It's probably all the salt and heavy sauces in heavy Chinese food (basically you are suffering from dehydration). If you can eat sushi fine (considering seaweed is full of glutamate), it's not the MSG's fault.

So what is your comment?

Just bought some Maggi sauce over the weekend. I love you, MSG!

David Chang also loves MSG. And I love David Chang.

Yeah, eating processed food is bad which is why I like to takes bites out of cows instead of buying beef. [/sarcasm]

I'm pretty sure it's not the MSG in Asian food, but the lard or large quantity of oil fast food Chinese places cook the food in. Or maybe some other ingredient they throw in. Most people who seem to be wary of Chinese restaurants with MSG eat Japanese food without a second thought, and that is packed with MSG.

Um . . . it's chain restaurant pizza. Are we really eating it for its nutritious and healthy whole ingredients in the first place?

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If you get a pizza with mushrooms on it, OR tomato anything on it, OR parmesan cheese on it, it's packed with glutamates (naturally). GROW UP PETER PANS (not you Lindy), MSG isn't a problem.

I work in an Asian grocery and *everything* is made with MSG and/or gluten (just straight up gluten not even foodstuffs that contain gluten). It amuses me to no end when the natural food people come in and their heads start spinning because apparently the 'Exotic East' is supposed to be so much better for you.

Define "processed".

Pizza is good, MSG is good. I see no problem here.

My husband recently read an interview with Grant Achatz, famous chef at Alinea, one of the world's best restaurants. The interviewer asked him what the 3 most important tools in his kitchen are. Grant's answer? Salt, pepper, and MSG. If it's good enough for him, it's good enough for me.

I had to call Dad to confirm, but yes! Neat!!!

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