Why Doesn't Nakhla Make Blueberry?

[Sherwood]

MSG is a documented excitotoxin with links to cardiac arrythmia, sudden cardiac arrest, fibromyalgia, and other ailments.

MSG is also one of the most concentrated sources of the flavor Umami. I'd rather die having enjoyed all of life's flavors.

[jezter6]

A bag of chips will not kill you.

50,000 bags of MSG laden chips will.

MSG is food safe.

MSG is a documented excitotoxin with links to cardiac arrythmia, sudden cardiac arrest, fibromyalgia, and other ailments.

Excitotoxicity is the pathological process by which nerve cells are damaged and killed by glutamate and similar substances. This occurs when receptors for the excitatory neurotransmitter glutamate such as the NMDA receptor and AMPA receptor are overactivated. Excitotoxins like NMDA and kainic acid which bind to these receptors, as well as pathologically high levels of glutamate, can cause excitotoxicity by allowing high levels of calcium ions^[1] (Ca²⁺) to enter the cell. Ca²⁺ influx into cells activates a number of enzymes, including phospholipases, endonucleases, and proteases such as calpain. These enzymes go on to damage cell structures such as components of the cytoskeleton, membrane, and DNA.

Excitotoxicity may be involved in spinal cord injury, stroke, traumatic brain injury and neurodegenerative diseases of the central nervous system (CNS) such as Multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer's disease, Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), Parkinson's disease, Alcoholism or alcohol withdrawal and Huntington's disease.^[2][3] Other common conditions that cause excessive glutamate concentrations around neurons are hypoglycemia^[4] and status epilepticus.^[5]

If you're actually interested in learning more about this, here are some links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Excitotoxicity
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11408989
http://www.wnho.net/sudden_cardiac_death.htm

In quantities...Over time...

However it's used in food, food which is approved for sale by FDA regulations...makes it food safe.

Doesn't mean it's not BAD for you, but it IS food safe.

[freeOS]

A bag of chips will not kill you.

50,000 bags of MSG laden chips will.

MSG is food safe.

MSG is a documented excitotoxin with links to cardiac arrythmia, sudden cardiac arrest, fibromyalgia, and other ailments.

Excitotoxicity is the pathological process by which nerve cells are damaged and killed by glutamate and similar substances. This occurs when receptors for the excitatory neurotransmitter glutamate such as the NMDA receptor and AMPA receptor are overactivated. Excitotoxins like NMDA and kainic acid which bind to these receptors, as well as pathologically high levels of glutamate, can cause excitotoxicity by allowing high levels of calcium ions^[1] (Ca²⁺) to enter the cell. Ca²⁺ influx into cells activates a number of enzymes, including phospholipases, endonucleases, and proteases such as calpain. These enzymes go on to damage cell structures such as components of the cytoskeleton, membrane, and DNA.

Excitotoxicity may be involved in spinal cord injury, stroke, traumatic brain injury and neurodegenerative diseases of the central nervous system (CNS) such as Multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer's disease, Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), Parkinson's disease, Alcoholism or alcohol withdrawal and Huntington's disease.^[2][3] Other common conditions that cause excessive glutamate concentrations around neurons are hypoglycemia^[4] and status epilepticus.^[5]

If you're actually interested in learning more about this, here are some links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Excitotoxicity
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11408989
http://www.wnho.net/sudden_cardiac_death.htm

In quantities...Over time...

However it's used in food, food which is approved for sale by FDA regulations...makes it food safe.

Doesn't mean it's not BAD for you, but it IS food safe.

I have no faith in the FDA nor the populace at large who should be keeping an eye on their governmental agencies. Lambs to the slaughter.