Food Taboo: Monosodium Glutamate MSG

MSG is a food enhancer that is commonly used in asian, especially chinese, cuisine. Although it makes food tasty and some may even argue that it gives them short lived happiness when they indulge in flavorful foods, it causes more pain than it induces comfort. MSG belongs to a group of excitotoxins which in known to heighten pain sensitivity in chronic pain patients. MSG can also be found in many instant package processed food like instant noodles, frozen meals, canned soup and packaged chips etc.

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