RelicBeckwelf

RelicBeckwelf t1_iuj8mzk wrote

It was due to un savory research that it was declared a health hazard. A researcher released data showing it caused heart attacks in mice. What they didn't mention is that they had to give the mice 500x the normal dose to cause it. Add to that racism and xenophobia in that it was mostly Asian cooking that added MSG, and the average person not knowing it occurs naturally in alot of foods. Years pass with products and restraunts advertising "no MSG and everyone "knows" MSG being bad, without knowing why.

It's the opposite of what happened with spinach. Everyone swears spinach is the healthiest shit ever grown, massive source of Iron, but that's all bullshit because some researcher moved a decimal point which got spinach known as the single best source of dietary iron on the planet.

Basically its just bullshit, cognitive dissonance and bad science.

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