It is believed to cause hair loss, headaches and heart palpitations — no wonder most Singaporeans give MSG the thumbs down. But the programme Talking Point finds out seven things you may not have known that may change opinions.
Many people think it is linked to a myriad of health issues and side effects, from nausea, heart palpitations and headaches to numbness, excessive thirst and hair loss.found that more than half the respondents gave MSG the thumbs down.
Citing the five tastes — salty, sour, bitter, sweet and umami — she attests that MSG enhances the flavour of savoury food, making it “that umami that everybody talks about, the fifth taste”.“MSG together with nucleotides, which are found in meat products like … chicken soup, when added together on the taste buds, tell your brain, ‘This is really delicious,’” she said.
But is there a difference between consuming, say, glutamates in fresh foods such as tomatoes and industrially made MSG that is added to ketchup or tomato soup? Then in the late 60s, a “common misconception” arose from the use of MSG in Chinese restaurants in the United States, cited Ian Tedy, the self-proclaimed “CEO of MSG” on TikTok, who has 61,000 followers and 3.9 million likes.
Salt could be a “major contributory factor”, he also cited. “Usually, foods that contain MSG also have high table salt and additive content.”Some patients do show signs of what is called MSG syndrome.
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