@@FujishimaAkiko all the man said was, "haha look a bong", but someone failed to raise you with any sense of emotional intelligence. Have fun being square and lonely. No one wants to talk to a guy who corrects everything because he thinks that he's smart.
Akiko Fujishima as we can now all see. The absolute example of the perfect woman. Super nice and caring, doesn’t pick stupid arguments or insult people for saying she ruined the fun... Oh shoot, my bad everyone this was obviously very poorly placed. Akiko legit though I assume you’re probably not super annoying in real life, seeing as this is the invincible internet, but if you do have problems with picking arguments without much purpose (I used to a lot) just try and take a step back and look at the bigger picture where ten minutes from now nobody will care and you’ll have just made a bad impression. I’m a real nitpick for things being right but there’s a lot of cases, especially in texting for example, where people cut corners for the sake of moving on quickly. You shouldn’t let the cognitive miser bother you as much as they surely do
It's just like drug but it's legal. When a food is tasty it makes u want more but you know you can stop eating it, but MSG will keep forcing you too eat more
a channel called guga food tested msg with various foods. what's already good taste even better, some didn't have any difference, and the rest taste worse. check it out
I was chewing on some cheetos while watching this so I decided to check the ingredients just because I was curious I didn't see "MSG" so I took some closer look and saw "monosodium glutamate" in the ingredients so it looks like I am eating msg right now
I have been using MSG since I read about it in college (I was a culinary arts major). It is kind of like sriracha- it makes everything taste better. No adverse effects so far.
If you are not sensitive to it, than go ahead and enjoy. I am sensitive to it. It gives me a really bad high. Headache, dizziness, and blurry vision. Can't think straight either.
I had bad headaches for a long time. I eliminated MSGs out of my diet after trying a lot of other things first. I didn't even know about these until my wife recommended I try and eliminate them. The headaches went away immediately, Then I tried some more, to verify, and sure enough, I got a bad headache again. And I noticed that it gave me a bit of a high, but not a good one. It Took about a year before I knew. Sometimes it does come back, but not as bad. They are fat soluble, so it can be stored in your fat if you gain weight while eating it.
No, I don't seem to be getting your point. Or perhaps you didn't get mine? What I meant is that if the very first thing everyone has been fed for the vast majority of human existence contains an abundance of glutamate, how could it be bad for us? At this point I'm not at all sure if we agree or not.
I've started steaming my vegetables with msg . Just a couple pinches and it enhances the flavours so much! long term pro/con: adding a little msg and eating more vegetables wins
Not good enough example. My great-granduncle was a chain smoker and had lung capacity like a whale. He took pick fat and spread it on a piece of bread and that what he ate when he was too lazy to cook. He was never fat and his holesterol levels were even low. He never washed his teeth and he never needed dental help. He had about 2 cavities for his whole live. He lived till 82. Some people are just living on God. mode.
@@santu980 Stupid statement to make, especially after watching this video. You literally don't even know what the cause of their death was, which could have been infinitely anything other than MSG. MSG is a staple ingredient in Japanese households and they just so happen to be thriving, age wise. Maybe, because they don't worry all the time about ingredients like MSG, like health freaks do. Which die around the average age anyways. Sorry to break it to you bud, but "eating healthy" won't make you live longer. Naturally occurring illnesses exist. Anyways, enjoy "being healthy", believing pseudoscience articles, and paying more for commercial food with labels like 'GLUTEN FREE!' and 'NON-MSG!' which actually only actually result in less flavor.
Always good to be skeptical with all information. But if what ur saying is true, then this "No MSG" trend may be the same thing as the "Gluten Free" trend, with it only affecting rare Gluten sensitive people. The Nocebo effect is real, smh
Except there are real conditions with gluten sensitivity, even though the gluten free trend has exploded to far more than those genuinely affected. Under testing, there doesn't seem to be anyone with genuine MSG sensitivity that isn't probably better explained via the nocebo effect. Which kind of makes sense, as being allergic/sensitive to 0.5g of MSG, while your body makes 50g a day itself is just nonsense.
In South-East Asia, we use MSG like we would use salt but since too much MSG can make the food taste too salty, we don't use a lot. It is pretty sad that MSG has such a bad reputation though since it's fine to use if you use it like you would use salt :/
Exactly. It's just salt. And there have been plenty of warnings about excessive salt consumption too, but because it's what people have grown up with, and doesn't sound all CHEMICALLY like MSG, people are happy to just reduce their input of it, instead of being paranoid and looking at the ingredients for any trace amount.
Here in Peru we use MSG in a lot of local recipes. Most notably in cebiche. It's used to cut the acid of our lemon, which is actually a very sour lime. Otherwise, sliced fish just keeps "cooking" in the lime juice. In fact, Peru is place for one of the oldest Ajinomoto factories outside Japan, and they are planning on building a second one.
THANK YOU SO MUCH GUYS!!! I always felt so bad for eating stuff that contains MSG because I thought it would harm me (I really thought it caused cancer) and now I know that's a hoax. Thanks!
@@kerbphotographic3674 well Cellphones uses EMF radiation for signals it is a Non-Ionizing radiation which is safe Now Ionizing radiation come from 3 types Alpha-high ionization low surface radiation or penetration Beta- liquid and balanced in ion and rad Gamma - some what good ionization and deadly surface penetration can go through chemical suits tiniest holes if not made properly Alpha can be located by radiated foods from contaminated surfaces Beta best example would be the nuclear wastes from power plants Gamma UV lights , Continuous X-ray , probably an electro magnetic screech or meltdown (plasma ball)
@@wilma5618 - MSG (monosodium glutamate) despite its chemical name, is a naturally occurring substance found in many types of food. It is composed of 2 components: sodium and glutamate. If sodium is harmful, then table salt (sodium chloride) would also be harmful. The sodium in table salt and MSG are identical. There is absolutely no difference between the two. Glutamate is an amino acid - one of the essential building blocks of protein. If glutamate is harmful, then so is the protein you eat. Your body gets loads of glutamate when you eat any protein. Your body also produces glutamate naturally. It gets incorporated into your muscles and all the other proteins in your body. The Japanese diet is rich in foods containing monosodium glutamate. It is the foundation of their cuisine. If MSG was indeed harmful, you would expect to see the detrimental effects within the Japanese population. On the contrary, the traditional Japanese diet is considered quite healthy and the Japanese population has one of the longest lifespans in the world.
I was skeptical about a claim made, then wondered why there was a number in the bottom left. I'm impressed by this level of source citation. So much better than other quick science channels.
@@StayedAway is good. Try it. Its not even my genre too yet i enjoy it. The reason i drop the series is because my ship is sinking later on season 4 or so... Probably will pick up again if i have nothing better to do
I'm a personal Chef and back in college I actually did a research paper on the Sigma 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! 😛❤🔥💋
@chaneltyler I know right? MSG is in everything. I heard the same racist story about msg. I'm trying to find a reputable place that has actually studied the stuff. I've heard people classify it as a neurostimulant but I'm skeptical.
The real question that everyone here wants to know is "Is it safe to eat 3-6 packs of Maruchan Ramen Noodle Soup every day? That stuff is cheap and delicious, but the MSG in the flavoring and preservatives in the noodles make us doubt whether or not eating this a lot is a good idea.
Never mind MSG levels, cup ramen is just bad for you in general. You get pretty much no micro-nutrients (vitamins and minerals) whatsoever, and it also contains legitimately questionable/harmful ingredients like TBHQ. Eating that much cup Ramen is pretty horrible for you.
no eating allot ;ot of pasta is not knowing what you are doing no matter your age. strange question. no soda or bread or pasta no flour or sugar not allot of meat. drink water and eat every color vegetable before you leave the house in the morning. bring your vegetable food with you instead of eating what you do not want to. this means not eating ramen because it is flour you want to know your fiber and your whole grain . whole grain bread is flour and is what you never eat.
I really love MSG. It really makes cooking a breeze. 😍 However, my grandma, I think, has MSG sensitivity, because it makes her sleepy. That's why she avoids it.
I've been reading and watching several *reputable* sources of information on MSG (say, the BBC, Royal Institute, well-known science communication channels…) and I've yet to find a single one condemning or casting any doubts on the substance. Therefore, I'll keep adding an appropriate amount to my healthy dishes and enjoy its taste. Thank you.
You must be really bad at this, because there's literally hundreds of scientific papers about its negative effects. You can even find the very organizations you're citing summarizing hundreds of studies which show MSG is very bad for soooo many people. Then again you just watch youtube channels for science... so something tells me you don't actually know what you're doing.
I avoided buying things with hydrolysed protein in it because I didn't know what it was. If they labelled it as MSG I would have actually been OK with it as I'm well aware of MSG. Now I know not to be so wary of hydrolysed protein.
For me, Hydrolised protein sounds more dangerous than MSG 😂 I imagine this machine that adds hydrogen ions to protein due to the name. But if the say MSG, I'll just know it has Sodium in it and Glutamate then just google what Glutamate is 😂 But I wouldn't google hydrolysed protein though since it sounds complicated :/ Maybe it's just me but people shouldn't be scared of Chemical names :P It's more descriptive than ambigous words that kinda make sense to the general population :/
hydorlysed fat is so evil it is illegal now was common recently. doing this to protein is a good thing to do. does not pose any threat to your health. enjoy it.
Thanks for the video, it is help me a lot for my presentation and u guys are so straight forward, some people said " short and sweet" Good job bro, keep it up
I agree with this simple explanation for MSGs' much hyped side effects. It has become a traditional food additive for more than a 100 years. Like all foods if taken in moderation it's a harmless substance. Not like Alcohol, which is more toxic to the digestive system and our vital organs and losing your mental stereo system.
As usual, a great video Greg, but please do some research about the correct pronunciation of Japanese. Kikunae= ki (as in kiss). The rest was close. IKEdae-ke as in KEttle. Single vowels in English transliterations are always (roughly) a=ah, i=ee, u=ooh, e=eh and o=oh, although they're a bit shorter in duration in Japanese. Anyway, I love your videos, and they were the main reason I subscribed to this channel. Keep up the good work!
I get sleepy after eating at a certain Thai restaurant. Not all the time, but after ordering a stir fried dish. It happened several times and I finally made a connection. I’m from Japan, a county where even MSG in mayonnaise. In US, MSG is more frowned upon than in Japan. I look at labels before buying and avoid additives including MSG.
Thanks so much for the insight, I've been wondering about this for many many days. My wife divorced me because my food had MSG in it BUT LOL to her because now we know that your body produces it naturally.. Thank you!! (Subscribed)
That was exactly the thought that brought me here, ramen doesn't taste the same it used to, bring back MSG. No really, I'm gonna buy some 'accent' or whatever MSG they have on the shelf next time I go shopping.
all have size and dose. salt, sugar too much is also dangerous. when I cook I always add 1/4 tsp of MSG to 500ml soup equivalent to 1kg of food at beginning of cooking for breaking down protein because heat. And it's dangerous to eat raw like potato snacks, Chiki.
Excellent presentation with good historical reference. Well researched and balanced summary on pros and cons of a complex debate on an important health matter.
I am from the middle east, I didn't know of MSG. But I remember 8 years ago my dad telling us "from now on we won't buy ajinomoto". I didn't know that it was MSG. 👀
I used to avoid using MSG when I cook for other people. But in some cases, you are better off using MSG instead of over salting or over sweetening your food. If I use MSG, I'd use it like salt, a bit is no problem, too much is bad as well.
No I had headache after eating from a All you can eat Chinese buffet, in London. I had no clue why I got the headache, I thought I had covid. It's only later I realised it was the Chinese food, after reading about it. I suppose I may have consumed a large amount of MSG given that it was a all you can eat buffet, and trust me guys, the headache and a bit of sweating as well was solely due to the food, it wasn't psychological or anything. It was this place called MW buffet in China town, London.
You jumped from science to nonscience, by saying MSG is in tomatoes, cheese, etc. or that the body produces it. Rather these are glutamic acid and as you illustrated, that's not the same as the highly refined sodium salt of MSG. The body metabolizes them very differently. Also, sensitivity to MSG is not rare as folks that have common neurological problems (seizures, migraines, etc.) are the most commonly affected. Last but not least, research since this video was published has shown that MSG quadruples blood sugar levels and can lead to insulin resistance and related diseases, like diabetes.
msg breaks down into sodium and glutamamic acid before it's absorbed. And if you're bringing up studies, you need to link to them. And they better be peer reviewed.
Have you ever stopped to think about nonsense that you're claiming? If MSG has such an adverse effect on blood sugar, insulin resistance, and diabetes, then why is the incidence of these diseases are SO MUCH HIGHER in the US where it is a concern than in the East where Asians routinely eat food rich in MSG?
I found this pretty interesting. My mother has a hole in her brain and she goes into violent seizures if she eats this with msg. So any overly possessed foods, alcohol, aged cheese, cured meats, and even anything that has a soy additive is off the table. Most things that say "artificial flavoring or natural flavoring " are made with soy lethesin. She is on medications for the seizures but it's not a cure. When she eats the wrong foods, she has trouble forming coherent sentences, as well as significant short term memory issues. Let's just say that we do a lot of home cooking from scratch. But the fact that msg affects neurotransmitters makes a lot of sense now. She's missing part of her brain already, so the msg is trying to affect a portion of her brain that isn't even there (?) which sends the rest of her brain into overdrive trying to compensate for the missing tissue. ( that last sentence is a total guess. It makes sense in my head though).
Not sure about UK, but Vietnamese Pho in North America are loaded with MSG... The main symptom is thirst, a pretty bad thirst starts to develop after half an hour to an hour.
That's how I was taught by my Vietnamese colleagues to differentiate between pho broth made the correct traditional way - long simmered with bones, vegetables and other ingredients - and a shortcut hack with a lot of added MSG. For one made the traditional way won't make you thirsty, the shortcut hack will.
Ionlymadethistoleavecoments I have no problem with food with lots of salt.. I used to eat lots of salted fish which is very salty but have never experienced any thirst after eating it.. but when it comes to MSG, a pinch of it is enough to give me great thirst, severe headache and nausea
I found out when I was younger that I’m sensitive to MSG, I didn’t even know but every time there is a considerable amount more than my body would produce a day I would get really high temperatures and a terrible skin rash, I was tested with different things and that was the only thing that did it :/ so you can be sensitive to it because I never know when I’m eating it until a rash randomly appears or I get instantly hot,
@@bluehornet197 Do you not know how allergies and sensitivities work? It's the amount that does it. Lower thresholds than a normal tolerance. The natural MSG you're talking about is nothing compared to directly adding MSG to dishes directly. If he's saying he rashes up when he adds it and it goes away when he doesn't (for the same dishes), then you can pretty much run that to a (personal) conclusion. Anything in large amounts can kill you - even drinking too much water will kill you.
@@agentduke2 do you not know that the FDA has conducted 10s of thousands literally 10s of thousands of studies on the effects of MSG and the data has all been inconclusive MSG sensitivity and MSG allergies do not exist there has been absolutely no findings of even someone being sensitive to it hell we even produce it in our bodies and the amount we produce in our bodies is about the same as what we add to our food considering all meat including our own flesh has MSG in it these studies from the FDA have included over a million people over multiple decades as someone who has an allergy to nuts I am pretty sure how an allergy and sensitivities work but again you cannot be to MSG considering MSG is Sodium which we need for nerves to fire and send signals properly and glutamate which is essential for proper brain health and neurotransmission show me 1 study where MSG allergies have been proven to be real
routari Reminds me of the Halo of the Sun from Silent Hill. The runes on it are supposed to read "Alessa Dahlia Incubas Alizer". Instead, it reads "Aleshsha Dakhlia Intsubash Alizer" - at least to anyone who can read Old Hungarian runic writing.
Maybe I have the sensitivity... if I eat MSG at all, I get optical migraines. Took a long time to figure out what was causing them, slow process of elimination.
Same here, "migraine with aura" it is called. And I often see comments complaining about migraine when videos propagate MSG. In some countries like Indonesia it is very hard to come by food that has *no* MSG, so we have to cook ourselves.
The only issue I've experienced is that if I've eaten at a chinese restaurant which uses quite a bit of MSG, I feel incredibly thirsty thereafter. But it could be just me!
If you got headaches or dizziness,try to put spice cloves in your mouth and hold it longer as well as chew it and swallow your saliva. Even though its hot but it will settle down. This is the way to cure your headache. This is my experience that im telling. GOODLUCK it may work out to you.
The Chinese by my work uses massive amounts of MSG in their meals, so much so that the last time I ate from there I had a massive headache for hours afterwards, put me right off Chinese food.
Do I project much? What does that even mean? Anyhoo I think you mommy is calling you, your hot pockets are ready, she told me to tell you to stop looking at those naughty websites down in the basement as you'll go blind, lol.
Do you know that all precooked meals and junk food use MSG? I remember this documentary where a bunch of people tried to make "asian food" ilegal in USA because it was supposed to cause them headaches, while they enjoyed a whole bag of doritos per person but magically they didn't notice the MSG.
To suggest that all those who are allergic to MSG are simply imagining it is insulting to say the least. I for one, am allergic to MSG and it is debilitating. It is not mild and it is very real. It happens even when I have no idea that what I have eaten contains MSG and it took me 3 years to figure out that's what the problem was as I had not idea. Your research seems to be a bit one sided and there inaccurate in my opinion.
Dory Zimmerman No they never said no-one is allergic to it, they said it's rare. No-one says that peanuts are bad for you just because some people are allergic to them.
Dory's Helpful Hints me too! I am allergic to nobody ever believes it’s a thing but it really is even when I don’t know it contains it on what I’m eating I get all hot very fast and develop a rash within the hour and feel tired and dizzy and sick :(
I love the way things taste with MSG but it gives me a bad headache, always has, I immediately know if I am eating something with it because 1)it tastes extra good and 2)I start getting a headache within ten minutes even just a few bites, also seems like this is the thing that makes it so that you are feeling hungry again shortly after eating.
MSG actually stands for Makes Stuff Good.
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If ur sad put msg on it
- uncle Roger
I'm literally here cuz of uncle Roger cuz I didn't know what msg is
Anyone from uncle roger?
You know it cuz
Yes lol
Yup i need MSG
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YES, I thought I was the only one 😹
That beaker in the background is definitely a bong.
Andy Phillippi 😂😂😂
@@FujishimaAkiko youre a buzzkil
@@FujishimaAkiko Next you're going to tell me your high IQ and correct me because I didn't use a capital letter.
@@FujishimaAkiko all the man said was, "haha look a bong", but someone failed to raise you with any sense of emotional intelligence. Have fun being square and lonely. No one wants to talk to a guy who corrects everything because he thinks that he's smart.
Akiko Fujishima as we can now all see. The absolute example of the perfect woman. Super nice and caring, doesn’t pick stupid arguments or insult people for saying she ruined the fun...
Oh shoot, my bad everyone this was obviously very poorly placed.
Akiko legit though I assume you’re probably not super annoying in real life, seeing as this is the invincible internet, but if you do have problems with picking arguments without much purpose (I used to a lot) just try and take a step back and look at the bigger picture where ten minutes from now nobody will care and you’ll have just made a bad impression. I’m a real nitpick for things being right but there’s a lot of cases, especially in texting for example, where people cut corners for the sake of moving on quickly. You shouldn’t let the cognitive miser bother you as much as they surely do
I bought a one pound bag of MSG on a trip to Holland. Best decision of my entire life.
Wat leuk!
@Douglas why would it be short, did you watch the video?
Did you die ?
@Douglas don't say such thing to others. How would you feel if I curse you to have a short life?
Don’t think that was MSG mate
I can almost always detect MSG right away. There's no specific flavor, it really just enhances whatever it's added to. It always makes you want more.
It's just like drug but it's legal. When a food is tasty it makes u want more but you know you can stop eating it, but MSG will keep forcing you too eat more
If that was true we wouldn't ever be able to stop eating food lol MSG is in everything
@@elliottefilms9662 it's not a drug
a channel called guga food tested msg with various foods. what's already good taste even better, some didn't have any difference, and the rest taste worse. check it out
its like when you eat it it tastes horrible but when you've eaten it and your done you want more. Funyuns
I was chewing on some cheetos while watching this so I decided to check the ingredients just because I was curious
I didn't see "MSG" so I took some closer look and saw "monosodium glutamate" in the ingredients so it looks like I am eating msg right now
All of us eat msg everyday
I love the way this paragraph is written, it brought me peace. And no I'm not trolling.
I have been using MSG since I read about it in college (I was a culinary arts major). It is kind of like sriracha- it makes everything taste better. No adverse effects so far.
If you are not sensitive to it, than go ahead and enjoy. I am sensitive to it. It gives me a really bad high. Headache, dizziness, and blurry vision. Can't think straight either.
Eric wenger how do you find out if your msg sensitive? do a double blind test?
I had bad headaches for a long time. I eliminated MSGs out of my diet after trying a lot of other things first. I didn't even know about these until my wife recommended I try and eliminate them.
The headaches went away immediately, Then I tried some more, to verify, and sure enough, I got a bad headache again. And I noticed that it gave me a bit of a high, but not a good one.
It Took about a year before I knew. Sometimes it does come back, but not as bad. They are fat soluble, so it can be stored in your fat if you gain weight while eating it.
except your 500 lbs cuz u dont realize how addictive MSG is. Many foods like chips for instance have it....bet you cant eat just one... UGH
MSG makes me dumb. Can’t think straight at work. And I work with sharp things so that’s no good.
I think the fact that breast milk is loaded with it pretty much says it all.
No it doesn't. Poisonous mushrooms are natural but that doesn't make them healthy.
Living Lifeform Wow. What does _that_ have to do with anything?
+Living Lifeform
Sorry mate that's a crap analogy, poisonous mushrooms aren't fit for newborn children are they? Breast milk is, get the point?
Cornelius Sneed
I'm saying that because it's natural it doesn't mean it's healthy.
No, I don't seem to be getting your point. Or perhaps you didn't get mine? What I meant is that if the very first thing everyone has been fed for the vast majority of human existence contains an abundance of glutamate, how could it be bad for us?
At this point I'm not at all sure if we agree or not.
I've started steaming my vegetables with msg . Just a couple pinches and it enhances the flavours so much! long term pro/con: adding a little msg and eating more vegetables wins
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Damn, you stole my comment!
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Kept you waiting, huh?
Chow mein what's wrong? Chow mein? CHOW MEIIIIIIN!!!!
MSG is a part of our daily household as early as I can remember. My grandparents died in their 90s.
Great. Someone might say they would have gone beyond 100 if they didn't use 😂🤣
I know people who never used it died earlier because of cancer. My folks died a natural death.
Not good enough example.
My great-granduncle was a chain smoker and had lung capacity like a whale.
He took pick fat and spread it on a piece of bread and that what he ate when he was too lazy to cook.
He was never fat and his holesterol levels were even low.
He never washed his teeth and he never needed dental help.
He had about 2 cavities for his whole live.
He lived till 82.
Some people are just living on God. mode.
@@santu980 Stupid statement to make, especially after watching this video. You literally don't even know what the cause of their death was, which could have been infinitely anything other than MSG. MSG is a staple ingredient in Japanese households and they just so happen to be thriving, age wise. Maybe, because they don't worry all the time about ingredients like MSG, like health freaks do. Which die around the average age anyways. Sorry to break it to you bud, but "eating healthy" won't make you live longer. Naturally occurring illnesses exist. Anyways, enjoy "being healthy", believing pseudoscience articles, and paying more for commercial food with labels like 'GLUTEN FREE!' and 'NON-MSG!' which actually only actually result in less flavor.
@@Oscar-j6b maybe he had msg his whole life lmao
Did you just say that I'm a controversial topic?
MSG lol
I’m so done with u. LOL.
You're also called e621
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OK... You are lab made
Hahaaha
Always good to be skeptical with all information. But if what ur saying is true, then this "No MSG" trend may be the same thing as the "Gluten Free" trend, with it only affecting rare Gluten sensitive people. The Nocebo effect is real, smh
*MSG and Gluten affecting their respective sensitive groups.
Similar thing with low fat foods where they pack it with sugar and salt which are worse for you in high amounts than fat.
Except there are real conditions with gluten sensitivity, even though the gluten free trend has exploded to far more than those genuinely affected. Under testing, there doesn't seem to be anyone with genuine MSG sensitivity that isn't probably better explained via the nocebo effect. Which kind of makes sense, as being allergic/sensitive to 0.5g of MSG, while your body makes 50g a day itself is just nonsense.
In South-East Asia, we use MSG like we would use salt but since too much MSG can make the food taste too salty, we don't use a lot.
It is pretty sad that MSG has such a bad reputation though since it's fine to use if you use it like you would use salt :/
Exactly. It's just salt. And there have been plenty of warnings about excessive salt consumption too, but because it's what people have grown up with, and doesn't sound all CHEMICALLY like MSG, people are happy to just reduce their input of it, instead of being paranoid and looking at the ingredients for any trace amount.
Here in Peru we use MSG in a lot of local recipes. Most notably in cebiche. It's used to cut the acid of our lemon, which is actually a very sour lime. Otherwise, sliced fish just keeps "cooking" in the lime juice. In fact, Peru is place for one of the oldest Ajinomoto factories outside Japan, and they are planning on building a second one.
I would like to thank you for the source links and putting them in the video and description. I hope more youtube channels follow your example.
No problem, we do that with all my films now so people can dig deeper if they want to. Cheers for message
THANK YOU SO MUCH GUYS!!!
I always felt so bad for eating stuff that contains MSG because I thought it would harm me (I really thought it caused cancer) and now I know that's a hoax. Thanks!
not dandgerous?
Something else will give you cancer, like your cellphone or your wifi router
David, how do you know
@@kerbphotographic3674 well Cellphones uses EMF radiation for signals it is a Non-Ionizing radiation which is safe
Now Ionizing radiation come from 3 types
Alpha-high ionization low surface radiation or penetration
Beta- liquid and balanced in ion and rad
Gamma - some what good ionization and deadly surface penetration can go through chemical suits tiniest holes if not made properly
Alpha can be located by radiated foods from contaminated surfaces
Beta best example would be the nuclear wastes from power plants
Gamma UV lights , Continuous X-ray , probably an electro magnetic screech or meltdown (plasma ball)
@@wilma5618 - MSG (monosodium glutamate) despite its chemical name, is a naturally occurring substance found in many types of food. It is composed of 2 components: sodium and glutamate.
If sodium is harmful, then table salt (sodium chloride) would also be harmful. The sodium in table salt and MSG are identical. There is absolutely no difference between the two.
Glutamate is an amino acid - one of the essential building blocks of protein. If glutamate is harmful, then so is the protein you eat. Your body gets loads of glutamate when you eat any protein. Your body also produces glutamate naturally. It gets incorporated into your muscles and all the other proteins in your body.
The Japanese diet is rich in foods containing monosodium glutamate. It is the foundation of their cuisine. If MSG was indeed harmful, you would expect to see the detrimental effects within the Japanese population. On the contrary, the traditional Japanese diet is considered quite healthy and the Japanese population has one of the longest lifespans in the world.
I was skeptical about a claim made, then wondered why there was a number in the bottom left.
I'm impressed by this level of source citation. So much better than other quick science channels.
My bong receptors were tingling due to images in your background
This bloke must direct traffic for his second job. Loves to use hand signals
Well, they're not that distracting imho. You should see how a lot of Italian people use their hands when they talk if you think this is excessive.
HAHA
IMHO you are all gits just IMHO. K? PS. IMHO his handies are fine
Ayyyy
Nah mate, he's an Italian
Food wars (shoukugeki no soma)fans know this stuff
ayyy I was thinking about that when I watched it
Mr Rishi The Cookie is it good? ion know i like food and cooking but the concept of a food war anime feels weird
@@StayedAway is good. Try it. Its not even my genre too yet i enjoy it. The reason i drop the series is because my ship is sinking later on season 4 or so... Probably will pick up again if i have nothing better to do
食戟のソーマが一番！
Wow, I didn't know any of this and just thought msg was 'bad'. Interesting video
MSI2k cant blame you. Google MSG and you will be swimming in anecdotal nonesense
It will make wanna eat more frequently
Fantastic unbiased, unsponsored advice Everybody should watch and listen to. Thanks Greg!
Lol
The health food movement spouting nonsense?! Who could have seen that coming?!
I'm a personal Chef and back in college I actually did a research paper on the Sigma 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! 😛❤🔥💋
@chaneltyler I know right? MSG is in everything. I heard the same racist story about msg. I'm trying to find a reputable place that has actually studied the stuff. I've heard people classify it as a neurostimulant but I'm skeptical.
The real question that everyone here wants to know is "Is it safe to eat 3-6 packs of Maruchan Ramen Noodle Soup every day?
That stuff is cheap and delicious, but the MSG in the flavoring and preservatives in the noodles make us doubt whether or not eating this a lot is a good idea.
One block of noodles with seasoning contains 70% the daily recommended sodium intake.
I read somewhere that eating too much TBHQ is poisonous.
you read my mind
Never mind MSG levels, cup ramen is just bad for you in general. You get pretty much no micro-nutrients (vitamins and minerals) whatsoever, and it also contains legitimately questionable/harmful ingredients like TBHQ. Eating that much cup Ramen is pretty horrible for you.
You'd be fine with 3 packs a day if youre not obese and cut out salt from the rest of your meals
no eating allot ;ot of pasta is not knowing what you are doing no matter your age. strange question. no soda or bread or pasta no flour or sugar not allot of meat. drink water and eat every color vegetable before you leave the house in the morning. bring your vegetable food with you instead of eating what you do not want to. this means not eating ramen because it is flour you want to know your fiber and your whole grain . whole grain bread is flour and is what you never eat.
Says "C2H10NNaO5" Then shows diagram with 5 carbon atoms and 4 oxygen atoms. lol
MSG is C5H8NNaO4... might want to fact check your fact checker
MSG weejio exist*
Uncle roger and his niecce and nephew : *so you the one who summoned us*
No wonder Chinese fried rice is so good. I'm always craving it lol
Just don't use colander
Only kids crave for food lol
@@NightcorEDM oh really? Lol
@@bustergundo516 Yes ?
@@OooohReally not you lol
the fact this is added right as im thinking about getting some mall food i havent had in a while lol
MSG= ASIAN CRACC
SATURATED FAT = AMERICAN METH
I now am determined to try this in some grilled veggies and rice which is already one of my favorite make at home meals.
The problem in Sri Lanka , The restaurant owners put 5-10 Grams in a one meal.
Chinies dragon just puts that in everything
People- msg is bad
Me- what u had for lunch?
People- McDonalds
Me- yes healthy
I really love MSG. It really makes cooking a breeze. 😍
However, my grandma, I think, has MSG sensitivity, because it makes her sleepy. That's why she avoids it.
That's how food works. If you eat a lot, makes you sleepy.
Helps sleep?? Great.
That was the most informative video about glutamate I have seen. Congratulations for condensing so much information in so short a time.
I've been reading and watching several *reputable* sources of information on MSG (say, the BBC, Royal Institute, well-known science communication channels…) and I've yet to find a single one condemning or casting any doubts on the substance.
Therefore, I'll keep adding an appropriate amount to my healthy dishes and enjoy its taste. Thank you.
You must be really bad at this, because there's literally hundreds of scientific papers about its negative effects. You can even find the very organizations you're citing summarizing hundreds of studies which show MSG is very bad for soooo many people.
Then again you just watch youtube channels for science... so something tells me you don't actually know what you're doing.
his body language reminds me of Gordon Ramsay. The accent, the small hops to deliver information, and this 2:42 the signature "look down and think"
I avoided buying things with hydrolysed protein in it because I didn't know what it was. If they labelled it as MSG I would have actually been OK with it as I'm well aware of MSG. Now I know not to be so wary of hydrolysed protein.
For me, Hydrolised protein sounds more dangerous than MSG 😂
I imagine this machine that adds hydrogen ions to protein due to the name.
But if the say MSG, I'll just know it has Sodium in it and Glutamate then just google what Glutamate is 😂
But I wouldn't google hydrolysed protein though since it sounds complicated :/
Maybe it's just me but people shouldn't be scared of Chemical names :P It's more descriptive than ambigous words that kinda make sense to the general population :/
You should be more worried about dihydrogen monoxide, which kills hordes of people every year ;)
Oh no, not H2O! XD
hydorlysed fat is so evil it is illegal now was common recently. doing this to protein is a good thing to do. does not pose any threat to your health. enjoy it.
by the way, thank you for turning the gain of the recording up. much easier to hear now
Thanks for the video, it is help me a lot for my presentation and u guys are so straight forward, some people said " short and sweet"
Good job bro, keep it up
3:11 This editor is the MVP here
I agree with this simple explanation for MSGs' much hyped side effects. It has become a traditional food additive for more than a 100 years. Like all foods if taken in moderation it's a harmless substance. Not like Alcohol, which is more toxic to the digestive system and our vital organs and losing your mental stereo system.
As usual, a great video Greg, but please do some research about the correct pronunciation of Japanese. Kikunae= ki (as in kiss). The rest was close. IKEdae-ke as in KEttle. Single vowels in English transliterations are always (roughly) a=ah, i=ee, u=ooh, e=eh and o=oh, although they're a bit shorter in duration in Japanese. Anyway, I love your videos, and they were the main reason I subscribed to this channel. Keep up the good work!
So at the end of the day, he’s saying MSG is not that bad at all. 🤷🏾♀️
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I have never thought I’ve been eating msg until I heard the words Ajinomoto and then noticed I eat it every freakin day
I get sleepy after eating at a certain Thai restaurant. Not all the time, but after ordering a stir fried dish. It happened several times and I finally made a connection. I’m from Japan, a county where even MSG in mayonnaise. In US, MSG is more frowned upon than in Japan. I look at labels before buying and avoid additives including MSG.
when he said chips with ketchup i gagged. then i realized he meant fries.
Thanks so much for the insight, I've been wondering about this for many many days. My wife divorced me because my food had MSG in it BUT LOL to her because now we know that your body produces it naturally.. Thank you!! (Subscribed)
What?!? You're wife left because you put msg in the food?
so that's why non-msg ramen taste a little duller than my MSG ramen?
That was exactly the thought that brought me here, ramen doesn't taste the same it used to, bring back MSG.
No really, I'm gonna buy some 'accent' or whatever MSG they have on the shelf next time I go shopping.
all have size and dose. salt, sugar too much is also dangerous. when I cook I always add 1/4 tsp of MSG to 500ml soup equivalent to 1kg of food at beginning of cooking for breaking down protein because heat. And it's dangerous to eat raw like potato snacks, Chiki.
"hiyaaa hello neice and nephew"
Excellent presentation with good historical reference. Well researched and balanced summary on pros and cons of a complex debate on an important health matter.
This is why uncle Roger loves msg.
Msg, is widely used in Asia . It has many health benefits , it increases your metabolism and immune system.
Once I notice someone's hand movements it's the only thing I can pay attention to.
I am from the middle east, I didn't know of MSG. But I remember 8 years ago my dad telling us "from now on we won't buy ajinomoto". I didn't know that it was MSG. 👀
I used to avoid using MSG when I cook for other people. But in some cases, you are better off using MSG instead of over salting or over sweetening your food. If I use MSG, I'd use it like salt, a bit is no problem, too much is bad as well.
No I had headache after eating from a All you can eat Chinese buffet, in London. I had no clue why I got the headache, I thought I had covid. It's only later I realised it was the Chinese food, after reading about it. I suppose I may have consumed a large amount of MSG given that it was a all you can eat buffet, and trust me guys, the headache and a bit of sweating as well was solely due to the food, it wasn't psychological or anything. It was this place called MW buffet in China town, London.
And you know it was because of the MSG because?
if you eat kfc most crisp but zero headache its not sodium its msg ...lol
You jumped from science to nonscience, by saying MSG is in tomatoes, cheese, etc. or that the body produces it. Rather these are glutamic acid and as you illustrated, that's not the same as the highly refined sodium salt of MSG. The body metabolizes them very differently.
Also, sensitivity to MSG is not rare as folks that have common neurological problems (seizures, migraines, etc.) are the most commonly affected.
Last but not least, research since this video was published has shown that MSG quadruples blood sugar levels and can lead to insulin resistance and related diseases, like diabetes.
msg breaks down into sodium and glutamamic acid before it's absorbed. And if you're bringing up studies, you need to link to them. And they better be peer reviewed.
Have you ever stopped to think about nonsense that you're claiming? If MSG has such an adverse effect on blood sugar, insulin resistance, and diabetes, then why is the incidence of these diseases are SO MUCH HIGHER in the US where it is a concern than in the East where Asians routinely eat food rich in MSG?
That sums up my curiousity. Thank you
I found this pretty interesting. My mother has a hole in her brain and she goes into violent seizures if she eats this with msg. So any overly possessed foods, alcohol, aged cheese, cured meats, and even anything that has a soy additive is off the table. Most things that say "artificial flavoring or natural flavoring " are made with soy lethesin. She is on medications for the seizures but it's not a cure. When she eats the wrong foods, she has trouble forming coherent sentences, as well as significant short term memory issues. Let's just say that we do a lot of home cooking from scratch. But the fact that msg affects neurotransmitters makes a lot of sense now. She's missing part of her brain already, so the msg is trying to affect a portion of her brain that isn't even there (?) which sends the rest of her brain into overdrive trying to compensate for the missing tissue. ( that last sentence is a total guess. It makes sense in my head though).
Not sure about UK, but Vietnamese Pho in North America are loaded with MSG... The main symptom is thirst, a pretty bad thirst starts to develop after half an hour to an hour.
That's how I was taught by my Vietnamese colleagues to differentiate between pho broth made the correct traditional way - long simmered with bones, vegetables and other ingredients - and a shortcut hack with a lot of added MSG. For one made the traditional way won't make you thirsty, the shortcut hack will.
Does it make you thirsty after eating food with MSG?
Probably the salt
or the carbohydrates. I have been told that makes you thirsty.
you mean like horny orr?..
Good question don’t know.
Ionlymadethistoleavecoments I have no problem with food with lots of salt.. I used to eat lots of salted fish which is very salty but have never experienced any thirst after eating it.. but when it comes to MSG, a pinch of it is enough to give me great thirst, severe headache and nausea
Mono means 1 , sodium means salt , glutamate ≈ sugar .
So one sodium molecule, and glutamate is the sweet part
glutamate is glutamic acid
MSG is e621 ;)
OwO
I found out when I was younger that I’m sensitive to MSG, I didn’t even know but every time there is a considerable amount more than my body would produce a day I would get really high temperatures and a terrible skin rash, I was tested with different things and that was the only thing that did it :/ so you can be sensitive to it because I never know when I’m eating it until a rash randomly appears or I get instantly hot,
Do you eat food at all? You consume MSG everyday in food as it's a natural product in nearly all food hell it's in milk
@@bluehornet197 Do you not know how allergies and sensitivities work? It's the amount that does it. Lower thresholds than a normal tolerance. The natural MSG you're talking about is nothing compared to directly adding MSG to dishes directly. If he's saying he rashes up when he adds it and it goes away when he doesn't (for the same dishes), then you can pretty much run that to a (personal) conclusion. Anything in large amounts can kill you - even drinking too much water will kill you.
@@agentduke2 do you not know that the FDA has conducted 10s of thousands literally 10s of thousands of studies on the effects of MSG and the data has all been inconclusive MSG sensitivity and MSG allergies do not exist there has been absolutely no findings of even someone being sensitive to it hell we even produce it in our bodies and the amount we produce in our bodies is about the same as what we add to our food considering all meat including our own flesh has MSG in it these studies from the FDA have included over a million people over multiple decades as someone who has an allergy to nuts I am pretty sure how an allergy and sensitivities work but again you cannot be to MSG considering MSG is Sodium which we need for nerves to fire and send signals properly and glutamate which is essential for proper brain health and neurotransmission show me 1 study where MSG allergies have been proven to be real
Too Much of one thing is always bad.
D T that's right!
Too much oxygen...
@@phantasyryder umm.. 100% oxygen is harmful dude. Speech 0 ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxygen_toxicity )
alright this almost changed my mind about aji no moto..thanks
metal solid gear
that's my favorite game
Nice video Gregayyyyyyy! :)
damm...I add ajenamoto when I cook meat
Accent is found in supermarkets in Canada and America. It is MSG. It tastes sort of sweet and sort of salty at the same time.
It's Kikunae Ikeda (kih-koo-nah-eh ih-keh-da), not Kaikunai Ekeeda
Or Kaikeenai Ekooda! (Third time you say it!)
routari Reminds me of the Halo of the Sun from Silent Hill. The runes on it are supposed to read "Alessa Dahlia Incubas Alizer". Instead, it reads "Aleshsha Dakhlia Intsubash Alizer" - at least to anyone who can read Old Hungarian runic writing.
MSG -> Message :
"a communication delivered in writing, speech, etc"
It can be harmful.
Monosodium glutamate, fatty flavour by a japanese chemist. People thought it was dangerous, probably not.
Cut the flair, be concise, life is short
And yet here you are. In the youtube comment section.
ReaperPero Helping along in my own little way
I like your style
Just trying to keep up with you
To be a little more precise, it has a savory flavor. Other than my nitpicking though, we need more comments like this on youtube.
Low end restaurants use a ton of MSG to mask their low quality stale food.
This is the first I've heard of MSG
damn... you must of been born yesterday lol
What you eat from stores 95% of them have it, or a similar one. (e621)
@@CoffeeTheDragon e621? lol
@@Offline219 yes. why? that's the code they put it as on products. They never write MSG on packages.
@@CoffeeTheDragon I thought you were making a joke since I know e621 for something else. My bad.
I'm glad this video was made. Thanks.
You're welcome!
Maybe I have the sensitivity... if I eat MSG at all, I get optical migraines. Took a long time to figure out what was causing them, slow process of elimination.
Same here, "migraine with aura" it is called. And I often see comments complaining about migraine when videos propagate MSG. In some countries like Indonesia it is very hard to come by food that has *no* MSG, so we have to cook ourselves.
Thanks for explaining
The only issue I've experienced is that if I've eaten at a chinese restaurant which uses quite a bit of MSG, I feel incredibly thirsty thereafter. But it could be just me!
So basically the same idea as salty foods being used to try and sell drinks?
perhaps. Maybe that's why coca cola goes so well with fried chicken haha
Damn right it does!
So you would fill up on drinks and not food at a all you can eat and they save money.
That's the sodium affect. It's the same thing as eating something salty. Likewise, you'll feel thirsty.
If you got headaches or dizziness,try to put spice cloves in your mouth and hold it longer as well as chew it and swallow your saliva. Even though its hot but it will settle down. This is the way to cure your headache. This is my experience that im telling. GOODLUCK it may work out to you.
4:05 So brains taste good?
Depends on how smart the person was.
@@OooohReally So you are telling me that my brain tastes bad?
@@sbe5473 LOL 😂😂😂😂
MSG GIVES ME MIGRAINE HEADACHES.
Msg makes my heart race so fast and makes me feel weak
Ur probably vegan
i like the editor notes
HAIYAA
So it's the equivalent of turning up the base of your speakers?
The Chinese by my work uses massive amounts of MSG in their meals, so much so that the last time I ate from there I had a massive headache for hours afterwards, put me right off Chinese food.
diecast jam thats 100% incorrect. Project much?
Do I project much? What does that even mean? Anyhoo I think you mommy is calling you, your hot pockets are ready, she told me to tell you to stop looking at those naughty websites down in the basement as you'll go blind, lol.
diecast jam oh how disappointing. You are a really poor troll, keep at it though. You might offend someone some day!
Do you know that all precooked meals and junk food use MSG? I remember this documentary where a bunch of people tried to make "asian food" ilegal in USA because it was supposed to cause them headaches, while they enjoyed a whole bag of doritos per person but magically they didn't notice the MSG.
Excellent, where is it !!
I added MSG to my keto diet and it was the only way I could complete the diet.
Actually MSG will put you out of keto.
MSG - Mono Sodium Glutamate❌
MSG - Make Shit Good ✔️
- Uncle Roger
Msg makes my stomach feel super heavy lol
Thanks for the video.
To suggest that all those who are allergic to MSG are simply imagining it is insulting to say the least. I for one, am allergic to MSG and it is debilitating. It is not mild and it is very real. It happens even when I have no idea that what I have eaten contains MSG and it took me 3 years to figure out that's what the problem was as I had not idea. Your research seems to be a bit one sided and there inaccurate in my opinion.
Dory Zimmerman No they never said no-one is allergic to it, they said it's rare. No-one says that peanuts are bad for you just because some people are allergic to them.
Dory's Helpful Hints me too! I am allergic to nobody ever believes it’s a thing but it really is even when I don’t know it contains it on what I’m eating I get all hot very fast and develop a rash within the hour and feel tired and dizzy and sick :(
you sure its not any other ingredients like fish or something?
self diagnosed i bet
drink water
Thank you
MSG is Michael Schenker Group!!!
I love the way things taste with MSG but it gives me a bad headache, always has, I immediately know if I am eating something with it because 1)it tastes extra good and 2)I start getting a headache within ten minutes even just a few bites, also seems like this is the thing that makes it so that you are feeling hungry again shortly after eating.