RelicBeckwelf t1_iuj8mzk wrote
It was due to un savory research that it was declared a health hazard. A researcher released data showing it caused heart attacks in mice. What they didn't mention is that they had to give the mice 500x the normal dose to cause it. Add to that racism and xenophobia in that it was mostly Asian cooking that added MSG, and the average person not knowing it occurs naturally in alot of foods. Years pass with products and restraunts advertising "no MSG and everyone "knows" MSG being bad, without knowing why.
It's the opposite of what happened with spinach. Everyone swears spinach is the healthiest shit ever grown, massive source of Iron, but that's all bullshit because some researcher moved a decimal point which got spinach known as the single best source of dietary iron on the planet.
Basically its just bullshit, cognitive dissonance and bad science.
JFT8675309 t1_iujk3ec wrote
I mean, a decimal point and Popeye!
Yrcrazypa t1_iujkdqj wrote
I believe Popeye had that because of the bungled research.
JFT8675309 t1_iujkuen wrote
Yes. 🙂
nayhem_jr t1_iujzpc8 wrote
Meanwhile, ask for some Cajun Sparkle the next time you're at Popeye's. ✨🍗✨
EricKei t1_iujrxpv wrote
It's my understanding that something similar happened with saccharin. Something along the lines of "It can cause cancer...in rats who were force-fed three thousand times a human's expected lifetime consumption of saccharin in a very short period of time."
RelicBeckwelf t1_iuk1zvj wrote
Yeah, bladder cancer I think...
Ippus_21 t1_iujugas wrote
>un savory research
I see what you did there... r/Angryupvote
ineptguy5 t1_iujp1eb wrote
I thought msg caused headaches and/or migraines? Apparently no?
tranquilrage73 t1_iujq8s6 wrote
That was another bit of misinformation going around for quite some time.
ineptguy5 t1_iujqyh1 wrote
Thanks. Apparently, like most things if you ate a ton you might get a headache, but even that is not statistically proven.
ChronoMonkeyX t1_iuju8yd wrote
Doritos are full of MSG, but the people who swear Chinese food makes them sick could down a whole bag of Doritos and never notice.
They did a test where they gave a room full of people a free meal, then afterward told them that people in the left half of the room had MSG in their food and the other half didn't, and a bunch of people started complaining about feeling sick. Everyone got the exact same food, no MSG.
Wendy_Frederick t1_iuk4733 wrote
MSG does cause some people to get migraines. Also makes my ankles swell and makes my stomach upset the next day!!
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