Is MSG Bad For You? What is MSG and Should You Avoid It? (Monosodium Glutamate)
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The dynamic duo is created from a mix of sodium and glutamate, an amino acid found naturally in foods like Parmesan cheese, tomato, mushrooms, cured meats, and soy sauce. MSG seasoning is made from seaweed or fermented sugar extract, which is combined with sodium to make the tiny white crystalline flakes used to add flavor to our food.MSG is a salt of glutamic acid: similar to table salt, which consists of chlorine and sodium, MSG contains glutamic acid and sodium (hence the “monosodium” in its name).Monosodium glutamate (MSG), also called monosodium L-glutamate or sodium glutamate, white crystalline substance, a sodium salt of the amino acid glutamic acid, that is used to intensify the natural flavour of certain foods.
First, monosodium glutamate is just a synthetic form of glutamic acid, which is produced naturally in the human body. Atomically, there is zero difference between natural glutamic acid and MSG. Your body can’t recognize the difference which is why a specific allergy to MSG (which has nothing to do with gluten, by the way!) doesn’t really make any sense.Monosodium Glutamate (MSG) improves the taste acceptability of foods with lowered salt content, suggesting that its use in low-salt foods will make it easier for people to establish and maintain a low-salt diet. It is the sodium salt of Glutamic Acid (GLU), a non-essential amino acid for.
MSG stimulates specific receptors located in taste buds such as the amino acid receptor T1R1/T1R3 or other glutamate receptors like the metabotropic receptors (mGluR4 and mGluR1) which induce the taste known as umami, one of the five basic tastes (the word umami is a loanword from Japanese; it is also referred to as “savory” or “meaty”).MSG is short for monosodium glutamate. It is a common food additive — with the e-number E621 — that is used to enhance flavor.. MSG is derived from the amino acid glutamate.
Answer From Katherine Zeratsky, R.D., L.D. Monosodium glutamate (MSG) is a flavor enhancer commonly added to Chinese food, canned vegetables, soups and processed meats. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has classified MSG as a food ingredient that’s “generally recognized as safe,” but its use remains controversial.
This is the point that makes many scientists laugh because MSG, or monosodium glutamate, is simply the sodium salt, or the ionic form, of glutamic acid, an amino acid which is one of the building blocks of most proteins. All proteins are a chain of amino acids, one of which is glutamic acid.Like many people, I thought MSG — monosodium glutamate, a chemical compound used to enhance the flavor of food — was bad for me, and I was sure I felt terrible every time I ate it.
Many studies have shown that glutamate plays a major role in how the brain is formed during development. There is a programmed rise and fall in brain glutamate levels during brain formation, which occurs in humans not only during intrauterine life, but until the age of 27.Chef Chris Koetke shares the reality of monosodium glutamate (MSG) by explaining the science and history behind the product. Subscribe to our channel: http.
The flavor-enhancing property of MSG was discovered in 1908 by Kikunae Ikeda, a chemistry professor at Imperial University of Tokyo and founder of Ajinomoto. He isolated the substance in a seaweed that for centuries Japanese cooks had been using to make food taste better and found that it was l-glutamate.Monosodium glutamate (MSG), also known as sodium glutamate, is the sodium salt of glutamic acid. MSG is found naturally in some foods including tomatoes and cheese.
The science of MSG in less than one minute. Expert chef Chris Koetke provides a simple explanation about the science of monosodium glutamate.
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315 comments
MSG will make you thirsty and order pop instead of drinking water.
Boycot Tedx. It’s Misery. Get these Godless Atheists Off Stage. Awkward. MAkes me want to Throw Up.
Should’ve burn England to the ground for making a fake research on MSG and how can something from japan have a syndrome called chinese restaurant syndrom
Why is DR RASHID BUTTAR saying that’s to avoid monosodium glutamate
MSG when tested on people who use alcohol, caffeine, tobacco, eat potato chips, soy sauce, etc. shows little effect because they are alreADY AFFECTED!!! People who watch their nutrition carefully and are “clean” will be affected greatly by tiny amounts of MSG….I see a lot of comments supporting the use of MSG similar to comments for any kind of drug by drug users….
This talk was flagged by TED, “There is no viable research or evidence presented in the talk to support these claims.”
This guy is a SATURNIAN SODOMITE, they control the banking system the law and YOU
Why when I commented it also appears between 9 and 12 years of posts, im curious
Neuroscience and Connectionist Theory-Free Glutamate?Binding Epileptic brains? Thought the NMDA receptor played a role too. Amazing, was diagnosed with CFS when I was 12 years old at McMaster University Hospital in Ontario, Canada. The only promising option for me was the introduction of the use of an epileptic drug 9 years after diagnosis. I researched alternative treatments for epilepsy, and sure enough there was a “novel” treatment, a diet that helped patients who were so severe the drugs didn’t stop their seizures. Well perhaps the drugs didn’t work on those patients because of the varying daily levels of Free Glutamate in the diets of those, mostly children as I read whom didn’t respond to the drug treatments. I wasn’t exactly a child, 21 but I thought to try the diet. Amazingly the diet, a Ketogenic diet was and is now the only effective treatment that eases my pain, however, I must add my progress was limited as I included stewed meats occasionally, bread on cheat days and dairy. I have since learned that with avoidance and adding them back in that they created massive flare ups in my symptoms including first in order pain, fatigue, muscle burning, poor muscle recovery after activity, light and sound sensitivity accompanied often by headaches. In my 18 years of experience since discovering this dietary treatment I can say I feel the best staying off dairy and gluten to avoid bad flair ups. I would go in and out of recovery, good days and bad days, it seemed like it was useless but when I completely gave up on the diet I got so much worse. I tried Ideal Protein using only their soy shakes and a few with whey protein, 6 months later the Toronto Poly Clinic said my trigger points were below that of the Fibromyalgia diagnosis yes and 12 Intensive Fascia Release treatments. YOU HAVE GIVEN ME THE MISSING PIECE OF THE PUZZLE I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO FIND FOR 20+years. Interestingly my former pain doctor did his thesis on Leaky Gut, he was very interested in my diet but said this treatment is just a theory. Can’t proof what is actually happening in the gut lining.
I don’t want to know the science behind it
And im not going to watch 3:25 mims of it
Just tell me yay or nay!!!
This is in my hot cheeto fries right now and I’m eating them ��
Assertion upon assertion. Where is your peer reviewed paper? Have the results been reproduced? MSG has been studied at length and determined safe. As soon as some starts talking about Lyme disease as anything other than a treatable infection, you know you have left behind rationality.
Read the description. Trd hhas flaggedcthis video because her research an how she os litrally helping people. Does not go along with the western medical and food industries!! So according to amazon and ted she should be silenced!!
I wonder how my blood brain/ barrier hasn’t broken as yet. being using msg for years and never had a problem only makes me chew the bones from my meat because it makes the meat so darn delicious ����
He’s not a medical doctor or a registered dietician. He’s wrong about many of his claims.
I knew that MSG was badbut I got lax and forgot to
ask my restaurant not to cook my food with it!
I ate, and on the drive home I felt like I had been given
knock-out drops!
Horrible reaction to MSG in my food!
Nancy
How about eating a bowl of MSG vs SALT?Which one is better?
people fearing of msg is basically people who are anti-vaccine
Very dangerous scientifically incorrect information. MSG can cause fatal reactions which you can find in scientific journals. In the 1990’s a man ate MSG food which caused a severe asthma attack, cardiac arrest and lead to permanent neurological damage. He won the lawsuit against the restaurant owners. MSG was found to be a direct cause. Your poor advice can kill people.
I started having the worst Migraines as I made better money and started eating out more especially my fave Chinese food I started to fear the worst as each migraine episode got worse, sometimes lasting for days with me agonizing in pain and delirium. So I got to work on my diet and starting eating only simple fresh foods and slowly adding complex and processed foods back in one at a time monitoring my digestive systems reaction to each new food added. Sure enough I started to find that most “sodium modified” foods would bring on the painful reactions within my body. So many people are suffering due to this stuff. PLEASE BE AWARE THE OTHER HUGE SODIUM MODIFIER USED IN EVERYTHING IS THIS STUFF CALLED SODIUM BENZOATE and YEAST EXTRACT is the same ish! Don’t be fooled even health food purveyors like WHOLE FOODS and TRADER JOES use this stuff all day long. amongst many other things because it stabilizes food color so it can be on shelves and in warehouses for longer periods of time and it hyper stimulates your pleasure response to food! IF YOU SUFFER FROM MIGRAINES PLEASE LOOK INTO IT uncovering this whole hidden sodium industry saved my life!!
Thanks I saved my family and will try with heart and soul for others family thanks…… many thanks for the video.
I guess a little amount of poison won’t kill you. Good luck if your brain turns into a jello and you start drooling to yourself after consuming too much MSG
I call BS…. it gives me a massive headache, and it makes my eyes swell up. That’s why I don’t eat it and I asked if MSG is in anything that I’m about to eat. I usually don’t eat out because of this. I never eat soy sauce.
MSG or Chinese salt is a neurotoxin. MSG is destructive to nerve tissue and can break the blood/brain barrier.
So not good!
Japanese use a lot of MSG in daily cooking like ramen, etc. and Japan has a life expectancy of 84, while the US has 78.
If our bodies react so positively to naturally occurring glutamates, is there some benefit to them? By taking a synthetic glutamate, are we getting the same benefit, or are we just getting the good feeling/taste without the nutrition component our bodies may be craving?
I just found out that ‘ Natural Flavorings’ means…..most likely, MSG. ugh, I have been eating SO delicious cookies & cream ice cream made with cashew milk. And now I know why I kept buying more, eating more every night!!! This mistake can send one to the ER, from Diabetic shock or Heart Problems such as clogged arteries. Also the Sugar is not organic either. now I understand why I was consuming it so much. I had to have it, I don’t even like ice cream that much but this SO Delicious became my main dish after a healthy organic dinner. Thank you for making this video it can and will save lives!!!
It was ingected into there abdomin in regards to the mice btw
LOL, it’s regarded the same place in some Chinese dishes as salt. But certainly, the previous research and claim affect our daily life a lot, since I hardly seen any family around me using’em anymore.
Why is bewellrx.com not working anymore? We’re you unable to afford the yearly $10 domain registration?
Let people know you add MSG in your food that you sell in Singapore lets see how long your business last, Singaporean know about this shit since the 80’s.
Well basically sugar kills more poeple than all the prohibited drugs in the world combine. And you dont see me complaining. Because it tastes good.
When I first started eating Chinese food I would get a slight headache with a feeling in my neck and jaw like I was getting lock-jaw but I could move fine. I never knew about Chinese Restaurant Syndrome nor MSG until looking into what was happening to me. It is real! Now the restaurants don’t use as much MSG so only have an issue once in a while.
I know MSG kicks my butt severely! I don’t even like to go out and eat anymore because of it. it takes forever to read labels at the grocery stores too. I wish I was able to grow all of my own food like I used to but it’s not an option for me these days. Thanks for the info Dr Bellonzi! One nearly has to become a chemist when reading labels these days 😉
“Racism.” then proceeds to say nothing that relates to race.
Enough with this social justice wolf crying.
Really amazing work! I will share with all of my ABA clients!
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Your cooking sucks, msg are ready to help u.
MSG is unnatural, so is sugar. That’s why I munch on raw sugar cane to get that unadulterated, natural, organic, no radiation, no chemical, and authentic druidic experience.
I like to add MSG instead of salt. I always have.
The salt lobby is strong.
So what is the natural substance in good food that make it taste good?
MSG is a naturally occurring substance. our own bodies produce it.
it is also not harmful.
some people have “allergic” reactions to it. but then again some people have allergic reactions to nuts.
It’s mostly a culture thing, orientals have been raised with it for generations and generations. Just like is they were to just start eating country fried chicken as their diet, they’d prolly be sick or have headaches too.
Msg is the sodium salt in glumatic acid, which can be found naturally in tomatoes and other foods
MSG is fine,, said by a professor in pharmacognosy in my college����������
What is important to know is that glutamate is the single most important and common excitatory neurotransmitter in the whole body.
That’s strange, isn’t then msg cousin to E-numbers and sugar/sure as an distance relative as well!?! People are saying that is bad for you. But every thing is bad if you have a big dosis of it right!! ����♂️ idk
1:06 Umm what would happen if you injected high amounts of anything into someone
Msg is not safe for human consumption, good Chinese restaurants don’t use msg while Japanese more often tend to use it.
come on Chinese people are slim Blaime the burgers and fries
anyone who thinks MSG is bad,
dont worry, its only dangerous when its too much, everything is dangerous when its too much,
example: water, humans, trees, electricity
water because cells cant keep up,
humans because there would be less food,
trees, because there would be more oxygen
(animals that dont breath out carbon dioxide dies)
electricity, waste of energy
You said so much to say nothing. It seems that you did not research well your topic of you did not understand what the information you found implied.
Just because a product “occurs” naturally, it means it is good for your health. Cyanide OCCURS naturally in cassava; ricin does, too, in castor beans.
MSG DOES NOT OCCUR NATURALLY. Glutamic acid does. How can I put it? I’ll feed you Oxygen, food and hydrogen. How long do you think you”ll live?
If you have to separate the salt from C5H9NO4 Then it does not occur naturally as a Unique compound…none of these componentes happens first, second or third, the are ONE SUBSTANCE, If you remove Na from C₅H₈NO₄Na and you get something innocuous and “natural occurring” (C5H9NO4 ), then it has to be true that if I remove anything else from the structure of glutamic acid, I should get something healthy like C3H9NO4… which would kill in a beat.
If you alter the chemical structure of something, that something is nothing like what it was before.
No, MSG is a neuro toxin for a fact. I know sooo many people including myself that feel horrible after trying it
enlightening, thank you doctor.. for the knowledge you have given me..!
Well. There´s MSG in many products. They just call it Monosodium glutamate or other names in the table of content.
Everything has to be taken in moderation..even drinking too much water can cause water poisoning…
I feel like people may also think it’s bad cause it’s called MSG
Like we have other words for spices and salt and stuff
But I feel like reading MSG sounds maybe to “chemically”
Anyways, yeah it’s fine, my mom has probably used it sometimes (since I saw it in the cupboard), even if it’s not often
But ya, common in Asian food
Natural shit
People get spooked tho
My mom put too much of it until i developed a migrane. Sometimes she put more than five teaspoons
common knowledge,
too much is not always good. if you consume your own medicine more than you’re prescribed with then you’ll likely get an OD.
same with basically everything else, even msg. but if you eat it moderately then it’s fine
Adam knows best says MSG is nothing to be afraid of. Total MYTH that it’s bad for you
Very bad indeed. In my video I added more points you missed.
My mom is highly allergic and gets problems with her stomach if any of it is in a meal. Personally I’m not allergic however if a meal has a lot of it then I will get some issues as well. I think the sensitivity to it is common so that’s why people say that it’s bad
tbh I’m only believing msg is harmless mostly because a lot of asian people eat it and they’re never fat..
Nagkakasakit ang tao dahil sa mga kinakain nyo like laman loob, all meat, masamang bisyo. Hindi dahil sa pagkain ng msg. Yung iba sasabihin pa sa nagluto kung may msg hehe. Lahat ng masarap na nakakain nyo sa bahay at sa mga restaurant may msg na nilalagay. Hindi man sila maglagay ng mismong msg or ajinomoto na brand eh maglalagay naman sila ng patis,toyo, at ibang powdered seasoning,cubes na kapag tiningnan mo ang ingredients ng product lahat yan may monosodium glutamate. Kaya kung sasabihin nyo na concious kayo sa kinakain nyo eh kumain na lang kayo ng hilaw na gulay, fruits, o damo yan ang mga walang msg pero may chemikal na rin yan. Yung damo walang kahit anong kemikal. Tingnan nyo ang mga sinaunang matatanda at ang matatanda ngayon na umedad sila ng matagal na walang sakit pero msg ang gamit nila sa pagluluto. Kinamamatayan nila ang katandaan dahil wala silang ibang masamang bisyo at selected lang ang pagkain nila dahil hindi naman uso ang fastfood chain noon araw. Kaya nagkakasakit ang tao dahil kung saan saan kayo nakain
Just gave me arrythmia, muscle spasms, difficulty breathing, confusion, anxiety and general malaise. This has happened before, always triggered by foods highly seasoned with this instant noodles, chinese restaurants, etc.
High concentration, high dose, too much and etc.it is the same situation as sugar”too much can cause diabetes” as well as msg.
Do you know’ consume too much/overdose alcohol can cause headache, dizzy, heart damage, and dead, etc
As with any form of sodium, there is health risk. Heart disease, high blood pressure, kidney issues, etc. RESEARCH RESEARCH RESEARCH….
Msg is bad mmkay. Just look at how sick and out of shape these people that eat junk food are.
I went looking for MSG today, but couldn’t find any. I was hoping it could jazz up the bland Healthy Choice soups I bought a while back.
MSG is in all processed meat. All of it. Anytime you eat any protein your body produces MSG. There have been blind placebo controlled studies that find no link between MSG consumption and any symptoms at all. Its perfectly safe.
The side effects of coffee and beer outweigh the side effects of MSG, a naturally occurring nuritransmiter in the body. I guarantee that vegan parents have the highest occurrence of autism in children, because the stopped eating MSG an important brain role in brain development.
It gives me a headache. The problem now in Canada they just refer to it as ” flavoring”. Things like dill pickles and clamato juice really hit me hard for headaches and brain fog. I steer clear of flavoured potato chips too, the only one that’s safe is salt and vinegar.
Superb video, 11 years old but relevant today! Thank for making it and providing good education on the dangers of MSG.
Okay, but hear me out… I propose the reason no one even questioned this dude is because he was white and he was telling the non whites how inferior they were and everyone just took the story and ran with.
The way science works is through repeated studies all converging on the same conclusion. This message is just a hypothesis and I’ve yet to hear of any scientific trials… but nevertheless, I think it’s a good message: getting rid of processed foods because of their affect on our gut microbiota.
and you dont need to avoid packaged food if they have MSG coz they sponsored this video? i found BBC vedio with same content and points all coincidence? excess of any thing is bad you need to that part as well just like saturated fats are not bad in limited amount but if dose increased it can lead to heart problems just like MSG leads to bad mood,headache, even autism in kids!!
There’s a vegan cheese company named VIOLIFE and they sell their cheese that has monosodium glutamate, but they use a hidden and deceptive name FLAVOURING. They still to this day claim their cheese only has natural MSG.
Please research Dr Russell Blaylock’s work on MSG. He’s the pioneer to fighting it!
Msg is a veg, how can it be bad for you. And we only use a pinch
MSG good or bad, let the individual decide for themselves, for we are are all individuals. Don’t put too much faith in any study. Usually studies are a political tools for one side, or another, and the technology used is barbaric. Science isn’t all it’s cracked up to be, so don’t let them be your deciding factor on anything. Who pays for the study?? Usually the party it benefits. So, buyer beware.
Americans the idiots against eating animal fat, while all the other countries like Asia have it with a side of hot chili salsa, sorry correction chili paste.
MSG Monosodium Glutamate, the flavor, what some people refer to a umami, forms as the sodium and glutamate fall apart in your mouth basically making the bonds fall apart. Sodium obviously is something in the everyday diet, glutamate is a very common substance that even naturally forms in yogurt and other substances. There is nothing wrong with msg and no science or real world evidence proving this. Do your own researched is what I would recommend rather than listening to a guy off youtube or even a commenter like me and perceive it as fact.
read Pub.med for research. I and my son have bad reactions to MSG
If I consume msg in more then a small quantity I get really sick for about 24 hours
Great Video, great information. I have been researching this and other related topics for years and was not fully aware of the size of the glutamate connection to autoimmune diseases. This is a real mind opener. Thank you very much Katherine L. Reid! I just cannot understand the caveat by the TEDx event crew. This is real science in the making….. and I will be sharing it with anyone a can in hopes they and their children can benefit from this information. I believe every parent and parent-to-be should be fully aware of this.
lmao those british scientist were just trying to justify why you should season your food with water. no wonder everyone shits on british food saying its more bland than cardboard.
This video had sources:) every video on why msg is bad has had no linked sources at all
This sounds a lot like Voodoo Science. To my knowledge there is not one single study by any reputable health organization anywhere in the world or peer review magazine to attest for the veracity of anything your putting forward. If you have any to contribute, please do the whole planet a favor and please update Wikipedia or the let the Mayo Clinic or FDA to accept your anecdotal “evidence”.
I am so sensitive to glutamate, I get a headache and dizzy if I even eat a raw tomato which is naturally high in glutamate.:(
Its not a poison but an food enhancement so zat z food kud b �� n as long yul consume it it wil finally bkom a drug
A single dorito chip has more MSG then much of a Chinese menu.
As the saying goes “anything in excess is poison”. Otherwise, MSG is not that harmful.
This video is a fallacy! While Ms. Katherine L.Reid is correct that the body is essentially an ecosystem, her claims that monosodium glutamate have detrimental effects to the human body are wrong. The worst part, the claims she promotes, had been previously disproven and before this TEDx Talk, approved by the FDA and World Health Administration as perfectly healthy, and having no bad effect to the human body, so long as not consumed in ungodly high amounts. Her first claim, about her daughter who was diagnosed with autism; a social disorder, has no true relevance to MSG, and the real problem is simply just the autism’s effect on the brain. There were certain events, which were caught on camera, like the lack of facial expression or temper tantrums that were simply caused by the child’s brain not being able to socialize like a regular brain. Her next claim, about the body being highly adaptable to amino acids is correct, however, the claim that the body can adapt to reap energy primarily from free glutamates is also false. In a regular diet, no amount of glutamate consumed could ever amount to the level of sugar intake our bodies consume. This is not too say we consume too much sugar either. So in a regular diet, the body would still preferably use sugars to produce and maintain energy than glutamate. The results shared from after removing free glutemates from her ‘ecosystem’ are taken from 3 years after the beginning of this test. This long stretch of time between the before and after event are to vast, thus creating an unfair leap in time where Reid’s daughter’s brain could develop and grow. Also, glutamate has no real effect on the body outside the digestive system, because almost all digested glutamate is used in the intestines, crippling the idea that MSG can harm the brain. I hope that if any body who hosts these speeches recognizes this comment that this outdated video will be deleted.
My little brother eats straight up msg and puts it in his food and he’s fine
Its been used for years only bad for you if you ate sensitive to it
Msg makes shitty food tastes good. This allows big business to sell you flavored crap at a high profit.
They didn’t inject the msg into the rats brains they injected it into there abdomen.
I’m Chinese and I’ve been eating MSG for my whole life. MSG is a common thing to use in Asian countries, and I haven’t heard about anyone get sick or pass away from MSG
Asians be eating MSG for hundreds of years and LIVE LONG. WAY longer than obese Americans who say MSG is DEADLY
I don’t do Chinese food for that reason. MSG is very dangerous for me and the reason I found out I had a reaction to it was when I ate Chinese food. And even though when you ask them if the food contains MSG some places say no. I don’t trust them so I don’t do Chinese rice, unless I make it. Some doctors don’t even know what MSG is/many people don’t know either. The easiest way I explain it to people is I say is a food enhancer.
I have a GI disorder msg is to me like gluten is to someone with celiac disease
Here is what the science says about MSG. It is an excitotoxin. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nxLm2LAPQo
Avoid msg & flavourings if you can; natural, plain foods are best
Please post the Studies
All I find in the dooblidoo is a link for a website for sale. A website advocating Holistics, Homeopathy, and something called Magnet Therapy?… among a bunch of other things thrown around.
Then there’s a Myspace with a single picture that just says psychetruth….. and then there’s this youtube channel with hot girls doing yoga and massages…..
…….so…… not sure where this leaves us….
I’m personally allergic to msg (& other products with similar compounds to it) but I agree that it’s safe for almost everyone else.
WHAT? All tge other videos on YT says it is safe and Chinese restaurant syndrome is hoax! We need some prominent do tor here. With clinical results.
Japan innovated MSG and it is still highly used.. I have a shaker of MSG in my spice rack and use it daily ( I live in Japan) So… I know it is a loose argument but is the creators and probably highest consumers of the stuff live longer by average than North Americans…. well… food for though (also Umami is a word and flavor Paradigm coined in Japan.
My mom’s coworker told her to stop going to the Chinese food restaurant. He is Chinese and my mom said why do you talk bad about your own people???
He said there is a lot of sugar and chemicals on that food so dont trust it too much and stop going there. We thought Chinese food is one of the most healthy fast food because they have a lot of vegetables and because the Chinese people themselves look very healthy. Little did we know that their food has lots of sauces that are used to enhanced the taste of the food. One time I went to eat out to a Chinese restaurant and then an hour later I tested my blood sugar. I was over 300!!!!! I was scared!!! So we try to limit going out to Chinese food and instead have come up with our own recipes. At least now we know for sure what is in our food.
Japanese use it all the time and have you seen what year there living in
Thank you doc.,we know too much of everything is bad, so go to bed doc. And sleep well and be healthy
Too much lecturing
Msg or soy or vetsin,same thing is scientifically proven extremely cancerous.A man told me his girl friend died from a tumour,cancerous from eating it at a chinese restaurant,the doctor’s certificate said at her death.WHY ARE YOU TRYING TO KILL PEOPLE FROM CANCER.YOU ALSO SAID MICRO WAVE OVEN ARE NOT CANCEROUS, WHEN THEY ARE PROVEN CANCEROUS.THEY ABORT BABIES,YOU MURDERER.
Those Asian kids in my school are so smart. MSG must be good for the brain.
Nice and informative. I have a video on this too. I am a chemistry teacher and making these videos for my lessons in school. Hoping to grow and get more viewers. Sorry if I’m spamming. You can delete this comment if you don’t like it. Thank you.
https://youtu.be/1jaCj59_BNg
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ANOTHER VIDEO TRYING TO CONVINCE YOU THAT MSG IS SAFE. MSG is an EXCITO-TOXIN…PERIOD!! VIDEO PAID FOR BY THE MSG INDUSTRY (AJINOMOTO)
i have been eating chowmein day and night mixed with msg…i am 40 and i am still living healthy
I knew it was fine to to consume. Whenever a hippie vegan type tells you not to eat something doubt them. Then do your own research
If MSG leads to obesity, how come Chinese people are so skinny?
I’ve used MSG for years with out any problems ever. I even used it when I was dieting and continued to lose weight even though I consumed it nearly every day. The nonsense out there regarding MSG is ridiculous and double-blind studies have proven that people who think they are affected by it are not. It’s all psychological.
Everyone speaks of “eating in moderation”, but never ask, “what is the optimum dose?”. Should we ask ourselves, what the healthy dose of MSGs? If I don’t know how heavy the MSG concentration is in my food, I could easily overdose. Moreover, if the food is addicting, then I am more likely to eat more of it. I think the benefit should cover both the physiological and the psychological aspects of it as well.
Bunch of weak AF fools up in here. Stick to your kale juice and diet dirt.
Apparently entire east Asia is blowing up with migraine headaches and obesity.
How about the fact that in order to make rats obese in order to study them, the acutal PROTOCOL for making the rats obese in the first place is to FEED THEM MSG?? Surely you can’t then claim it has no affect on humans’ weight?!
Talking about Chi. Food 中式料理（zhong shi liao li or ㄓㄨㄥ ㄕˋ ㄌㄧㄠˋ ㄌㄧˇ with Umami 旨味(うまみ) Western ppl really dunno da difference huh
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https://youtu.be/1jaCj59_BNg
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please upload video about muscular imbalance
I hope clincal trials are provide soon so with this evidence base research is the promising for many conditions. My child has been diagnosis and social development has improve, repetitive behaviors, meltdowns, OCD, etc..with a gluten-free and non-msg diet.
Glutamate is the salt of glutamic acid. There is no “glutamate acid”.
So what you’re saying is that MSG tricks you into thinking that what you’re eating actually tastes good when it could just be pig food.
How much is large? 1 kg a day or what? That’s the real question. Because nowaday msg is almost use in every food. My average use is under three quarter of tea spoon.
Most Humans are easy to convince, I could make a lie about anybody and spread gossip and rumours… but at the end of the day it’s facts and evidence that counts..
from the evidence I see about MSG it’s about as harmful as salt..
I wonder who funds this YouTube channel. They list the fact that glutamate is produced by your body but conveniently skip over the fact that the main argument for why MSG is unhealthy and neurotoxic is that the glutamate in it is concentrated in unnaturally high amounts. In other words, your body may produce glutamate but it’s not produced in nearly as high/concentrated amounts as it is in the food additive, MSG. Do your research.
Americans: msg is bad
meanwhile, Asian’s got longer life expectancy
Uhmm…this just explains why Asian brains work at high speed?
I agree with the argument that MSG will simulate people to eat more foods that aren’t nutritional. However, I wonder how they test/research MSG and it’s effects on humans in long term. Fast food is bad because of the high amount of sugar and use of omega 6 rich oil. So I’m not sure how they isolate MSG from fast food minus sugar and oil, to make a claim that MSG is toxic
And do you know after this woman cured her child and helped so many amazon removed her book from their listings!! Because she is helping cure autisum.. Caused by vaccines. Enviromental toxic syndrome!
This is why I don’t like YouTube. Propaganda. All the ill effects people were having was somehow racism. Lol.
Msg is toxic in so many ways. Google side effects of msg. Do it soon before deep state google wipes out the truth.
I’m craving Lays Kettle Cooked Salt & Pepper Potato Chips right now, do those have msg in them?
MSG was never bad for us unless you have hypertension, kidney failure, heart problems, gout and so on.
1:12 & 1:19 & 2:13 The common naturally occurring chemical is different to MSG though, right? Why is that ignored?
They aren’t the same chemical, right? Isn’t it true that MSG is not the natural one, is it so isn’t that technically false information is this video?
This video is misleading MSG is bad due to the fact that it makes people want to overeat. There’s science behind it look it up.of course people in third world countries are going to eat healthier than Americans that’s why it doesn’t affect them as much especially when they stay more active then the now obese induced country
There’s more flavours detected by dedicated taste buds though
Sweet
Salty
Sour
Bitter
Proteiny (umami)
Metallic
Fatty
and arguably Spicy, though this is not technically a taste, no specific taste buds for it but more like chemical irritation of tissue that we evolved to enjoy.
I ate Chinese food yesterday…I love it!!..however…my head started to hurt and my heart started to ache…I have nothing against Chinese people…but it’s the way I felt
If some people are “sensitive” to MSG, what exactly are they sensitive to? What does MSG do on the body to make some people sensitive? This sounds contradictory to the claim MSG has not been found harmful and is a common nutrient.
Its the salt of naturally occurring substances. I would have to eat a pound of it to die. Drink too much water, you die. MSG isn’t a big deal, another “he said, she said” folklore.
This guy is a piece of shit hack. MSg even at the lowest doses has toxic effects and disrupts leptin signaling, enhances insulin resistance, and reduced glucose tolerance. Asians may be small, but their diabetes rates are skyrocketing. Furthermore, ingredients such as cornstarch,modified corn starch, corn syrup, maltodextrin and so many others trigger msg-toxicity as well. Do your homework and stop listening to frauds that YouTube is pushing to top search results
Why Umami is considered a taste while revolting taste isn’t? Umami is savory delicious how about the not delicious?
2:20 supposedly the reason the US military started using MSG in the rations is because soldiers came across Japanese rations during WW2 and noticed even their plain rice tasted awesome because it was dosed to the gills with MSG (many Japanese soldiers ate almost nothing but plain rice when food was scarce and they wanted to keep morale high).
Surprising facts: KFC and a bunch of other fast food restaurants, as well as a lot of grocery store foods contain MSG. you don’t have to get Chinese take out in order to ingest MSG. Just read the ingredients list on the label/from their websites: )
So injecting massive doses of MSG directly into one’s abdomen is bad, and eating food prepared normally is not. Got.����
I like MSG on my food. When i was a kid, it was rumoured that it was made out of chinese bones, i use it still
So…. wait a sec. I have a friend that gets violently ill when she consumes any MSG. She is part Asian. I cooked for her. She had no idea there was MSG in the food and I had no idea she was so allergic. This mean somehow she is racist because she only got sick because she BELIEVED she would get sick from what I cooked because it was “too Chinese”? I give up on humanity. Oh but wait. I can’t leave without letting you know how I’m “offended” that you’re offended at the offence Chinese committed when they made up this tasty food, and it offends me even more that you’re offended at my ‘racist’ friend for not liking the Chinese-ness of my non-Chinese food that I cooked for her. HOW DARE YOU!
Classified OK only creates all sorts of health conditions… but who cares the manufactures are making a ton of money…
Autism is the next human evolution.I don’t think it’s a disease.Some people that has autism has a gift for some reason like a six sense.higher intuition
He’s speaking the truth. He is way ahead of the curve, it’s disturbing to me to look this subject up on YouTube and see 5 videos about MSG. This is bigger than you think ��
Thanks for this video.. I actually ordered a 2 pack of msg on amazon for like $6 to try out. I think a lot of people have placebo effects from msg and feeling ill effects. Worchestershire, sardines and many other foods as explained have that punch of flavor aka umami. Cant wait to use.it.
I actually just tried it earlier and it almost has a strong broth taste but without the aromatics of the protein and veggies used in broth making. It’s like when eggs were bad because cholesterol and then years later found good because of protein.
You nailed everything on this topic about MSG.. People are scared easily.. Lool at the coronavirus, people are buying out all of the hand sanitizers and suposedly people are selling $3 sanitizer bottles for like $300 online.. Pathetic.
The swine flu was way worse and nobody went all pandemic with it..
This posting is full of bullshit! Anything one ingests in excess is harmful. The key words are “high concentration.” That’s hardly the case for let’s say a plate of chow mein or an order of shrimp dumpling where a teaspoon of MSG is added at the most. This doctor failed to mention that mother’s milk has a much larger content of glutamates compared to cow’s milk. Glutamates are found in tomatoes, mushrooms, Parmesan cheese, seaweeds, and other natural foods but this “doctor” managed to avoid mentioning that. He just kept saying “in concentrated amounts” but fail to give a specific example of a dish that has that. This guy is a clear example of an alarmist to get one’s attention.
I think people in general are dehydrated. When MSG becomes aqueous the sodium is what affects people most. I wonder if these sensitive people would have the same symptoms if they had drunk a few glasses of water before they ate.
I thought we have the FDA to protect us from such massive food poisoning in this nation.These guardians of our health need to investigated. But like the rest of our government unless the population wakes up this will never happen!
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https://youtu.be/1jaCj59_BNg
The anti MSG hysteria is just like the hoards of non-celiacs who are convinced that gluten is killing them too.
1:10 Glutamate and MSG are not the same.That was a manipulative thing on his part because any time you add an extra variable to anything it becomes different. This guy obviously has never took chemistry. Something that is completely safe can become unsafe very quickly if you mess with it in the right way.
Anything that is beneficial for you & goes against the big pharmaceutical industry gets regulated or deemed a controlled substance.
Turns out: Injecting a high dose of anything into small mammals causes severe damage XD
take salt, water, alkohol… anything pretty much. What a dumb study
He must have been eating dirt with MSG.
He did say, “MSG makes dirt tastes good.”
Love the science…Love the people of Taiwan, where I used to live. Love my Korean friends and family. Love cuisine from every Asian country I’ve tasted. But I hate the unforgivable BS about racism and xenophobia being the cause of MSG concerns. Those who falsely claim racism are as bad as racists…and both camps should be euthanized.
MSG makes you feel more hungry so you go up to the counter and order more food and the restaurant makes more money
arent glutamates neurotransmitters but like, the contrary of GABA
America runs on MSG. That is why they are all overweight and nuts. It’s in everything. “Natural Flavor.” The studies that were done many years ago have vanished. Yea, its natural. So is heroin. Corporate America needs MSG. So many MSG troll bots on the web now.
Eat it too much and it’ll make your bones week in a long term
Did I make this video have 1M views? It was 999k views when I clicked ��
Ok all you MSG is harmless morons, go ahead drink the flouride water, the atrazine,, bpa, arsenic, vaccines…to will push the autism rate below 1:42
So it’s like the morons who say milk is bad for you. When the healthiest athletes have been drinking milk for thousands of years with no issue whatsoever.
What I learned over the years is that people who tell you “you shouldn’t eat or drink X” are often radical vegans spreading vegan propaganda.
This was a really high-quality video that explained the facts without getting too biased in any directions. Well done, take my upvote, and have a nice day.
Msg does fucking nothing bad about your body. The people who think msg is bad for you and can cause cancer are rasicts ALL of them!
MSG allergy/sensitivity is a legit real thing. There are so many none-racist honest people that get really bad migraines from msg. They are not making this stuff up.
Huh?! Tell it to the asians. We use msg but we live longer and healthier. Your claims are invalid.
DURING INTERVIEWS AT CHINESE RESTAURANTS OWNERS,COOKS SAID THEY SELL IT IN FOODS TO PEOPLE,BUT DON’T EAT IT AS THEY KNOW ITS CANCEROUS.THATS WHY ENDLESS PEOPLE ARE DYING FROM CANCERS.PEOPLE LOVE TOO MUCH FAST FOODS.THE COOKED OILS CAUSE CANCER TOO.COCONUT OIL IS BEST TO COOK FOODS AT HOMES,RESTAURANTS AS IT RESISTS HEAT,IS NOT CANCEROUS,BUT FEW COOK WITH IT.PEOPLE ARE NOT HEALTH CONSCIOUS,LOVE FOODS EVEN IF THEY DIE.OILS SHOULD BE ADDED TO FOODS AFTER COOKING,WHEN FOODS ARE WARM SO NOT CANCEROUS,COOKED.MOST RESTAURANTS,PEOPLE COOK WITH VETSIN,SOY,MSG,MICRO WAVE OVENS.PEOPLE ARE CARELESS,GREEDY,LAZY,MURDERERS.
Check this out Doctor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sm8Yx-gWlMs
If you really believe in what you said, you are sick in your head. I was feeling terrible all these years after eating food with MSG: migraine, thurst, loss of balance etc thinking it was from beer. Only much later i discovere it was not beer, which i would have with Chinese food. I haven’t had beer in 30yrs and still get all d symptoms plus high blood pressure and palpitations and missed beat on top. I dont eat out any more and i read d contents of ready made food i rarely buy in supermarkets. Those who put it in food are criminals.
Liars.
So because someone felt bad after eating Chinese food and wrote a letter, he was definitely motivated by racism? Someone’s jumping to conclusions. If you read the source material it’s mostly articles attacking the myth of “Chinese Restaurant Syndrome” which has little to do with people who get similar symptoms from Dorito’s, barbecue sauce, Campbell’s soup, or are sensitive to MSG as well as its other forms like ‘hydrolyzed soy protein’ or ‘autolyzed yeast,’ and the glutamate in dried fruit and hard cheese. There are a couple of actual scientific studies, but the authors of these actually acknowledge that some people are sensitive to MSG. Not recognizing this is extremely irresponsible.
Most of the studies finding that MSG is safe were funded by companies that manufacture it. Which isn’t surprising, since I can’t see people who suffer from crippling migraines subjecting themselves to a well-known trigger or IRBs approving such studies.
Finally a fair review of something. Just like caffeine causing cancer in mice, a myth long dispelled once the scientists admitted that the amount of caffeine given to the mice in a single treatment was the equivalent of someone drinking about 100 cups of coffee a day for about 20 years, it was how much caffeine and how it was delivered into the mouse that was crazy. Some say MSG causes brain damage in mice, in away I could agree but isn’t it more likely that the needle shoved into the brain of the poor mouse every other day or so caused the majority of the brain damage to begin with. I will always maintain that there are no dangerous foods, just dangerous quantities. And all natural doesn’t mean a thing either, foxglove is all natural but
I wouldn’t recommend drinking any teas made with it.
This article is from 2008. I believe the consensus on MSG is very different now. It’s not anymore harmful than “regular” salt.
MSG gives me huge migraines, but then again I know I am minority in having adverse reactions to MSG.
I dont know about this. I don’t doubt that it kills brain cells. But so do a lot of things like alcohol for example
Misleading, there is evidence against what you argue and prior to this video being published. In both 2016 showing it is genotoxic, and in 2015 showing it causes kidney damage. Also, it’s a well known to cause depression, I suffer the same. Which is a shame as I love it. I’m not racist. source https://www.healthline.com/health/allergies/msg#evidence
Morons can’t stop using the word “evolution” to explain the design for one powerful designer. yes msg will kill you.
What ratio do you need to add MSG to dirt to make it taste good?
American corporate idiots run by greed/money and not intelligence, similar to Australia the land of slave traded convicts.
Oh, talk about slavery and how Britain took over the world and created so many slaves then lost all their lands due to power struggles, and when in history did slavery/sex slaves become illegal or unacceptable (even though modern day slavery exists, it’s just hidden under low currency jobs)?
America is still a slavery nation with so many states being classified as a right to work and not having laws that allow for breaks under the law. The employer has the right to work their employees to death like at any sweat shop in “3rd world” country like China. No federal laws protect against it, which proves America is corrupt greedy corporation nation.
I have an MSG intolerance! If I eat any MSG I get dizzy and end up with a migraine. I now cook everything from scratch. There are foods that have MSG naturally like milk and tomatoes as well as mushrooms, I avoid those ingredients.
Talk about the documentary FAT: a documentary, since you’re talking about food racism.
A LIE! I never used Accent before yesterday. I saw the ingredient with is MSG. I looked it up and came across this video. After listening to your video I decided to use it seasoned my chicken. Shortly after eating I had a HEADACHE!! At first I thought the headache could’ve came from something else until I ate the leftovers chicken the next day. HEADACHE right afterwards……..never again. This shit does give you HEADACHES. This stuff is bad for me. You should remove this video…A.S.A.P
Thank you for your truthful analysis and wisdom! I LOVVEE MSG but I don’t feel healthy when I eat a lot of processed foods….
Yes in some studies MSG is also a preservatives this chemicals boost your taste buds where the food you eat enhance the flavors. This is not organic where we can get in plants… If you consumed too much specifically into empty stomach this chemical may harm your internal body.:)
As far as flavor enhancinf as well salt is basically an enhancer.. It brings out the natural flavors of food hence why in some desserts it is used.. It magnifies and stimulates our glands in our mouth.. Learned this from my boy Alton Brown on Good Eats years ago.
Myriad numbers of studies have tried to reproduce and study the alleged effects of MSG without success! The problem is simply more sodium than one needs. But the hype regarding MSG is misguided. But what do I know read the research summary and the actual research studies here: https://nutritionfacts.org/video/update-on-msg/
You call this science? Who are you working for? Big Pharma or some other evil corporation? Although it seems like you have done extensive research I don’t think you have researched the truth. Every time I forget to say no MSG at Chinese restaurants I get really bad diarrhea.
Were there any other social or behavioral interventions that took place during the diet change? If so, what were they?
If they white people can’t produce they say it’s bad and make people stupid. Sure the Asians are stupid people right? They’ve those umami everyday and they ain’t retarded like us white Americans.
God we are so naive, there are many things we label for being bad for you and we haven’t even done the research ��
@Sauce Stache https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_oqZXtcxfJTaw1j2M1H1XQ
If you all think eat this bad eat those bad Three thing people stop eat now salt sugar and msg so we all need go back eat fruit and vegetables like animals so it healthy
In pakistan MSG is banned because it reduces the dick size. Look at japnese and chinese. Alas.
Nice and informative. I have a video on this too. I am a chemistry teacher and making these videos for my lessons in school. Hoping to grow and get more viewers. Sorry if I’m spamming. You can delete this comment if you don’t like it. Thank you.
https://youtu.be/1jaCj59_BNg
Don’t worry, msg is saved to consume, the journalist is lying about the symptom on her statement because he/she liar or maybe the chef add too much msg on her meal. To consume msg is depend on your self.exmple consume to much more sugar can cause diabetes it same situation as msg.
Umami was hard to wrap my head around at first, since we don’t use that word where I live, and then I realized I have been using the term my entire life, it just means savory…
Triggers massive migraines (with visual aura) in me:( I avoid glutamate as much as I can. Aspartame gives me tremors and ringing ears ������
Ya know how people eat food and they say “UMAMI” I never knew what it meant
is she telling wheat nowadays is toxic because of hybridized?
This video is not credible. Glutamate consumed through food does NOT affect levels in your brain. MSG is NOT harmful, and the things said against it are based on racism against the Chinese and Japanese, who brought MSG to America. Before it was accociated with them, MSG was extremely popular here, and there was nothing said against it! MSG IS NOT HARMFUL! IT WILL NOT KILL BRAIN CELLS! This is fear mongering and is NOT okay.
lol…. “glutamate bad for you”… these are the same fools who think sodium causes heart disease with NO empirical evidence whatsoever. it’s simply not possible. learn some basic chemistry and biology.
1:12 he doesn’t explain what else it does besides being easier to be sprinkled
sounds like the guy who went to the Chinese food restaurant was about to have a heart attack from way to much salt or high blood pressure. i know i like to take a few aspirin before i go t a buffet defiantly take my blood pressure med after. and if it was not a buffet probably dude likes to much soy souse..
I’ve never even heard about it. Is it one of those american problems?
so basically msg is just flavour and any reason people have for saying it’s bad also works with why sugar and salt is bad. Yeah they’re bad but so is most things if you don’t consume it safely. The reason people are fat is not sugar, salt, msg ect. it’s because they aren’t eating safely (besides the like 0.01% of obese people who are fat because of genetics and can’t work out which for some reason more than 0.01% of obese people claim to be their reason)
I agree MSG is delicious. But I used have constant severe migraines that would wipe me out completely. Finally stopped eating MSG, and never had a single one after that. Maybe it’s something else that got cut out with the MSG, but there’s something here worth noting. Thanks for calling me a racist tho:)
I’m surprised MSG-obesity-induced lab mice never came up in this video. As in the fact that when a scientist wants to study the effects of something on obesity, they need obese rodents to test on and so make their rodents obese by using MSG. As far as I understand it that’s common practice (or at least has been in the recent past).
I’ve sent this video to friends and posted it on Facebook. It’s time to clean our kitchens!
MSG is an excitotoxin. Excitotoxicity is the pathological process by which nerve cells are damaged or killed by excessive stimulation by neurotransmitters such as glutamate (MSG) and similar substances. Remember when doctors used to say smoking was healthy? Because huge companies were making huge profits? The MSG thing is the same, and videos like this are simply misinformation to make you think it’s OK to eat junk food.
MSG works by fooling your brain into thinking that something tastes good, the same thing cocaine does, fooling your brain into thinking you feel good. It makes disgusting junk food taste tolerable and it’s also EXTREMELY addictive, that’s why LAYS CHIPS say ”you can’t have just one”. Because you literally can’t, MSG plays with your brain to make you want more of whatever it’s added to.
MSG is a toxin, and no friendly voice, calling it a taste enhancer and silly animations can change that.
Gee, next thing you’re gonna say that peanuts are perfectly safe and people who say peanuts are bad for them are just perpetuating a myth.
Does MSG have any actual health benefits? If not, WHY include it in good product? Because it makes a food product taste better? Nah, I pass.
The only sideffect I notice when I eat MSG is that I am very thirsty some hours later.
Its the high amounts of MSG that is dangerous for you, kills you in the long run. In short yeah MSG is bad for you, regardless. Just stay away from it.
Japanese who have been using the so called bad thing MSG lives longer than anyone else better than your race. So what are you blabbering about?
its been my personal experience( strictly anecdotal you understand) that the people most affected by CRS and MSG are high maintenance narcissistic urban women, who also happen to be fairly bigoted and racist, as well as being prone to hypochondria.
Too much salt, sugar, vinegar, water is bad for you. Too much of anything is bad and including vitamins.
MSG is as safe as salt. If you inject salt into your blood then it would be harmful to your body too.
MSG is unnatural, so is sugar. That’s why I munch on raw sugar cane to get that unadulterated, natural, organic, no radiation, no chemical, and authentic druidic experience.
Adding msg to a food is no different with a woman putting glamorous make up.
It pretentiously looks/tastes good.
All the body language, as well as speach tempo says this guy doesn’t believe what he’s saying. There isn’t a single study that supports his claim.
He uses fast food as the truth to support his lie.
You telling the truth
But other doctors lie cuz they have business friends who use MSG so they lie to make there friends make more money
Chinese food just makes me feel unclean inside…weird!!! And, still hungry… Not “real” Chinese but, buffet-type�� lol…addition to food for real here �� Damn! Just put weed in the brownies! ��
Thank you… Great talk…. there are millions of mums out there with all kinds of child health concerns….you are an inspiration to all of them
Scientific conclusions that this author is stating cannot be made on these anecdotal stories. I agree with the above TED disclaimer.
So y’all got it right and 60 minutes got it wrong?!? Sureee! Anyway who actually believes reporters that actually cite their sources. I feel so stupid! Thanks SciShow.
Nervous system damage. Iatrogenic injury. Msg is deadly for us. Ty for this
Read Russel Blaylock’s book “Excitotoxins The Taste That Kills” and you will understand the science behind why free glutamate is so dangerous to our body, especially our brain. Most fast food is loaded with it (except Chipotle), I have to go to Whole Foods just to find only one brand of ketchup and mustard that doesn’t have it added. It even damages the eyes too (I don’t carry reading glasses with me any more since making everything from scratch to avoid it). We need to get it out of any food served to a child period! Well done Katie!
Very disappointed to see TED Talks promote information that is against the current scientific consensus.
You need to know about the last research of MSG in https://youtu.be/Muym51uXNE4
Ok…now msg is a challenge
I’ll make my own experienced theory.
FACT: Snorting MSG is a great way to see fairies in boots without the legal hurdles associated with products such as cocaine and heroine.
So the ones behind the “MSG is toxic” thingy are those self proclaimed perfectionist who thinks they are racially superior. Damn those racists.
Maybe mag is why I walk into a Chinese restaurant starving and eat two plates and feel like I’m going to burst. Then a hour later I feel like I haven’t eaten in days. It’s a conspiracy by the Chinese buffet industry.
but i don’t find anything related to what’s exactly msg effects to our body in this video, something like it can triggers sort of cancer or else
Thank you so much Doc, it open my Eyes, to know all that, God bless you.
There are a lot of videos popping up now that MSG isnt all that bad, but salt is also naturally found in our bodies doesnt mean we should consume large amounts of it. I am Asian and have cooked with MSG for many years. After I stopped using MSG in my cooking, I was less addicted to food. Health got better. Because many terrible processed foods already have lots of MSG in them, we should cut as much of it as we could. I’m not a Scientist I can only give personal experience. No Asians are no more healthier than others. Its because they drink lots of tea /water to cleanse and eat more veggies+rice
A case study of one, analyzed by the researcher is not scientific. Yes, some people have reactions to MSG but being the cause of autism is a stretch.
When i was a kid i accidentally mistaken msg as salt then i paired the msg and my green mangoes(which is my favorite) and when i tasted it i actually died inside
This is my favourite health channel on Youtube! Solid content backed up by research. Plus, lovely illustrations and content delivered plainly without all the extra science-talk to make the audience feel stupid (like a lot of channels do). Thank you, PictureFit!
This is a true lesson about the nature of deception. This is literally a junk-science/cult-science lecture, but his little talk is totally devoid of actual scientific support. He states thing after thing without any reference to scientific proof. MSG is likely one of the most studied dietary substances in the world, and still no evidence the claims he makes. There are literally hundreds of double-blind studies debunking this MSG myth. Long-term, regular consumption? Again, no evidence of any ill effects. Cultural studies? Yet again, in countries like China and Japan where MSG is in practically everything, no evidence of ill effects. Can people have a bad reaction to MSG? In very rare cases, yes, but certain individuals have extreme reactions to hosts of different dietary substances. Do we demand that these substances be proclaimed unhealthy? Of course not! Who is demanding that peanuts be considered unhealthy because some people have extreme allergic reactions to peanuts? Yet this man sits here and gives this highly deceptive presentation on MSG in his best I’m-a-scientist monotone. We live in an age when many even those with advanced degrees and credentials are willing to deceive.
I was raised in the 70s and MSG was the demon of sodium. I heard in the 90s that it was no demon. Now divorced, I am cooking for myself, and being hypertensive, I looked am looking into the truth. It turns out that MSG can lower your sodium intake if used properly in your cooking.
My mom is a nurse and believes that it is bad, how am I supposed to convince her?
Appeal to authority fallacy. I’m a scientist… Show us your sources.
Chinese food syndrome happened to me around 15 years ago for the first time. I didn’t know what it was but after a few years I googled for my symptoms as they were pretty severe back then. It’s much better now but it still happens from time to time. Interestingly enough this only happened in Chinese restaurants with pretty cheap food. I would love to know what is causing it.
Apparently MSG does not affect everybody the same way but he has a point when manufactures use msg in concentrate forms it can be addictive in Foods! Case in point: Like cocaine leaves in it self is not addictive but pure or near pure cocaine is! for a vast number of people!
It’s like I can’t question the safely of a chemical that tons of people say they’ve experience horrible side effects and problems. If I want to avoid it people will say I’m an idiot for not agreeing with this video. The FDA has a reputation of telling us dangerous carcinogenic foods and chemicals are safe to consume.
Average daily intake of MSG in the US: 0.55–0.58 grams.
Average intake in Japan & Korea: 1.2–1.7 grams.
How are all these Asians still alive and functioning, consuming so much MSG??? Golly gee! People seem to forget that the whole “MSG will kill you” myth has strong roots in the racist attitudes of 1960’s-70’s America regarding Asians.
This is the reason why I dont see Msgs bring stocked on shelfs now.
This is the kind of video that should be pulled. You have zero clue about glutamines….
I been drinking Gatorade at my new job because we get a pack of powdered Gatorade everyday if we choose while out working in the field. And every since i noticed ive been getting migraines since i been drinking Gatorade… I wasnt aware this caused migraines…until i found out its in the ingredients of Gatorade…wow
I love MSG and normally have “Accent” in the kitchen. I use it on Mac & Cheese and rice casserole which is not often.
I’m an idiot. You know an evil toxic masculine manbaby (Which has become a compliment to me) A first rate fast food junkie too.
My problem is even as an old guy my faith in the medical industry is about the same as having Hillary for President. Some people go overboard when the hear about something like this immediately research it by searching for videos or jump on WEBMD. Then the paranoia begins.
Have you looked at the prices of what use to be basic ingredients for meals but they’re the healthier versions? $15 local honey, expensive flax seed oil, avocado oil & non-gmo oils, low carb breads for $7-&10 a loaf, various sweetness like Monk Fruit Sugar which I like. Go to Trader Joe’s, Whole Foods or Sprouts and hey BREAD & MILK is only $15.
People can’t make ends meet and then the medical industry pits us against the average everyday food industry by scaring people into watching what they eat OR DIE. Fast food is popular NOT just it tastes good but for some it’s become their meal because Domino’s can feed a family for $10 or McDonalds for $15. Buying eggs use to be a no-brained and now it’s Cage Free, naturally feed with no WHATEVER and instead of $1.29 a dozen it’s $7. Flours, milks, spices and so much more have become insane. 5 lbs of potatoes is cheap normally but we need to buy the individually wrapped ones or red potatoes. No, sorry. Go to the frozen section and buy the pack of Cauliflower Mashed Potatoes. But wait, the gravy is bad for you so make your own with almond flour & goat milk. If you season it right you can’t taste the difference. Hey, where is my MSG?
Another thing that’s wrong about why we have MSG today: IT WASN”T TO MAKE BABIES EAT FOOD! It was discovered by a Japanese scientist who extracted it from kombu leaves.
So if MSG is so bad, why are there 1 billion Chinese? Shouldn’t they be falling dead as they walk?
It’s not that bad for you, but alot of things that were said in this video just aren’t true. Do some better research before making an “educational” video.
People are probably consume energy drink eat KFC and watch this video if MSG is bad.
In the rat, in isn’t injected directly into the brain(experiments are not performed that way),they are injected into the blood, and from there it travels to the brain….and same goes for humans, glutamate gets absorbed into the blood and then to the brain and it is an excitatory neurotransmitter and if its concentration increases, it will increase sodium, calcium levels which will cause depolarisation, I wouldn’t say that you would have harmful effects right now but I call it a slow killer which means you will have harmful effects later because it will kill you but slowly…so enjoy ��
Your next topic. Cigarettes don’t make you have lung cancer.
Could the restaurant industry build an army of human subjects who are like robots because of MSG?
Monosodium glutamate (MSG) is a flavor enhancer commonly added to Chinese food, canned vegetables, soups and processed meats. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has classified MSG as a food ingredient that’s “generally recognized as safe,” but its use remains controversial. For this reason, when MSG is added to food, the FDA requires that it be listed on the label.
MSG has been used as a food additive for decades. Over the years, the FDA has received many anecdotal reports of adverse reactions to foods containing MSG. These reactions — known as MSG symptom complex — include:
Headache
Flushing
Sweating
Facial pressure or tightness
Numbness, tingling or burning in the face, neck and other areas
Rapid, fluttering heartbeats (heart palpitations)
Chest pain
Nausea
Weakness
However, researchers have found no definitive evidence of a link between MSG and these symptoms. Researchers acknowledge, though, that a small percentage of people may have short-term reactions to MSG. Symptoms are usually mild and don’t require treatment. The only way to prevent a reaction is to avoid foods containing MSG.
They say Chinese food is well known for msg yet most chinese folks are slim looking
We eat msg since I was in my mother womb until now I am over 30 now no side effect.. I’m ok.
China has the the 2nd lowest occurrence of autism in the world and they put that MSG SHIT on everything,
The U.S. vegan diet doesn’t and the USA is 1# in autism. Think of that before you mention the inaccurate �� study.
Banning isn’t practical, you vote with your money. It’s about free glutamate, not bound glutamate.
Taking less free glutamate and at least moderating works well. Furthermore I think there is a more practical solution, make it mandatory to show how much free glutamate the food product contains (by concentration).
Good idea? That’ll make it easier for everyone to moderate
They have taken the aspartame out of diet soda’s and left in the msg. I’m pretty sure that a friend of mine killed herself by drinking diet soda and smoking cigarettes.
Oh boy, brainwasher you are all wrong in your statements. MSG can make you sick and obese. Ask any doctors, and they will tell you the same that MSG should be avoided. You are saying it’s okay to consume it because you are doing it for the youtube popularity. You are targeting the morons because they are addicted to MSG.
Hmmmm koreans and japanese are known for longlivety and eat tons of msg…. i wonder if it is not a misinfo campain like the vegan movement.��
Ah, pulling a racism card. That’s how you really know it’s proper science, don’t you?
All this controversial studys about so many things just goes to show are ignorance, crapy state of science, and economical interest…good vid
Much commercial MSG is refined from corn. I prefer seaweed and mushrooms. And I will add msg to certain things, like 1 teaspoon to a 1.25 gal. batch of tomato sauce. Probably ok there.
And people says… Especially, elders here in Malaysia says that take food has so much msg will make you bald or hair less when you getting older… Well now i know… Msg is harmless (unless scientist says, and have no valid research prove that msg was harmful)… So feel happy to have msg in you food…
You’re lying when you say science is on your side and it’s harmless.
0:40 Nice try though. But you’re not going to trick people into thinking glutamate is MSG.
0:46 what are you doing? You’re talking about glutamate the amino acid. MSG is different. MSG is MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE yes but isn’t interchangeable with Glutamate itself like your trying to talk up the amino acid glutamate after 0:40 whenever the video subject is MONOSODIUM glutamate not merely just glutamate.
(You talked up the natural amino acid itself instead of talking about MSG)
Science DOES prove that Umami isn’t a part of the solution to human health but rather is part of the problem.
Science is on my side on this one. Nice try.
You shouldn’t lie to people like this 4:10
If you wanna check what I’m saying, check this video and please don’t neglect to read and check out the description box for more info on MSG of that video too:
https://youtu.be/BKTqXqD6dZ4
1:00 Woah!! Nice try. We have GLUTAMATE specific receptors on our tongues. Why you lying again? MSG aka Umami can work on those receptors but saying we got “Umami specific” receptors?
Seriously? Really?
You’re a very very sneaky liar.
Nice try though.
MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE isn’t GLUTAMATE
It’s almost like your trying to defend MSG or something
Long story short, true medicine combines the fields of Geology, chemistry, biology, psychology and wholistic nutrition to give the full picture of what’s going on. Check out the video link I shared above to learn more.
((Hint hint, MSG also indirectly raises your fat making hormone insulin. While insulin aka your fat making hormone is on, the fat burning hormones are off. Chemically making it even harder for a person to lose weight but that’s just a taste of what I have to say about that. Psychologically you keep coming back for more of the food that contains Monosodium glutamate hence why Asian fast food restaurants are so popular (they aren’t popular for no reason) which repeats the overall cycle again. Again, just a taste of how this relates to chronic disease but yea.))
(You mention racism as proposed justification for MSG aversion)…. Wait what? No. Racism is illogical and doesn’t have any place in science or medicine. MSG aversion is based on science. Not something illogical and immature like racism.
Unfortunately Racism is everywhere you go. But racism and science don’t mix. It’s like oil and water.
4:47 That research needs to be redone then. Satiety is hormonal and also influenced by your neurotransmitters. If your food is rich in minerals like chromium and vanadium and boron and copper and iodine and bromine potassium and the other minerals and vitamins and other things your body needs then you’ll be satisfied easily.
Versus eating food that only has sugar and a little vitamins here and there and little protein too. Aka deficiencies. Then you don’t eat until your satisfied, you instead eat until you can’t stuff your face anymore aka until your full.
Just because someone is full doesn’t mean their satisfied.
Being full and satisfied are two different things.
Just because food contains MSG doesn’t mean it’s going to fulfill your deficiencies whether they be mineral deficiencies or another kind of deficiency.
You’ll simply eat until your stuffed. And still be hungry because you’re not actually satisfied.
Your body is smart and isn’t fooled by MSG. Your body won’t stop making you feel hungry until you’ve actually provided the minerals and other building blocks it needs to ACTUALLY be satisfied. Then it will stop expressing the hormones and neurotransmitters in the ways it does to make you feel/experience hunger in the first place.
Didn’t you know that?
MSG isn’t going to fix that on its own. So why you’re saying, “increase satiety and therefore reduce caloric intake” Why you lying 4:45
If you’re not actually satisfied, YOU WILL EAT more until your full. Even when you get full, you’ll still be hungry and wait until a few hours later to attempt to satisfy your hunger again by eating until your full AGAIN.
From the psychology perspective, people unfortunately incorrectly think being full means their satisfied.
But that’s not going to fix the deficiencies that are actually causing you to be unsatisfied/hungry in the first place.
Your body will not stop making you feel hungry trying to get you to eat until you actually satisfy it’s need for building blocks.
Does that sound like a reduction in caloric intake? No. It doesn’t. And because MSG raises insulin levels indirectly, you’ve now got the fat making hormone insulin to pull those sugars out of your blood to then make more fat now making it even harder to lose pounds.
Insulin has got to put the sugar somewhere. It doesn’t just vanish. That’s why it’s called the fat storage/maker hormone.
MSG is part of the overall wholistic chronic nutritional deficiency problem. Not a part of the solution.
It’s not like what I’m saying is pseudoscience or something.
For over 30+ years ive been eating msg contained food, i have no problem on my health, you just need to add the right amount in a food
0:18 when you overeat which MSG causes you to do. Even overeating healthy foods is excess amount of calories which in turn turns to fat. Which then makes your body more unhealthy. It’s a chain of events that lead downward and the source is MSG. But rather than seeing the big picture everyone is ignorant and saying MSG is causing these problems. While it is the source of these problems no one’s holding them at gunpoint forcing them to overeat but most people give in to their desires. Especially people in the west who like immediate gratification. Moral of the story is Everything in moderation
It is bad if it is too much. Everything is good but in moderation.
Glutamic acid, aka Hydrogen Glutamate, is a neurotransmitter that increases the sensitivity of the nervous system. (its counterpart is Gamma Aminobutyric Acid.) Sodium Glutamate is an easily-absorbed salt form of the same chemical, and its ability to make nerve cells more sensitive is the reason why it makes food taste amazing. Unfortunately, once it gets into your bloodstream, it makes all your other nerve cells more sensitive too, not just the ones in your tongue. After I had a massive panic attack and was diagnosed with panic disorder, I noticed that among other things I had become much more sensitive to the effects of Sodium Glutamate. I’ve done my best to eliminate it from my diet, and the frequency of my anxiety episodes has greatly diminished, and my panic attacks are essentially gone. That wasn’t the only thing I did to deal with my panic disorder, but it was a big one.
Added glutamate is addictive in my analysis and people want to say it’s safe. Challenge it. Eat whole foods. Listen to your body and then go back to consuming it. Do your own studies. That’s if you can give it up!
Thanks for the helpful information that u share dude. May i request to explain on a video what happened to the body if we daily ate oat as a breakfast and dose it linked to the weight lose?
Actually it’s our pleasure to here from u and ur valuable advices. Thank u so much and God bless you
When it’s says it comes from Chinese food I’m eating Chinese food
Quick MSG recipe:
Boiled and diced potatoes
MSG
Salt and herbs
All spice
Fry in oil on high heat for only a couple of minutes.
He doesn’t know anything about msg look at the other videos about it
If you use MSG on an already salty food, you’re probably ODing on Sodium… all things in moderation. Now, do Oyster Sauce cause that’s another one of those Chinese flavor enhancers that people claim are bad.
I am Chinese-American, and I agree that “Chinese Restaurant Syndrome” and blaming only Asian foods containing MSG is racist. However, I respectfully disagree that MSG is completely benign for all people. Specifically, it can trigger headaches in migraine sufferers. I have loved ones (who are also Chinese-American and love all kinds of Asian cuisines) who cannot tolerate excessive MSG for this reason, and yes, they get headaches when they eat non-Asian foods with MSG also, i.e. Doritos. It’s not just MSG, but other foods can trigger their migraines also, i.e. chocolate. So for migraine sufferers, things are just different, and it’s still helpful to have restaurants around that do not add additional MSG to their food (other than what naturally occurs in the native ingredients).
I don’t believe much of what this video says but I do tend to believe what Dr. Berg says about this subject. See this site. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKTqXqD6dZ4
I just received the MSG I ordered online the other day. Tested it out on a small portion of food thinking it will be great in the next burrito I make. Umami!!!
SALT AND SUGAR ARE WORSE. IF MSG IS BAD. And i am not chinese. But I love that awakening flavor on my foods. The new world is only trying to give a bad reputation. To something that is better than all of the artificial flavors the NW has.
Thank you so much for the truth… I know, I have a strong intolerance.
You can tell this guy is bull crapping as it goes along with it
Thanks for a bit of truth. There seems to be a big push to rebrand this stuff as a good thing lately.
Katherine, your story brought me to tears of joy. I learn so much from you, in person at TEDx, and now here. Thanks so much!
I’ve been consuming MSG since I was a kid my mom has cooked everything with it.Now years later at 29 years I have formed sensitivity to this….radiating numbness,tingling sensations all over my body (especially brain),prickly needle feelings (overactive nerves),bloating,cramping and constipation. Now I know it’s the MSG because I keep a food diary I’m vegan for over 2 1/2 years and everytime I eat it…I get problems.so not myth very factual
Im allergic to MSG. What this lady says is true. If i accidentally ingest it, I get so sick, im not in control of emotions or the loop my mind goes through. I could tell you so much more.
Why is this TEDx Talk still on the internet if the organization itself doesn’t even support it anymore. It reads in the description of the video that a number of her claims are not legitimate and that there is no viable research of evidence provided… This is just spreading false information
It’ll make you really thirsty if there’s too much msg in your meal.
msg makes your good taste better i guess so then eat more of it then you gain more weight
MSG has nothing to do with living longer its the things in their diet that offset the harmful effects of MSG. I work in Chinese restaurant and I see the harmful effects on the clients like anger, cancer and all the rest. Like the customer who has been coming to the restaurant for 15 years, he dropped down dead with a heart attack at the age of 60 and many with cancer.
nothing is settled in science, please remember this
excitotoxin, banned in baby foods in 50 countries https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6D2MuT0D42k
potential
neurotoxicity, especially to the infant https://www.foodstandards.gov.au/consumer/additives/msg/Documents/MSG%20Technical%20Report.pdf
3:55
SECOND dirt reference…hmm.
Ok doc
Come clean.
YOU’RE ADDICTED TO EATING DIRT WITH MSG!!!
We are not here to judge your weird, uncontrollable, dirt eating ways.
In fact
We appreciate your dedication to the science.
….”i’ve been using the dirt reference for years…….BETTER CHECK IT OUT!!!”
AND
do to your addictive personailty…
…well….you know.
Just move somewhere where dirt eating is socially accetable and be happy!!!
Are we ever going to get to the bottom of this msg stuff. Is it good or bad dam it? Confusing!
So people are freaked out about the use of MSG because a few people have an allergy to it??
In the western countries, the problem of MSG is bad information circulation and overblown myth about MSG.
In Eastern countries, the problem with MSG is we put waaaaaaaay to much into our food and it’s actually starting to carry health risk from ingesting it to much, which is a hilarious polarity.
MSG propaganda was a conspiracy that was conjured up by white supremacists who wanted to abuse Asian American restaurants in the 70s in retaliation for taking over local food industries. Glutamate is the most prevalent amino acid in the body and it is vital for synapses between neurons. In fact if you dont consume enough glutamate you will die.
I am quite tired of seeing uneducated individuals who claim MSG is toxic when they can’t even write chemical formula of MSG. If you believe MSG is harmful, it most likely means you are uneducated, racist, or most likely both.
I’m sorry but I don’t agree with this reason is because I ate at Chinese places that had msg it would make me feel full for like 15 minutes then want some more. I went to a Chinese place to eat took the food home but didn’t get that feeling like I usually do after consuming Chinese I found out that the restaurant advertises it doesn’t add msg which explains me not craving to go back to eating it every fifteen minutes until it was gone. I’ve heard numerous similar stories from other people I know as well.
So I just finished watching a video that is pro MSG and this one, they seem to agree that it is a flavor enhancer. This video has some good points of why it’s bad, like for mental health, impulse control, and enhancement of cheap non-nutrient dense food/ junk/fast food. The pro video however emphasized that Japanese cultures have been using it for hundreds of years and as we know they are one of the healthiest groups of people and even contain one of those blue zone groups. It seems to me that the problem comes from who is using it, how much we are using, and where we are using the MSG. In conclusion, it’s not in itself bad in small/tiny tiny quantities but like anything the individual must be compatible to it. However, as a person who often lacks impulse control best not to chance it.
I am actually allergic to it�� I don’t really eat most junk aka cheetos and Doritos