participants claim they love and can eat all day. Hard to see where this is going... he says, all these umami flavored products contain MSG. Finally, Dave proposes, “do you think racism plays a part?”