What is MSG, and is it actually bad for you? - Sarah E. Tracy
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- Dig into the seasoning known as MSG, and find out how this flavoring was developed and if it’s actually bad for your health.
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In 1968, Dr. Robert Ho Man Kwok felt ill after dinner at a Chinese restaurant and wrote a letter to a medical journal connecting his symptoms to MSG. His letter would change the world’s relationship with MSG, inspiring international panic, biased science, and sensationalist journalism for the next 40 years. So what is this seasoning, and is it actually bad for you? Sarah E. Tracy investigates.
Lesson by Sarah E. Tracy, directed by Alopra Studio.
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Three days before :0 (wonder why this was commented on this video specifically lol)
@@courtney5312 Chinese love msg
@@rraqua1279 Uncle Roger does, yes
@@LuciferAmoyai well I’m from Hong Kong and there’s msg in every single cuisine in Asia
no one asked
they blame MSG for making people sick while they drink a bottle of straight up carbonated sugar XD
Exactly...
😂😂 sahi kehl gya bro
lmao, the west be like
Not to mention how common it was to smoke tobacco back in the day
Lmao welp i guess ill just drink a huge amount of co2 and sugar in my drink
Americans worrying about Chinese food being UnhEaLthY is my favorite thing ever
When somehing created by japusi is bad for you, then the westerners say it's from China. But when something is good created by Chinese, then they say it's from japusi. 😏
😂😂😂😂😂
I think there is no doubt now after corona outbreak.
@@user-lf2ui7mn1f nothing is created by Chinese they just reverse engineer everything and copy western and japanese brands.
@@AmanKhan-sq5hx nothing is created by Chinese 😏? Then why do you use paper, money, compass? I said Chinese not communist. Do you know that Hanzi, Zhezhi (japus: origami), Lamian (japus: ramen) was created by Chinese not japusi. Almost every part of japusi culture originated from China, but you phakcu said from japusi.
By the time a connection between Chinese food and headaches had been made in the late 50s early 60's, ,Campbell soup had been putting MSG in their soups for 30 years. Why didn't they call it Campbell's soup syndrome?
More to the point, why don't people who eat Campbell's soup, Doritos, or many brands of gravy complain of headaches?
They do they just blame it on something else
Prejudices and racism…
I dunno, but I live in China and get stomach issues 10x more than I did back home. Now I just cook my own food, probably best for anyone else with sensitivity to additives to do the same
@@carlostj4577exactly
Moderation is the key, too much of anything is never good for you
Even water, the poison is in the dosage
So true.
This comment should have more likes
Yeah, so go enjoy your heroine, just a little bit won't hurt.
@@nIrUbU01 He said "Too much of anything is bad", not "Anything in little bits are good". They are not opposites
"If you sad in life, use MSG. If you happy in life, use MSG." - Uncle Roger
Fuiyoh
I would like this comment twice if I could…
A man of culture I see
"MSG is salt on crack" - Uncle Roger
fuiyohhhh
Point is: It's fine as long as consumed with the right amount per serving.
Even fruits can be unhealthy if you consume it too much.
fruits can easily be unhealthy as they usually contain high amounts of sugar
@@sirtetris They contain fructose which is what makes them sweet.. Most fruits don't have much fructose actually and is difficult to eat excess fruits
🤡🤡🤡
That's why everything must done in moderation, Because too much of something can be bad for you.
So is EVERYTHING in life :) , all of it is about balance and we are the worst creature of nature that can find balance in our lives.
My dad has this unwavering hate for monosodium glutamate (MSG). I've shown him countless, COUNTLESS, peer reviewed articles on the issue. The only negative I could find is that - as mentioned - directly injecting MSG into mice caused damage to various systems. I had to explain to him that, if anything, this showed that we are able to healthily digest MSG. Years later, he still tells me, after reading the ingredients for some crackers I'm enjoying, contain MSG. I can't win
Then again, this is the same guy who thinks wifi signals give him headaches. I don't have the heart to tell him that he is in a wifi signal 80% of the time
So the mice study should be ignored?
@@hoppinghobbit9797 So - let me get this straight - you want to focus on a study that indicates that directly injecting dosages of monosodium glutamate is bad for health (a pathway not commonly used in food consumption), instead of focusing on another one of many studies that's more applicable to oral consumption?
@@hoppinghobbit9797 try injecting salt directly into you
@@hoppinghobbit9797 i think eating a banana and injecting banana mush into your blood are NOT the same thing
@Inside Barry's Mind me when the
We used MSG in daily cooking I'm an Asian and that tastes good. Umami flavor is unique. Controlling MSG in food is the key to the right taste.
I think the CZcamsr Adam Ragusea summed it up best when he made the point that MSG isn’t necessarily bad on its own, but that it makes food that’s bad for you taste really really good.
@@nikyabodigital if you eat "too much" NaCl , it'll kill you.
@@nikyabodigital half of everything we humans eat will make a dog sick or kill it. Every animal has different dietary limitations. If we want to know if it’s bad for humans, we need to feed it to humans, not dogs.
@@nikyabodigital fun fact, drinking too much water will kill you as well.
@@nikyabodigital getting buried alive in a powdery substance is sure to kill anything
@@nikyabodigital dogs cant eat chocolate either, soooooo...
Americans: Label Asian cuisine as exotic or dangerous
Also Americans: Deep fry everything, triples every portion, add extra cheese and of course, eat dessert for breakfast: "This is fine"
I supposed deep fried twinkie is healthy because it doesn’t have MSG in it.
@@johnnyw2593 i’ve seen videos where they blend whole cakes into a milkshake and drink it. But yea, it’s probably healthier thanks to the lack of MSG
You forgot to mention "add too much sugar to everything"
😂😂
@Blue Sky well is very popular habit for american to eat Carb heavy, fatty and sugary food in the morning.
I’m an American, and I keep fine MSG for cooking and crunchy finishing MSG in my pantry. I’ll never forget the day I tasted MSG on its own, and I knew I had to put it on everything.
I also use fine msg for cooking. Where can I find a crunchy finishing msg? Is there a brand you recommend?
What? Msg on its own taste good to you?
How do you know if your food contains MSG or not?
simple, if you know your food is delicious but you can't explain where the taste comes from.
👍
When people don't realize nearly every junk food they eat has MSG on it
Everything has some amount of MSG in it.
people just want to make up reasons to hate asians
@@squiishytofu asian hate the world
In the case of Americans,
Europeans brought it over
@@luc7478 are you R?
Fun fact, MSG actually stands for "Mmm, so good!"
Uncle Roger approved👌
underrated comment
K I N G
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😂🤣🤣 fr!! 👌🏼
Yes, Sir 😍😋
I like how people are afraid of chemical and preservative when the salt we use for our daily consumption is both of those
Salt is a vital need for the body, your perception of chemistry is wrong in this scenario
@@aventureraclette No, sodium is a vital need for the body. I meant salt as in seasoning is optional since you can get sodium from almost any food
binge eating anything is wrong, even to our most basic kitchen ingredients.
Salt = Hypertension, Stroke (Deadly)
Sugar = Diabetes (Deadly)
MSG = Headache (Meh)
This made my day. Thank you
Sour = hyperacidity (not sure tho but it happens to me)
Banana= banana
americans fast foods: *SWEAT INTENSIFIES*
yes
Salt: "Who tf do you think you are?!"
MSG: "I'm you, but tastier."
Not really tastier... just different...
@@TheDeathmail Better
"I'm you, but on crack"
@@TheDeathmail exactly. Msg without salt don’t taste too good. Msg + salt = match made in Heaven
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I love the illustrations and animations xx
When Anthony Bordain gave his approval for MSG, I went to my local Chinese grocer and bought a bag of it.$4 bucks. Aji-No Moto of Japan, warning...contains a lot of MSG.
I put it in a large spice shaker and use it on all my soups and stock based noodle dishes.
Delicious.
Americans: “MSG is unhealthy”
Also Americans: *starts deep frying Oreos*
EDIT: fun fact, Oreos have MSG
Also Americans: *starts deep frying literally everything edible*
And burgers, ice cream, candy, butter, etc
They deep fry butter for fucks sake.
American vegans are starting to deep fry watermelons now....lol
@@--saygee american vegan veganism:
Deepfries air
For a long time, most American “Chinese” restaurants serve food that a person from China would not recognize, it was “Americanized Chinese style food.”
@Lorenzo Panza Yup. And vice versa, you would most likely not be able to find actual western restaurants in asian countries.
Just like Indian French Toast.
if you live in an asian community then it’s fine ofc
It's not "Americanized". It's Chinese-American. As in Chinese living in America making food in their own style apart from Chinese living in China.
@@sor3999 So in other words, it's Americanised? Smh
Finally, thank you TEDEd!
Thank you for the video! 🥲
"Ew, I don't eat msg seasoned food" said Karen while smoking her cigarette
Then they go and they add foods with natural msg in it to improve the flavour. you cant tel these people why you add anchovy paste to ceasar salad dressing, theyll flip
Straw man argument
@@DavidGalvanwiz except its irony, not an argument. if you actually want to argue about if or not msg is safe or not, maybe watch the video the clicked in on
@@finnegan728 no I don't have a problem with msg at all I'm just pointing out the logical fallacy
@@finnegan728 Also irony means something different then what you mean; irony can be used for comedic effect but it's not irony in this case
The amount of Uncle Roger comments are going to be insane
@maddy likes sloths LMAO true
In just 7mins u got 45 likes
I came here to make one in case there was none... obviously I underestimated the internet xD
Man u r everywhere
What's Uncle Roger?
I've used MSG for years. I knew about this from a Polish sausage manual which explains what MSG is and where it comes from. Never been afraid of it since.
Thank you❤. An awakening knowledge.❤
As a Vietnamese, I confirm MSG is a staple, but we only add like a teaspoon in a large pan/pot of broth then divide into serving portions, not like a whole jar. It enhances flavor but consuming too much at once indeed causes headache and jawlock. Anyhow, almost everything is good if we consume it in moderation.
Girl you write like the fanciest English ever, also Vietnamese here.
even consuming water can be dangerous if its too much
True, even consuming too much of certain spices is bad. I remember eating a dish with too much cumin and my mouth went numb for half an hour
Again, the dose is the poison.
i got back pain when ever i eat msg tho that’s weird
“It’s the dose that makes up the poison” pretty much sums this up perfectly.
That's true, even water can be dangerous
@@arcdave2735 Yes!
Agreed
@@arcdave2735 Dead true.
Everything is poison and nothing is poison
"Everything to an extreme is bad , you need to find the equilibrium. "
- Me
I never read any in-depth papers or anything on MSG, but I knew that sodium and glutamates are found naturally in many of the foods we already eat anyway, so decided it's fine. My parents have consumed MSG their whole lives (we're chinese) and they're both very healthy, in their 50s.
Please report back on your parents health and well-being every 5 years please 😊
As I understood from my experience, it is not the MSG itself that is dangerous, but the fact that unscrupulous manufacturers like to mask poor-quality products with it
Yup. Another danger is that it can lead you to overeating junk food since your tongue just wants more of that umami flavour. They put msg in snack food so you will eat and buy more. Which is probably part of the reason its linked to obesity. But the msg in itself is not unhealthy for you. So enjoy your msg enhanced foods - just dont eat an unhealthy amount of them
@@NHarts3 and probably that guy who wrote the article, got sick not by msg but not very fresh meat in his dish, or poor production hygine...
It's funny how the Americans be saying MSG is very unhealthy and you shouldn't eat it and it should be banned.
Yet they eat those fast food and drink zero calories soda almost everyday
Weirdly, knowing the truth about MSG makes me want to use more MSG.
So you can say drink water is unhealthy, right?
“MSG is the king of flavour!” -Uncle Roger
I was just thinking of him
Fuiyoh
salt on crack
Dr. Ikeda's discovery founded a company, Ajinomoto, still alive and kicking. I hadn't studied Japanese for nearly 30 years, but I understand it as meaning "the origin/basis of flavour".
Fuiyoh
Just bought my first bag (kind of hard to find, norway) , amazing stuff
This seems to have completely overlooked the biggest modern concern regarding MSG - the addiction-like reaction that it can cause.
I'm a Filipino and was raised by my grandma who never cooked dishes without betsin (MSG). It's just like a dish without MSG as a seasoning is not a perfect dish. Right now I'm 18 and my grandma is 70 and we're living a normal life. No headaches or sickness from a dish.
We asians loved MSG seasoning so much we became immuned to it, just slap some "Lola Remedios" on there and youll be fine already
these days the ajinomoto brand is the popular brand for vetsin/betsin in ph
I've unfortunately learned the hard way that I am one of those who gets a headache when a food I eat has too much msg. I discovered this from eating carinderia Pancit Palabok that has msg laced Tinapang Bangus (smoked Milkfish) as an ingridient. I've learned to eat a bit finicky when I eat Pancit Palabok ever since by removing tinapang bangus from my serving if it has any.
@xXxSkyViperxXx actually Maggi has taken the crown with their Magic Sarap! Seasoning mix which has other bits of seasoning in it aside from msg. There's also Knorr cubes which is a broth cube product that also incorporates msg.
Magic sarap is lyf
@@Cahos_Rahne_Veloza these brands are competitors that even the radio stations have varying advertisements for aji ginisa and knorr cubes and maggi magic sarap
"The correct amount of MSG is when your ancestor taps you on the shoulder and says 'that's enough son'" - Uncle Roger
My ancestor is a spice addict then
I often over msg'd my cooking because i never feel enough and ended up with awfully savory food. Same goes with pepper
@@ThePinkRubber you're gonna end up with high blood pressure if you don't stop.
@@starsintrash9218
Not as bad as just bags of candy like some kids
@@WomenCallYouMoid Lol true candy for kids and msg for adults
Fuiyohhh
By the way the guy that felt sick could have been for a condition that I have too. Migraines with auras, in fact, can be triggered by an intense consumption of MSG for those that are already (genetically) affected by them.
This stigmatism is still holding strong today. My cousin is 23 and she is still firmly against MSG despite being extremely left.
My parents used MSG since the world began. They're both 80+ years old, healthy and no health issues. Similar with other Japanese aged citizens, I think MSG is fine.
That's what I want to say also kabayan.
i was born in indonesia we use msg on tempura food and more
how can u be 80+ and not have any issues its like saying i have a car made in 1965 and it works fine like its not possible
@@drdeath68 it is if you're very healthy have very strong immune system. If you didnt get any disease when you're a child that means you have a strong immune system but it slowly breaking down as we age becsuse we eat unhealthy food.
@@drdeath68 genetics and lifestyle my boy, anything is possible if taken care right.
I'm a personal Chef and back in college I actually did a research paper on the Stigma of MSG which turns out to be ALL about RACISM! Back in the late '60s and early '70s, NYC Asian restaurants were starting to get more and more popular and sales started getting hirer and hirer. Some or I should say Most of course didn't like it. So secretly Non-Asian restaurant owners took Asian food to laboratories to find out what was in it. It was discovered that a form of salt MSG Monosodium L Glutamate enhanced the flavor of salt and made the food taste more savory. So we know what happens next?? Those Non-Asian restaurants started screaming MSG is bad for you just to make real Asian restaurants suffer. Unfortunately, the bad word of mouth, and also public bashing made sales drop, and made people scared to consume MSG. So Asian restaurants were forced to remove it from their cooking. That's why when you go to some Asian restaurants on the menu in bold lettering NO MSG. This is a shame because now after many years of research they have determined MSG is not harmful, or life-threatening. The scare campaign was actually a HATE campaign! There are many products out on the market that most consumers eat that have always contained MSG but they didn't mention those because they were trying to put Asian restaurants out of business. Today you can find MSG at/in KFC, Chick-fil-A, Campbell's soups, Doritos, Pringles, and a whole lot more!!! I use it in 90% of my cooking especially baking when salt is one of the ingredients. I get RAVE reviews for my Cinnamon Rolls!! Oh, by the way, I got an "A" on my research paper and my professor was originally from Vietnam! 😛❤🔥💋
Such a long essay
Not reading ti
@@itstomatogear6806 here tldr: the msg scare was racism driven
@@itstomatogear6806 Who gives. FUCX!
thank you for providing us this info!
Damn! Thanks for educating us on this
Thanks!
MSG is life. I take a tablespoon in the morning, I have it in my lunchbox, use it as my proteinshake and brush my teeth with it.
😢
"If it taste good, no need for science."
- some Asian man that is totally not Uncle Roger
Yes.... *totally*
ajenomoto
*HAIYAAA*
I can already feel all the nieces and nephews gathering here
yepp.. and I am looking for Uncle Roger's comment
I just got a shaker of MSG for the first time a few months ago and... It's amazing. On its own it tastes exactly what I knew the taste of "savory" to be, becoming miso soup in the mouth.
Wow. MSG melts your brain! OMG! Never heard of any of this silliness. I know I have an IBS related sensitivity to MSG. Which is useful for those days I'm feeling backed up.
When I saw the title of the video i thought it was a chemical I hadn't heard of before. But then I realised MSG was the chemical name of the substance called 'Ajinomoto' here. I searched it up and turns out Ajinomoto was the brand name of a company that made MSG.
All these years I had the same misconception that it was bad for you since everyone around me believed the same false stories for decades. Thanks for clearing it up Ted Ed !
Ajinamoto, royco, masako, bumbu indomie, all the same
It's the first msg product i think
Started in Japan afterall
Aji = flavor, no = of, moto = essence. So Ajinomoto means essence of flavor.
This is why we know your a kid when you dont know what msg is. Its written in the product
Just because it isn't bad for you, doesn't mean it's healthy so please be careful and try to not consume too much.
Since I started watching Uncle Roger, I’ve been adding MSG to my veggies, and I’ve been eating more veggies. Thanks MSG!
Oh hey, that sounds smart and simple. I might try that myself!
I tried today, it Does really improve flavor, not everything tho
Good luck with insulin resistance
@@DoctorJammer Do you want to elaborate on that or were those just the first food-related scary words that you managed to pull off the end of your digestive tract?
@@DoctorJammer Agree 100% natural MSG is different than manmade MSG at the molecular level.
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I recently returned to using MSG in my cooking and have had no regrets, but satisfaction only. Food tastes so much better.
Same. I just used some in my shrimp fried rice 30 minutes ago
You use MSG because you don't know how to cook
I use msg in all of my cooking that lacks that little extra punch. I could use more salt sometimes, but I prefer everything in moderation. Things like potato dishes, rice, or eggs. Sometimes i've told/shown people exactly how I cooked the dish, and they would suddenly develop symptoms after I showed them the sole ingredient on the back of my Accent 'flavor enhancer', weird how that works. Fine, I'l just load you up with sodium next time!
For anyone out there. The short answer is: MSG is safe and like everything else, must be eaten moderately.
well said my man
I mean even salt and sugar will kill you if you eat too much
There’s no such thing as unhealthy food, there’s only unhealthy amount.
I cannot have any of it at all.
Unless, like me, you are sensitive.
MSG is just too good of flavor that scares bland people
speak the truth man
as a non-bland people, MSG scares me
@@tessnapinas9979 oh no you're a bland person
@@tessnapinas9979 you're definitely bland don't lie
@@tessnapinas9979 nah bruh u bland, too weak !too weak!
I had to go to a doctor after eating at a Chinese restaurant many years ago. One dish the cook had added way too much MSG. I remebr eating it more thsn the others as it tasted so good. I woke up in the night with horrific stomach cramps that were so painful I was in tears. I got severe cramping over my chest. This continued on and off all night so I had to go to the doctor.
It was my only symptom of severe stomach and chest cramps.. My partner was worried I was having a heart attack.
Doc asked me if I recently ate Chinese food and that was the reason. He said they must have accidentally spilt too much MSG into that dish for such a severe reaction. I recovered later that day.
that is complete BS. It never happened and I KNOW you are lying
Agreed, some cooks use too much, or put double if they weren't sure. I can tell by how thirsty I get after some restaurant meals.
it's actually really bad for me because i always eat too much when i use MSG…
A friend of mine always said that my dad cooked the best steaks he had ever eaten, and that no matter what he did, he couldn't get his to taste the same. My dad died several years ago, and my friend is still trying to figure out what dad's secret was. One of these days I'll tell him that it was a little MSG sprinkled on the steaks 30 minutes before grilling them.
MSG is also found naturally in cheese, tapioca, potato, peppers and so on. And literally all food you eat especially fast food have them.
@@DarkZerol
Salt = Mineral Salt
MSG = Organic Salt
@@comalausa plus, countries like Japan use the stuff in regular amounts often, yet they're like in the top 3 countries with highest life expectancies.
@@thehwguy4293 japanese also take in very high levels of sodium (they have different kinds of sauces for different foods, all of which are essentially variants of soy sauce) and quite a large amount of refined rice, and hence smaller amounts of meat.
Seems to me that obesity is the biggest killer over and above too much sodium and refined rice.
That's sadism, just tell him lol
XX century history of the US is like Scooby Doo. It looks like there's this new monster around but in the end when Freddie removes the mask it was just racism, affluent class interests or ignorance.
THIS 🙌🏼
And it would've gotten away with it too if it weren't for you meddling kids. 😉
XXI century, too
The indifference people fear is insane
Maybe Freddie needs to visit Europe. Ethnic dining-induced food poisonings are a common occurrence here.
Uncle need to review this
Watching this while eating Noodles
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm highly positive that the side effects is caused by the sodium, rather than the glutamate effect. I heard that the glutamate is easily excreted & doesn't stay long in the body. In conclusion, moderate your salt intake. Add a pinch of MSG into healthy food to make it tastier ^-^
To my understanding, salt and sodium in our diet has been bastardized, just like MSG. The channel What I've Learned has a few thoroughly informative videos on this topic.
@@LoveEsoteric to my understand salt and sodium are the same
You put salt in your food?
@@604AT America be like I put food in my cheese
@@joshuagonzales9430 On a basic level, yes, they're generally known as a the same thing but, technically, sodium is an elemental metal and salt is a mineral compound. General table salt is sodium chloride but, depending on the quality of salt, it usually contains many other trace minerals. Aside from sodium chloride, there are other types of salts, such as potassium chloride, magnesium chloride, and calcium chloride, which are all also known as either salts or electrolytes and are found in most sports drinks.
In my comment, I mentioned salt and sodium separately because, to my awareness, the perception towards both salt (as an additive to our diet) and sodium (the standards set for healthy levels in the body) have been distorted by misleading and manipulative information.
Americans : *Blaming asian food because they think it makes them sick.*
Also Americans : *Literally made deep-fried butter.*
Also deep fried ice cream, like wtf?
One big slice Cake+giant scoop icing milkshake. 🎂🍦🍿
*takes bite out of deep fried butter on a stick* “yeah, I don’t eat msg. Pretty unhealthy.”
I’ve been to a restaurant in Austin where literally everything was deep fried and covered in salt. And it’s not even uncommon
@@DC-ru5xz *d e e p f r i e d p l a t e s*
time to show this to
my parents and get a 5
hour long lecture and arguement
ultimately leading to them realising they are wrong
and saying sorry -_-
Watching while eating home-made chicken fried rice with added MSG! 😋
As an asian myself, even we are biased against MSG and often advertise against it... it will take a generation or two to correct this behaviour
EXACTLY! So sad how American racism and bad science made it to Asia.
which asian?
@@100abomb what america racism? wut
i agree! my mother is so biased against using MSG in food even though we are south asian, this video really opened my eyes
@@samira_g3321I am Chinese and this applies to me
It's just proof that everything in moderation is good. Like anything in life.
including weed O_o
@@rizurper I mean yeah. For some people marijuana can be an extremely useful pain killer or anti-anxiety medication. Plus as recreational drugs go it's far safer than even alcohol.
Moderate amounts of lead!
@@WaterZer0 Well moderate amounts of lead tends to be no amount of lead, it depends on what the substance is obviously.
Is organic mercury good for us if taken in moderation?
as i am medically proven to be allergic to it. yes. mind you it makes things taste really good, i miss the things i cant eat anymore. but once dropping it i haven't had a migraine in almost 30 years. thanks to children's hospital in Boston.
You might consider phrasing that as "medically proven to be sensitive" since if you were "allergic" to it in the technical sense you'd be dead as it makes up a fair portion of your body. Feeling bad when you get an unnatural amount of it in a certain portion of your body that doesn't tolerate it is reasonable, but not an allergy in the technical sense.
So you don’t eat tomatoes or cheese or broccoli or potatoes or mushrooms or fish or beef or yogurt or corn or beets?
Your life must be really really boring and lame.
@@gadaadhoon i believe you are right in that i might be stating it slightly wrong,
When I was a kid I was told msg was added to buffet food to make you feel more full and not eat as much
It's weird how everyone here in the US consider it as dangerous and inedible. Back in India, every street vendor would use a little msg to enhance their dishes..and every day, millions of people eat them..🤷
It exists in daily Chinese and Japanese food as well. In fact, this seasoning is used for hundreds of years. I see this as a communication problem between the east and the west.
Is it aginomoto?
@@akansha3721 *ajinomoto
It also exists in many American foods like pringles and many other packaged foods.
MSG sits on my stove top next to the rest of my cooking spices. I use it all the time.
reporters: wow MSG injected into rabbits causes the big bad this must mean MSG can't be eaten!
reporters after finding out you can't inject water and air into your veins: *i've got the headline of the century*
All my life is it normal to eat every day with msg foods.Cause I'm Asian and it's a part of our culture but now I'm suffering from kidney stones.And everytime I eat a food with msg my joint swelling.Then I change my diet.I switch to Mediterranean foods with herbs in the dish.And my problem in my joints ant rheumatoid stop
When people ask "Is MSG good for you?", it's hard to give a yes or no answer. It's the same as asking "Is salt/butter/sugar good for you?". Not necessarily "good", but we use it everywhere because it makes our food taste good
lol i love how people/reporters started freaking out with the study of MSG being injected into mice. Like ofc there would be health problems. What if i injected fruit juice to my bloodstream?? well ofc i would die lol 😭
if you injected anything into your bloodstream, youd die lmao
@@underwirez exactly lmao 😭😭😭
🤣🤣🤣
injects a large dose of msg into a mouse into their bloodstream when msg is supposed to be digested
@@underwirez even someone's blood sometimes
Back in around 2000 - 2003 or so, I had problems when I would consume large amounts of free glutamic acid, either through monosodium glutamate, autolyzed yeast extracts, or hydrolyzed proteins in foods. I have Crohn's Disease and as a result, my levels of vitamins and minerals can often be lower than that of a normal person due to inflammation throughout the intestines. I would basically ask people to please not cook for me, because it was simply too complicated to realistically expect them to avoid the ingredients that were high in free glutamic acid, which would result in me having several hours of dizziness, headache, feelings of dissociation, and extreme thirst. People would still insist on it, saying that they would be thoroughly diligent, but far too many times I was ill and out of commission for hours after a meal only to look at the sauces and flavourings they used to see that one of the offending ingredients was in it.
As it turns out, Vitamin B6 is involved in the breakdown of free glutamic acid, and I had a general deficiency of B vitamins along with many others. Since this has been corrected via supplementation, I now no longer have any issues eating MSG or free glutamic acid and consume them regularly since my diet is predominantly east and southeast Asian food.
I suggest if you think you have a problem with MSG, take a small supplement of Vitamin B6 and see how this affects you.
I have the same symptoms after eating free msg and I was wondering why I get so many side effects and most people don’t. Thanks for this information.
@@babywecandoitxd Give it a try and see if it helps you out. I would take 50 mg of B6 before a meal, especially if I suspected that it might contain MSG or other sources high in free glutamic acids. If I still reacted afterward, I would take another 50 mg of B6. That's a bit of a high dose according to the FDA, so you might want to do a bit of research and experimentation on your own, even though B vitamins are generally safe to take in higher amounts since they're water soluble.
Here's hoping it helps you. I'm so glad that now, I don't have to worry about MSG affecting me negatively any more.
@@vorpal22 thank you so much!
@@babywecandoitxd I hope it works for you! It really made my life so much easier. Best of luck and be well!
Thank you! I
My grandma dies 96 years old. She always use MSG for cooking.
Thank u uncle roger for promoting msg!
Make msg great again!
"Wow, you use MSG for cooking, that's so unhealthy" says the boomer as he goes to get his 5th smoke of the day after his afternoon coffee, just as he is heading for the drinks to wash down the 1 pound pork belly he had for lunch.
*as he opens his second pack of cigarettes* fixed
Okay soiboi 👌
I don't smoke. I don't drink coffee. I am a Muslim, I wouldn't touch pork even with a 2-meter pole.
So, do I have the right to criticize an extremely dubious food additive?
@@enginerikli5895 Salt is more 'dubious' than this doe lol. Your point?
You might want to stop eating all together. So much sugar~
@@enginerikli5895 "extremely dubious" you say 🙄
I bought msg today to try it (genuinely did make some things taste better) and I was thinking about the health concerns. Adam Ragusa made a great video about it and it's not harmful. But unless you eat it alot. I mean if you eat ANYTHING alot that will be harmful
The worse part about msg that its make you eat a lot 😅
@@ALI-vb4qv sugar: allow me to introduce myself
A spoonful it is
@@nathantew2180 yes this is also true
You haven't ate any fast food?
This is crazzy
OUR DAD USED THIS IN ALMOST EVERY STIRFRIED DISH AND SPARINGLY THOUGH. IT NEVER DID US ANY HARM AND I USE IT TODAY AS WELL!!
Friendly reminder to check your caps lock occasionally...
So, a dinner seasoning caused international panic for 40 years? Interesting.
Smh
I wouldn't call it panic, it's more like suspicion arising from a lack of proper knowledge.
It was in the 70's, whatever happened was not weird.
@@silvasilvasilva I would call it irrational panic. We have no idea whatsoever about carrots. They contain thousands and thousands of chemicals, some of which have not been identified and they might interact in bad ways with each other or with medicines. Just assumed safe, nobody cares.
@@soylentgreenb I'd say it's different for man-made compounds (as with BPA in plastic, for example), but I get your point.
"MSG is just salt on crack" - Uncle Roger.
Basically
uncle roger should do a ted-talk about this subject
I still think that MSG is still detrimental to our health. Many people use this seasoning regularly and when there's too much intake of salt/sodium, it will result in health issues.
u can easily tell if a dish has MSG inside cuz after eating it, u will feel rly thirsty
"MSG is the king of flavor." - Uncle Roger
Great. What software did you use to make this video?
You know what’s weird about the discrimination about msg, it’s used in a lot of chips and most American processed foods.
Just look for montisodium glutamate (msg), and is on there.
Also this didn’t really mention that seeweed is where some msg is from. Japanese will use dashi as bases for cooking. No one also says anything about Japanese cooking.
There is not even a single video about how bad MSG is or about the origin of MSG.
All the video are about Uncle Roger reacting to MSG.
Man I never knew the science behind MSG. Thank you so much Ted Ed, I feel so proud to be one of your subscribers.
search up adam ragusea msg
Don't worry. Here in north Africa, an average person has never heard of msg
This video is naïve and lacking true unbiased objectivity. MSG researchers ? Fox guarding the henhouse. Not looking at all conditions leading to misrepresenting conclusions. Try this one To show true facts is a little closer in this video czcams.com/video/BKTqXqD6dZ4/video.html
To show true facts is a little closer in this video czcams.com/video/BKTqXqD6dZ4/video.html
@@BELINC7 MSG its literally Glutamate with salt, an amino acid commonly found in meat. The only difference its the absorption rate, You get a shot of glutamate to your blood if you consume too much and glutamate its a neurostimulatory that can cause anxiety related effects, Headaches, nervousness among other things.
Thats it. Still 100 times more safe than sugar lol.
The funny thing is that Kwok actually had a conversation with a few friends about how 3 separate times he got ill after eating dishes from different Chinese restaurants in separate weeks. Kwok speculated it could be MSG, which he never had in large quantities until he went to the restaurants because it isn't commonly added to typical American foods, or the fact that he choose a lot of very greasy dishes at once, far more than he had before. His friends said something along the lines of "it's got to be the MSG, defiantly" and that was what led Kwok to write about his most recent bad experience to the journal. Now this doesn't happen to everyone, but for a lot of people eating a ton of grease in one sitting will make your stomach uncomfortable and the body might try to expel some of the offending material the other end. It's kind of strange that between these two explanations, he thought it the MSG was more likely the culprit than the grease.
I get severe migraine from msg in food. From young. Oyster sauce too. Eliminating it in my cooking solved the problem. When dining out l only go where my requests for no msg is entertained.
@@gapstander6059msg are in many way have similar problem with Salt
Too much of it can cause nausea
But Human tongue can handle lot of MSG but not saltiness
"msg is bad for you!"
*uncle roger would like to:know your location*
“Haiyaa! Why so weak? So weak!”
- Uncle Roger
My mom always lectures me about eating msg. My whole family buys into it. What they don't think of IS THAT THEY HAVE A MEDICAL CONDITION THAT REACTS TO MSG. Just like it reacts to anything spicy and acidic. This whole msg panic gets old one day she gonna look in my spice cabinet and find msg and give me such a lecture...
Try vitamin b16 it breaks msg in body
how would she react to knowing that msg is in a majority of processed and unprocessed foods
In Japan we have ハイミー (Haimii), which is even more flavorful than MSG. You can use it straight without broth even.
How much for one haimii
Can’t find anything on it, Is the translation right? Any brands you’d recommend
@@josephmiranda7047 That's an Ajinomoto product.
I looked it up and it's just 92% MSG with some flavor enhancer added to boost the MSG.
@@onobonono Flavor enhancer on your flavor enhancer
thank goodness we don't have prejudice reporters or media anymore and Americans can continue to eat their healthy traditional cuisine.
I've never knoticed headaches after eating Chinese food (and I love Chinese food) but after I eat ramen noodles (which I also love). I usually eat it as an ingredient in something else like subbing it for spaghetti noodles or ill add other ingredients to it. It's not until the next day that I get a headache so it's been difficult to pin down the cause but I'm pretty sure that something in ramen is the culprit. If not msg then idk. To test the theory I ate a dinner of 3 cup O soups and sure enough the next day I was hurtin Fer certain
"dont be a pssy, eat your MSG"
- uncle Roger
Me: I’m having headaches
Mom: It’s because you play too much on your computer
Technically true
100% asian mom.
My mother and sister both get red and itchy when confronted with even one smidge of MSG, so yes.
do they eat lay's chips?
damn they so weak
Thank god they took MSG out of my Twinkies. Now I can eat as many as I want with no repercussions.
"MSG is king of flavor"
- Malaysian Intellectual