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Msg-free Chinese restaurant?
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21-03-2014 5:50pm#1
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El_Dangeroso wrote: »Just be aware that MSG is present naturally in many foods, soy sauce, fish sauce and parmesan to name a few.
I think you'll find most foods you eat in any restaurant contain MSG naturally.
MSG allergy isn't confirmed to exist by any scientific experiment and there have been a couple that blind-tested supposed allergy sufferers.
The symptoms most people experience a combination of psychosomatic and the effect of eating huge portions of salty food that normally comprise the average chinese takeaway.
There's a difference though between msg that occurs in the process of making something (like soy) or handfuls of the stuff thrown in like crack cocaine Ted!
The 'allergy' word is overused I agree. I'd be more inclined to agree with what a previous poster said about being kept awake from it, and feeling a little warm. I definitely have a physical response to a sh*t load of the stuff.
It's kind of like the caffeine in a cuppa tea vs in two red bulls.
I've seen traditional Chinese cooking where people put handfuls of the stuff in.
I'd say most people would be grand with the minimal amounts that are there naturally vs the food cooked with scoops of the stuff!0 -
inisboffin wrote: »There's a difference though between msg that occurs in the process of making something (like soy) or handfuls of the stuff thrown in like crack cocaine Ted!
The 'allergy' word is overused I agree. I'd be more inclined to agree with what a previous poster said about being kept awake from it, and feeling a little warm. I definitely have a physical response to a sh*t load of the stuff.
It's kind of like the caffeine in a cuppa tea vs in two red bulls.
I've seen traditional Chinese cooking where people put handfuls of the stuff in.
I'd say most people would be grand with the minimal amounts that are there naturally vs the food cooked with scoops of the stuff!
I wouldn't be pouring it on my cornflakes or anything, but it's very hard to extrapolate the feeling that msg gives you from the crappy takeaway food with massive amounts of calories and salt. Plus the placebo affect is a powerful thing. Hence why this effect disappears when people are blinded to what they are eating.
Agreed it's probably a question of quantity, but getting a chinese without MSG is like getting a filtered cigarette instead of a cigar, neither are great for you!0 -
El_Dangeroso wrote: »I wouldn't be pouring it on my cornflakes or anything, but it's very hard to extrapolate the feeling that msg gives you from the crappy takeaway food with massive amounts of calories and salt. Plus the placebo affect is a powerful thing. Hence why this effect disappears when people are blinded to what they are eating.
Agreed it's probably a question of quantity, but getting a chinese without MSG is like getting a filtered cigarette instead of a cigar, neither are great for you!
Ah you can make healthy Chinese food for sure. Some people like the cigars though! 0 -
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I think I know what it is that triggers the 5th sense.... fat! That's what MSG appears to add to say a soup broth as far as I can discern. From an evolutionary standpoint, it's no surprise that we are programmed to taste and seek out fat.
Probably true, but in them days we tended to play less X box, leg it around a bit more and need more shelter!
I have heard of that 5th sense, but remember we have our own 5th sense here - craic!0
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