Anonymous
Post 09/03/2025 17:26     Subject: MSG - anyone else have terrible reactions?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Most MSG reactions are just racist dog whistles.


https://pubs.lib.uiowa.edu/poroi/article/3395/galley/112281/view/

The controversy over MSG began with a single letter to the
editor of the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) in 1968
written by a Dr. Ho Man Kwok. The letter outlines symptoms of
“headache, a feeling of being flushed, being feverish” that occurred
after eating food at a Chinese restaurant, with Kwok asking if there
were other fellow readers interested in pursuing this line of study
(Kwok, 1968, 796). In response, a number of medical officials
rejoined with insider satire and sarcasm in genres as varied as
letters, poetry, and faux case studies, all mocking both Kwok and
the idea that MSG was harmful. Despite this initial disdain from the
medical community, media outlets took up these conversations as
Jennifer LeMesurier 2 Poroi 12,2 (February 2017)
medical fact and reported on MSG as an inherently dangerous
substance.

I'm not sure if you purposely ended the quote there to make it look like MSG is being reported as an "inherently dangerous substance" but this is the sentence immediately after

"While there have been several studies that attempted to prove MSG is a universal cause of ‘Chinese Restaurant Syndrome,’ these studies are methodologically or otherwise flawed. The studies contained as few as 14 subjects, asked leading questions such as, “Do you think you get Chinese Restaurant Syndrome?” or were found to be not replicable by later studies".

The people who believe MSG makes them sick are the same people who believe autism is caused by vaccines. Dumbos.


I ended the quote where a reasonable person with a six grade reading level would be able to deduce that MSG makes people sick is another media headline story with no basis.
Anonymous
Post 09/03/2025 15:17     Subject: MSG - anyone else have terrible reactions?
I do. Headache generally feel awful and have to sleep it off. And my husband is Chinese. So I don’t think I’m racist.
Anonymous
Post 09/03/2025 15:11     Subject: MSG - anyone else have terrible reactions?
Anonymous wrote:Most quality Asian restaurants do not use MSG. Many low quality restaurants, of ALL ethnicities even American, do use it.


Not true. My friend's parents owned a very high quality Chinese restaurant and they used MSG. they also used it in home cooking sometimes.
Anonymous
Post 09/03/2025 15:11     Subject: MSG - anyone else have terrible reactions?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Most MSG reactions are just racist dog whistles.


https://pubs.lib.uiowa.edu/poroi/article/3395/galley/112281/view/

The controversy over MSG began with a single letter to the
editor of the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) in 1968
written by a Dr. Ho Man Kwok. The letter outlines symptoms of
“headache, a feeling of being flushed, being feverish” that occurred
after eating food at a Chinese restaurant, with Kwok asking if there
were other fellow readers interested in pursuing this line of study
(Kwok, 1968, 796). In response, a number of medical officials
rejoined with insider satire and sarcasm in genres as varied as
letters, poetry, and faux case studies, all mocking both Kwok and
the idea that MSG was harmful. Despite this initial disdain from the
medical community, media outlets took up these conversations as
Jennifer LeMesurier 2 Poroi 12,2 (February 2017)
medical fact and reported on MSG as an inherently dangerous
substance.

I'm not sure if you purposely ended the quote there to make it look like MSG is being reported as an "inherently dangerous substance" but this is the sentence immediately after

"While there have been several studies that attempted to prove MSG is a universal cause of ‘Chinese Restaurant Syndrome,’ these studies are methodologically or otherwise flawed. The studies contained as few as 14 subjects, asked leading questions such as, “Do you think you get Chinese Restaurant Syndrome?” or were found to be not replicable by later studies".

The people who believe MSG makes them sick are the same people who believe autism is caused by vaccines. Dumbos.
Anonymous
Post 09/03/2025 15:04     Subject: MSG - anyone else have terrible reactions?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I get really sick from MSG. Throwing up, migraines, bowel issues.

No, you don't. Are you allergic to tomatoes and mushrooms, too?

Or BBQ sauce, or cheese or doritos.

Fake "illness" to thinly disguise your racism.
Anonymous
Post 09/03/2025 15:00     Subject: MSG - anyone else have terrible reactions?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I get really sick from MSG. Throwing up, migraines, bowel issues.

No, you don't. Are you allergic to tomatoes and mushrooms, too?


DP but for my kid, the answer is yes.
Anonymous
Post 09/03/2025 14:57     Subject: MSG - anyone else have terrible reactions?
My mother and I both get severe, pounding headaches from it the next morning.
Anonymous
Post 09/03/2025 14:57     Subject: MSG - anyone else have terrible reactions?
Anonymous wrote:While I love most Asian cuisine, I get bad reactions from MSG.

It makes me very tired after consuming it. Plus it acts like a laxative. But I also get headaches later, and dry-mouth.

Some claim MSG-reactions are a myth, but I know from consistent, personal experience it’s not a myth.

Anyone else?


yes itching
Anonymous
Post 09/03/2025 14:38     Subject: MSG - anyone else have terrible reactions?
It’s a migraine trigger for me.
Anonymous
Post 09/03/2025 14:22     Subject: MSG - anyone else have terrible reactions?
My lips swell when I eat food or use lipstick with capsaicin in it. Then they peel for a week or so.

Twice at restaurants, I experienced a type of temporary paralysis and heat flushing that went from the bottom of my spine up to my head. I couldn't talk or tell anyone what was happening. I literally could not even blink. It was really scary. It passed and I felt totallly fine after. No idea what caused it.
Anonymous
Post 09/03/2025 14:16     Subject: MSG - anyone else have terrible reactions?
I do get sick – gastrointestinal – when eating many Asian foods including Thai and Chinese but it’s not MSG it’s the oils that they use. People love to blame it on MSG for whatever reason but it’s usually something else you’re sensitive to. Many places don’t use MSG anymore.
Anonymous
Post 09/03/2025 14:11     Subject: MSG - anyone else have terrible reactions?
Anonymous wrote:No, nobody gets sick from MSG, other than racists.


Anonymous
Post 09/03/2025 13:46     Subject: MSG - anyone else have terrible reactions?
Anonymous wrote:Most MSG reactions are just racist dog whistles.


https://pubs.lib.uiowa.edu/poroi/article/3395/galley/112281/view/

The controversy over MSG began with a single letter to the
editor of the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) in 1968
written by a Dr. Ho Man Kwok. The letter outlines symptoms of
“headache, a feeling of being flushed, being feverish” that occurred
after eating food at a Chinese restaurant, with Kwok asking if there
were other fellow readers interested in pursuing this line of study
(Kwok, 1968, 796). In response, a number of medical officials
rejoined with insider satire and sarcasm in genres as varied as
letters, poetry, and faux case studies, all mocking both Kwok and
the idea that MSG was harmful. Despite this initial disdain from the
medical community, media outlets took up these conversations as
Jennifer LeMesurier 2 Poroi 12,2 (February 2017)
medical fact and reported on MSG as an inherently dangerous
substance.
Anonymous
Post 09/03/2025 13:45     Subject: MSG - anyone else have terrible reactions?
Are you also sick when eating potato chips?
Anonymous
Post 09/03/2025 13:44     Subject: MSG - anyone else have terrible reactions?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I know that anything high in sodium will give me a headache, which means I can't buy those dry packaged ramen noodles or Cup 'O Noodles.

I don't know if it's MSG specifically but do know that the high-in-sodium noodles also have MSG.


All those foods are just packaged chemicals. MSG gives me insomnia, migraines and anxiety.

That is impossible, just so you know. You should educate yourself.