Why Do People Freak Out About MSG in Chinese Food? | AJ+
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- Опубліковано 13 сер 2018
- People used to think the MSG in Chinese food made them sick. Here's why it had more to do with rumors - and racism - than science.
#MSG #ChineseFood #Racism
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I once told my stupid friend I seasoned my food with sodium chloride and he didn't touch it saying he doesn't want chemicals in his food.
Jenny Dawes you can also tell him to stop drinking hydrogen dioxide hahahahahaa.
Just a little sodium chloride.
Jenny Dawes oh my gosh i die... i told my friend i dont drink soda but H2O and she was like "is that gas?
@@lifeisgood2542 dihydrogen monoxide lol not hydrogen dioxide that HO2 which is impossible
@@lifeisgood2542 Hydrogen Dioxide isn't Water, you're thinking of Hydroxic Acid
I experience Chinese Restaurant Syndrome all the time. I get headaches and heart palpitations if I go more than a week without eating Chinese takeout.
lol without ?..
Yea he mean he like chinese food a lot think
Chris Gaming /r/wooosh
I see what you did thete
LOL
"Good food is better than ur body"
*-That one asian uncle*
-Uncle Roger
Zhen Arcales Uncle Roger
Lol it's uncle Roger
Fuiyou, this nephew gets it.
-Uncle Roger 2020
Uncle roger say: If you happy in your life just put MSG, if you got a baby just put the MSG, ur baby will be smarter 😂😂😂
“I should have put msg on my marriage” -uncle roger
Eric Lim uncle roger brought me here
Hiyaaaa!
haiyaaa... i must eat MSG, so that my kids will be smarter...
better*
Do you know what is more unhealthy than Chinese food?
*American fast food*
True!!
Facts
True
Hell yes
Is panda express not american fast food?
MSG was invented by a Japanese food company Ajinomoto, and has been widely used in Japan longer than anywhere else in the world. Yet, Japanese have one of the longest life expectancy! If you go to a supermarket in Japan, you'll find insane amount of processed foods, all contain MSG. Having said that, they don't eat nearly as much foods as the Americans do.
Bottom line is, its all about moderation. If you eat too much of something, it'll harm you. Heck, even drinking too much water can kill you.
Yet, never heard of any sushi chief proudly sprinkle MSG on the fish.
MSG is Not a sin, but try to cheat with it is.
Administrator how was this uploaded 2 hours ago when I watched it weeks ago
Never had any symptoms after eating Chinese food, had a bad headache and bad tummy after consuming KFC food however.(Don’t eat a lot of chips and crisps)
Could msg be the culprit??
Japan also has the highest rate of stomach cancer in the world.
No its not about that, MSG was really invented in Japan, to give food the umami flavour(especially a war thing), the problem with MSG that is dangerous, if its contaminated with bacteria, which usually gives you the problems such as headaches, diarrhea and so on. And seeing that in China hygiene is not really their strongest point, there is a reason to worry.
I guess youtube recommend this video because I watched uncle Roger 😂
Me too..lolz
Same lolz
lol, i was thinking the same.
Fulangke Luu ture ture
oh me 2 😀
My sister who is a bit of a health food freak jumped on the MSG is bad bandwagon, she insists eating Chinese food makes her ill, she can taste something not right and very firmly lays the blame right at the door of MSG. What amuses me is she has eaten tons of food cooked by me over the years and usually only has good things to say, one day I will tell her that I use MSG in most things I cook just like salt and pepper.
Please tell me how it goes.
@@tardigradesarecool ME TOO
Record it and upload to yt will probably go viral
She will never know
Oh do tell how it goes!!!
I think people are also distrusting of its chemical sounding name. I bet if it was called savoury salt or something people would be less scared of it
^hear what you're saying: when something on a menu is in french, cluttered with phonetic symbols and it's expensive; people will gladly pay for "..Oyesters gathered by handmaidens of the misty blue mountains " for instance.
- without realising they're shelling out for sautéed ram's testicles and shallots.
In my family (Vietnamese) it translates to "sweet powder/flavouring powder" in think, so it sounds rather innocent. Personally MSG leaves my mouth a bit dry after comsuming it.
It is dangerous. I only found out about it when i was searching symptoms on google. This guy is just an idiot that thinks because it doesn't affect him that it doesn't affect anyone. It is rare but i can tell you for a fact that it is real.
@sheldon pereira bigoted? You mean the scientific name. Lol k
I've seen it labeled "meat tenderizer"
Been eating MSG since I was a kid and I am still smarter than an a average bear.
Allen Ang yes me too... we cook everything wd MSG
Allen Ang
“than an a average bear.”
@@cocoapuff_x Typo. I am using my toes.
@@allenang9541 Am I too stupider than an average bear if I don't know what the original word is supposed to be?
Everyone knows the superior bear is a black bear. Was it a black bear?
"Everybody hears the accusations and nobody tunes in when they hear the verdict of not guilty".
My dad thinks MSG and seasonings causes cancer amd headaches yet he still buys Chinese takeaways as if he didn't eat it.
are we not sure that the symptoms of chinese restaurant syndrome aren't just symptoms of overeating?
Darian Stassen or just dehydration from all the salty yummy food
Actually, the food situation is due to sugars called “Leptins”
I thought leptins were hormones
Okay, so first off, that's the "sell by" date. meaning, stores have to sell that food by a certain date otherwise it has to be thrown out.As long as you have the food properly refrigerated, you can still cook it past its "sell by" date. Can't remember exactly, but food is cheaper to buy when it's near that date.
Second of all, if they had sold bad spoiled food, they'd not make you feel hungry, but physically sick.
😂
MSG is dangerous here in the west we prefer fat and sugar. The real good shit
Awesome. Don't forget to add excess amount of salt.
Ik that was supposed to be a joke but is worth pointing out that fat can actually be really good for you depending on the kind.
ignorant is bliss. You actually consumed much more MSG than the asian because we use it by ourselves, not eating processed food that contained MSG. And btw sugar is one of the top causes for health issue in the world.
MSG is salt
Ng B48 You seems to be immune to jokes 😄
5:00 - inject water DIRECTLY in your blood vessels and it is deadly too.
So yeah. That's actually a dumb way to test MSG.
Inject air and watch someone suffer a heart attack or stroke
Same for oxygen lmao. But ppl already looking for an answer they expected latched onto this thing. Kind of inverse to the whole cigarette thing where it supposedly was approved for consumption that did not include burning or something to that effect 🤔 perfectly safe
"If it taste good, its good for you"
-Uncle Roger with his ripped abs
@9.N.M.T.9 well if it's good and the bat isn't wild i don't see why not
@@S_T_fania oh no
Ask Americans what is monosodium glutamate, 95% do not know. Now ask what is MSG, they freak out and 95% will tell you its used in Chinese food and is bad for you. That why it label monsodium glutamate on Doritos not MSG. So next time if someone told you no MSG make sure to double it up!
Yung Chan I've heard a lot of anti-MSG talk. I've never heard about it in context of Asian cooking.
They probably know what an acronym is. Not all Americans are idiot. Prejudism is not a scientific attitude.
Yung Chan what s random stat to say, 95% pulled out of thin air lol
Honestly, as a kid I thought that mainly Chinese food contained msg. Now I know better but looking back it really felt like a hit against Asian foods. Right along with the b.s. about restaurants serving cats and dogs.
190% of people
I would agree once upon a time it was fueled by racism, but in this day and age i would say 99.9% of peoples fear of MSG is just pure lack of knowledge of the seasoning.
Noob Sandwich Exactly on point.
I'm suprised they didn't blame Trump.
@@RevanBC truth
What about eating pork from a Muslim perspective? Almost everyone in the world ate pork but in their context you go to hell
@@ilsunnylo3562as i understand it muslims and jews traditionally avoided pork products because before the age of refridgeration pork would spoil much faster than other meats, so they believed it was dirty/cursed food. Not sure i understand your point here...
it’s really sad how racism against the asian community is so normalized. like for years racist remarks about msg have been used against them yet there was no big controversy about how we can stop it🥺
Yes, especially during the pandemic. Many people are targeting Asian blaming them for the virus.
it's because most racist attacks on asian people are done by another group of people of which their violence is ignored by the media
That scientist injected like 60 percent of that rats body weight with msg 😂
Deez Nutz exactly lmao, sometimes I question the legitimacy of scientists
@@vvmn9442 Legitimacy of bad scientists that is
I question the intelligence of humans just saying things and believing it
@Don Mega well new sience papers needs to be checked vy sevarol sientists to be belivable but older sience is just dumb to not belive in
Terrible to do to one of God's creatures, no matter how small or of disrepute to us.
I was eating MSG since I was like 6 and I haven’t died yet.
WARNING: don’t go to these replies
Give it about 80 years
David Davis will kill my self before that.
TeeCan hahahaha
Even though I sort of agree, but the way you convey it sounded like someone who say I smoke, I haven't die yet. Of course your not gonna died yet, it takes years and not only that there alot of factors.
Even though I love msg, I don't eat it anymore cause it make me feel bloated.
That is likely from water retention caused by the SALT.
If they say msg can cause brain damage how are asian so good in math.
X'D
Top 10 questions science still can't answer.
@@Liansuo_Lv Wut...?
Hahaha
Hahahabahaha
Uncle roger wants to know your location for disrespecting MSG
MSG, SALT, SUGAR, Etc. Everything are okay.
Just dont over used it. Keep the right dose of it.
Overdose will cause something to your body in old ages.
Salt & Sugar are literally more dangerous than MSG and something we more likely to over consume. American are definitely eating more sugar than they should.
Corn syrup im pretty Americans consume that more than Sugar
@@buckduck3624 Corn syrup is basically sugar
@@ethanliao6269 but cheaper so it is used way more than sugar
@@ethanliao6269 isn't corn syrup actually worse than sugar I'm not sure though
Rebrand it as "Molecular Gastronomy" and triple the price: problem solved
Go with "Molecular Scientific Gastronomy" and you can even keep the MSG lol.
its more of chemical cuisine because you don't really play anything at molecular level, molecular gastronomy is called such because you tinker around the physical properties of your food, not the chemistry compound of it
@@archingelus it (molecular gastronomy) think about the chemistry too... For example, changing lactose in milk that have bland taste so it will have another flavour.. And so we change it to lactic acid but with fair amount so the milk taste is still in there.. How to do it, by fermenting the milk with certain bacteria...
Another example, how to raising the umami/savory of tomatoes, but we want to make it easier to blend with other food and have longer life span (don't spoil fast)... You can dry it with freeze dryer (it a machine that used in food lab) and grind it to powder... So the water is reduced and the glutamic acid is concentrated..
Another one, how meat and fish is so tasty, even without MSG.. Because they have their own protein molecule that is inosinat (I don't know the english for inosinat, maybe inosinate🤔) that have similiar taste with glutamate...
And many chemistry in molecular gastronomy..
It based on what I saw from my mother's researches and books since kid until now.. If you study in food processing departement, you will learn about those food chemistry too...
@Toro sharp edge yup... Our body producing glutamate too as non essential amino acid like other animal...
Anything excessive is devinitely not good... Even water...
If our cell absorb water excessively, our cell might be explode because of hipotonic condition...
Toro sharp edge but we don't taste the glutamate our body makes.
“ you’re in America now so you gotta do things differently” except most fast food restaurants use MSG and don’t tell you
And most of the time it's not even a measured amount, they just 'throw' MSG in so you get hooked on the food.
Your tongue can't pick up MSG as clearly as actual Salt, so as a result you end up over consuming this version of 'salt' without realizing it.
Most fast food is trash. Most Chinese restaurants are also trash, I'd rather pay 3 bucks more for homemade mushroom puree sauce or fermented soy beans cooked into my meal. Keep it traditional-traditional, not grandparents-jello-meat-vegtable-and-fruit-casserole-traditional.
@@dravenromero1386 If you live in America sure.
@@dravenromero1386 "Appeal to tradition" is a fallacy. You're an idiot.
Not to mention the fact that America is literally a melting pot of different races, cultures and religions. If everyone was made to do everything one certain way, we wouldn’t morally be America anymore and literally every single person would have to change a large portion of their life. People who say that make absolutely no sense at all.
I just recently started looking into this and this was the best video to put it in context and cover all bases I’ve seen yet. Thank you so much for being so responsible and informative!
This title should be: Why do white people freak out over MSG
It should be more like "Why do white people freak out over Asian cuisine?"
Because the ones that do freak out are ignorant and believe only what they want to believe.
Bob A not really lol. If you consume excessive amounts, then yes - there will be those consequences, same with iodised table salt. You also need to factor in your hydration levels too. You can’t go around making bold statements like that without a well-rounded observation. So long story short: check yaself
No it should be: Another reason why Americans are blatantly racists
Kelen Du Couteau hell yeah. The country of peak white supremacy. Don’t get me started on Mount Rushmore and the “fore farthers” makes me want to puke
Very interesting. In the US, I grew up being told that MSG is bad. But i never knew why. This changed my perspective.
If you cook your own food, you dont have to add much. Just a pinch of the stuff is enough to give your food a pretty good edge. You wouldnt put spoons of salt into your food, same applies to msg
Really - He's not a doctor just some guy with a video camera and you are going to change your whole way of thinking from one person's opinion on the internet...? You're a moron mate.
Nicolas Cacace That’s exactly what many Americans are doing. The hate for msg started when some random guy wrote about it along with false research. Heck if doctors tell you that drinking bleach can cure cancer I bet you’d do it.
I literally never heard of the s*** until I saw a Chinese restaurants say no msg's.
Ronny Ip exactly
If cheese was an ingredient that is treated with the same digust as msg.
"the mold on cheese is high in bacterial levels, which causes sickness"
its gonna be a sad day
i got diarrhea when taking cheese.
and there we go, scientist american conclude that is fake cheese
ps: i am lactose intolerance
Cheese is coagulated cow puss
Nyle piss isn’t milk
@@Generic_Noob shush let tbe boy belive it for a few more years
Cheese had msg in it
I've met so many people who swear MSG messes them up.. love telling them about this truth and showing them videos like this! thank you!!
If I eat large amounts of it, its involved in making me feel ill, along with the low quality food that depends on msg to have a flavor...
There was one terrible Chinese restaurant in Boulder Colorado that used a lot of it.. Eating there gave me terrible headaches... Eating at every other Chinese restaurant in the state has never made me III...
If I eat half a bag of doritos, I get the same headache, not surprising because Doritos are also cheap low quality food depending upon heavy seasoning to cover up low quality food.
@@carrieullrich5059 and the debate continues..
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! 😛❤🔥💋
Wow. Tons of virtue signaling and patting yourself on your back.
@@SkankHunt42isback lol! everything she said went over your head, didn't it?
@@rap3208 simp
@@SkankHunt42isback C'mon, youtube shouldn't allow toddlers to comment, they can't even make simple sentences. I don't talk to toddlers. bye.
"Everybody hears the accusation and no one tunes in when they hear the verdict of not guilty" this is way too real and applies to so many things not just msg
We used to only sprinkle MSG in food. After seeing this video, I added more MSG in my cooking. And OH MY GOD, my family loves my cooking more.
Be careful with that, it's still a sodium salt. Too much sodium can be really harmful. I personally recommend halving the salt content of the food you cook and replacing the missing salt with MSG. The sodium ion of MSG will add some saltiness back, while the glutamate ion should cover the remaining lack of saltiness.
In both common salt and MSG, it's the sodium part we need to be careful with.
Good, hope you have very good cancer coverage in your healthcare.
@@wobblybobbly9456
That's very nice of you. I too believe that everyone ought to have not only cancer but full coverage in their healthcare plans.
What's this got to do with MSG, though?
@@alekz112 Cancer is a human health problem as a result of direct misuse of your body or indirect misuse through external sources. Basically too much of anything given to your body can freak out your cells and cause it to mutate, since that's basically what cancer really is. The alternative form of cancer is when someone pours toxic waste into your river for your city to drink.
@@dra6o0n
Since this holds true for pretty much every substance that goes into our body, I shall re-iterate: what's this got to do with MSG, though?
2.5k dislikes are from Angry Facebook Moms who's "sources" says otherwise.
Lol
They REALLY want you to drink this smoothie made with activated charcoal, grapefruit juice, and essential oils! (NOTE: Do not do this.)
In the Philippines, this is called 'vetsin'. It's not bad when added to food, it's bad when you use it on liquor to spike it.
Holy shit i found a fellow cultured Filipino.
My lola when we cook: "Awan sa pay bitsin na ta lutlutuem"
(wala pa atang betsin yang niluluto mo) 😂😂 bruh they knowww😭😂
Pero actually, ang term na vetsin ay brand name talaga. Kakumpetensya ni ajinomoto. Parang pabili ng colgate yung closeup, ganun. But yeah, hell we care basta masarap hahaha
we sometimes call it vetsin too in Indonesia, but now it's more well known as micin 🤣
I've worked in food related jobs all my life. 90% of the time contamination doesn't come from the ingredients, it comes from the operator not washing their hands.
i mean there can be other factors besides that but yeah.
Bingo!!!
Lmao bruh I was talking to this dude at my job while we were on our lunch break I bought a bag of Doritos cool ranch and I saw this video the night before so I asked him if he liked msg and he said no it’s bad for your health and causes life threatening symptoms as starts quoting these “experiments” then I asked him if he wants some chip and he said yea, so I gave him a handful of chips and waited for him to finish it, right after he did I asked him if he’d ever eat msg and he said “there’s a reason why I hate Chinese” I laughed and said read the ingredients and handed him the bag. He didn’t know what msg stood for so he read it and asked what was wrong and I showed him what msg stood for and he looked at me and just turned around and left
Ye et LOOOOOOOOOOL
Lol and that guy is racist
Ye et r/thathappened
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Love it i was thinking about doing the same
“If food good no need science”
-Uncle Roger
Funny that I come across this video after 2 years it uploaded and I have two cents on this topic that I want to share.
'Disclaimer' I am a Hong Konger born Chinese and lucky to have little enough knowledge on food, some call us as foodie
First, MSG is not evil substance, it brings out and enhance the flavor in your dish. As this video said, some people do react like allergy towards MSG, but mostly all can't even tell there is MSG in their food. If you have a sensitive taste buds like me, you can tell whether MSG has been used or not. The worst case you likely have is a chef overused MSG in your food, as a result you feel thirsty almost right away; all you need is drink some water but sugary beverage works the best in this case.
Second, I am glad this video bring out umami, this is the key whether your food will taste good or not which relate to how much ingredients you use to cook your food. Everyone know sole steam or boil food has no flavor in them, in order to make it delicious, you must add variety ingredients in it. Now here comes the umami, it can be broth/stock, aged meat marinated with seasoning and such. This is the BASIC TASTE of your food, then follow by adding sugar, salt, soya, spice.
Third, then why use MSG? The question is whether the chef want to spend hours to make their umami or not, note that time is an luxury that restaurant never have enough of it. The more time they spend on preparing, the more cost their food will be, that explain why you never find MSG is being used in Michelin star restaurant. That is because they spend lots of time to perfect their umami. Have you wonder why food in most Chinese restaurant can be cook so fast, and here is the answer. That being said, if the waiter/waitress tell you the dish will take time to make, that means that food you order is likely MSG free.
Btw, you can always ask them not to use MSG in your Chinese takeout, just don't expect the taste will be the same though.
In conclusion, using MSG is never controversial but likely discrimination towards Chinese food ,or worst, or Chinese people. If you are paying the usual cost for your food in Chinese restaurant, don't expect MSG will not be used. On the other hand, if you happen to find out their food is MSG free, tell them how much you appreciate on their effort to make their food taste good. One last thing though, always call out those restaurant which pretend to be MSG free when they are not.
(If you wonder how does overused MSG will feel like, put 1/4 tablespoon on your tongue. Once you start to feel your tongue numb and thirsty, that's the sensation you are looking for)
I ate a raw scoop of MSG now, I’m hooked. I can’t stop.
*(next on Freaky Eaters)*
SNORT IT!
InfusedSediment Nah fam, if I see msg, it’s in the cart.
I rather eat real cooked food with msg than a whole bag of potato chip with msg on it... MSG is everywhere from potato chips to food mixes... that's why I don't understand, Why westerners are freaking out on MSG on chinese food when they ingesting msg all the time...
yup, even in natural produces, MSG is present, like in tomatoes...
Not westerners, only USA.
David Othing even some canadians I know doesn't like Msg on Chinese buffet..
@@parsabbaluca21 That and the "Gluten Free" craze, that's also mostly on north America, it's just a common allergen, not everyone is allergic. Though europeans are less allergic to it in general.
Do you have high blood pressure or heart disease?
Best video recommendation in long time. I sub right away!
I remember I had my favorite chinese restaurant in college I went there all the time to the point they knew me by name and knew my schedule for when I’d come in.
One time my friend said they sketched him out cuz they were too good of a deal, it’s probably dog meat loaded with MSG.
I was kind of personally offended, it did feel racist.
I worked for more than 10 Chinese restaurants in the past 10 years in the US, every one of them claims their food is MSG free but ALL of them were using it. the weird part is during this 10 years I had never encounter anyone that had so call "Chinese restaurant syndrome", even for some people that says they are allergic to MSG but eating in the restaurants more than 3 times a week.
that is because there are a lot of other sideefffects than high blood pressure................ depression, diabetes and anger problems is what it really causes.............. how many people do you know that are depressed? huh? try avoiding flavor enhancer for 1 month, you will see what i mean.
because MSG is't actually the cause
+Good News Everyday Most likely they are not, but the sauce that came with the steamed vegetable foods is filled with it. and just know those kitchens are not some kind of "MSG-free" zone as some of you purist would like it to be.
Neal Golden
same here, worked in Asian restaurants for more 2 decades, in ALL of them, MSG is used in almost all dishes, but the desserts and beverages.
americans be to be victims
u are most likely getting a head ache after soup because of you just drinking 1000mg of sodium. Not the MSG
@Vic 77Parmesan cheese, Roquefort cheese, dried shiitake mushrooms, oyster sauce, miso, green tea, anchovies, ham, Emmental cheese are all rich sources of MSG. To say that "salt is not bad for you" is only a half-truth. Whilst it is true that if you do not have enough salt in your diet that will cause you problems to much salt is bad for your heart and circulatory system. There are ZERO articles published that support the notion that MSG is detrimental to human health and many that say it is not.
@@corydorastube Too much salt make the food uneatable but too much MSG won't do the same. So if you drink a whole bucket of soup with MSG, you'll probably get a headache. MSG is C₅H₈NO₄Na and there is SODIUM too in it. I grew up in China and use MSG everyday till now, but too much is bad
@@cochan7347 i mean too much of anything is bad.
@@cochan7347 too much of water is bad.
too much of everythig is bad lol
天音かなたん大好きロシア在住の中国ヲタまさあきcochan nobody put MSG like salt, always a little bit.
Tbh almost everything I eat when I was a kid my mom put msg and one day I saw people friking out about msg in food so that's why I'm here
Hey man not trying to be annoying. I’m 27 years old and just recently my friend 28 died of colon cancer directly related to msg consumption 100% same thing as you his mum used msg everyday 3 meals a day he moved out around 23 and he really started depending on the msg. We grew up together and I always thought it was strange because in my culture we don’t even know what MSG was. Like I said not trying to be annoying and give you some sob story just keep it in mind you’ll figure out what’s up. Clearly genetics and a million and one variables come into play but I believe it was a trigger.
@@GatherYeRosebudsWhileYeMay Well to be fair, if you eat too much of anything. It is dangerous
Msg is my flavor savior, making tofu soup with that is real good
@@GatherYeRosebudsWhileYeMay did the doctor say it was directly related to MSG or you're just making it up?
I lived in VN, and sometime I had back numbness when the restaurant over used MSG; it’s common to have that syndrome when eat at places use tons of MSG. All my friends and family have it, we called it MSG overdosed.
Do you eat chips? It is full of msg. Do you eat at KFC, McDonald's, Chick-fill-A, Popeye, etc. They use MSG. Sausages, pizza, sausage, cheese, canned and packet soups, seasonings, powdered gravy granules, stock and bouillon cubes, cold meat cuts, table sauces like soy sauce, salty snacks, prepackaged sandwiches, and instant noodles all contain MSG. Your sysmptom is probably from a different reason like obesity, poor conditioning, etc.
MSG V: THE UMAMI PAIN.
nice title!
FBI • can you get me a job at FBI
West doesn’t like MSG because they like a food loaded with trans fat and sugar 😂
true lmao
Those same foods have msg in it but instead of listing it as MSG in the ingredients they list it as numbers like 621 or any numbers between 622-626 or as "Glutamic acid" and even cheese has it naturally occuring.
Ben Lin stereotypes
did you just assume my fats gender bro?
and it has to be GMO high fructose corn syrup, we too hardcore for the real cane sugar crap
When I was a kid I got crippling migraines every time I consumed MSG.
Now that I'm an adult that no longer happens.
You must be racist according to this video. Can't believe they turn this into a race issue! Unbelievable!!
@@barrytv8550 I know, right? Is everything about race with young people? Weird how all these racists stopped going to Chinese restaurants over MSG, but then started eating at other Chinese restaurants that advertised "no MSG". I think the Mexicans are racist for not putting our corn syrup in their Coke! And you are racist for not wanting your water bottle made using bisphenal acetate.
I had a roommate who's mother was visiting once. When he suggested going to a Chinese restaurant, she was disgusted and literally asked if they cook with bugs.
When my brother was in high school he invited his friends to dinner in Chinatown and one of his friends brought a bag of McDonald's because he didn't want to eat the food.
One time I was visiting a friend in Texas. He had work, so for lunch I went across the street to a Chinese spot and got an order of pepper chicken. When my friend came back I told him what I had for lunch and he was disgusted. It was literally just chicken, green peppers and rice.
Well, I do believe that ignorance is a choice in this age of information.
@@AB-wf8ek You can also say that. However, some people would whine whenever racism gets brought up when in fact it's really present in this kind of situation? haha
My favorite MSG was Snake Eater
That was MGS dude.
@@delich He tried lol
Top 10 epic fails
hah
Pun failure
They should just call it Unami Seasoning and watch the stigma disappear
Dont you mean umami? O.o
@@GORILLAZU uP
Just
Or people could just stop rejecting basic science.
@@ryancruz1876 what science do you mean?
GREAT VIDEO! I didn't even know that there was a stigma around MSG, Im south African and I've noticed that a lot of youtube chefs from America use MSG and i was just very curious as to what it is
No one ever admit in hospital caused by MSG ...my mother got hypertension n diabetes ..due to excessive salt n sugar intake ..
yet no one bats an eye towards cigarettes and/or alcohol
Because Alcohol is awesome?
Nobody bats an eye against cigarettes or alcohol? Really? Where do you live?
Ohh that’s so true ;;
@@rojirrim7298 not really compared to drugs.
What are you talking about? People are never done going on about cigarettes and alcohol.
Malaysian 🇲🇾 also LOVE MSG & we have a lots type of MSG here ☝ ❤❤❤❤❤🙆🙆🙆
Alot of chinese food here too
Ajinomoto FTW!
My mader don't use msg in the foods they cook for me
I love MSG!!!!
Hell yea it doesn't have to be in ajinamoto form, msg used in malaysian household vary in all sorts of form, from cube perencah all the way to our jajans
This is like another way saying, dont promote "asian" products or food.
Hey bro 😂😂😂
i know so many people who swear up and down that they're allergic to msg or that it gives them headaches but then i see them eating doritos... if they have a mild headache later, they blame it on the doritos and i'm like "dude, you're probably just dehydrated. put down the damn soda and drink a glass of water for a change."
Is it only me but does Dr. Ken look like an older version of Elon Musk?
(Edit) Woah thanks for the 150 likes!!!!!
I see it
At first I was like wtf is he talking about. But then I went back and I kind of see it.
He's actually Elon Musks older brother
He calls himself eron musk
They had us in the first half not going to lie.
the food scientist guy looks like an asian elon musk
Ewong Musuka
C Bailey HAHAH
You can literally see Elon musk’s name everywhere nowadays
Legit exactly what i was thinking haha
I used to work in a Chinese restaurant and I used to secretary eat msg with a spoon
Thank you! Great video.
I will never get over losing Anthony Bourdain
They used to play his show at the airport when I worked there. His show made my job bearable.
You didnt lose him....He killed himself....condolences to the little child he left behind to grow up with a father.
He was a celebrity. Not your loved one. Weird.
It was indeed a sad day. I too feel sorry for the child he left behind. We can only wonder what caused him to make such a decision.
Jadae16t weird that you lack the empathy to care about others who arent just loved ones dying
Why did he drop so much msg on the table tho.
To show for the doc.
setting it aside for a snort
Cause he can
Accident
Sean Chris how u know
I love this stuff... and I'm very aware my increased likelihood of a migraine after is due to overeating and thereby becoming ... dehydrated... same reason we feel like we are dying after too much alcohol.
It's great explanations I ever watch.. thnks for educate us 🙏🏻
I’ve been injecting MSG for years and so far no ill side effects.
No one Special But you lost your faces tho 😢
Blurting Stuffs That was a positive side effect, I promise you.
Have you tried injecting it like a heroine addict?
Rogue Neet Is there any other way?
@@noonespecial1904 no
The headaches usually come from all the sodium in Chinese food. Americans don't drink a lot of water either so that plus salt equals headache.
No there really are people with a sensitivity to it
"americans don't drink a lot of water" Hah....oh you're serious.
Your body makes it. You don't need extra. you don't need an excess of it. You don't need an excess of salt. you don't need ANY oil. It's found in meat so why do you insist that you need to further season the meat with something that you will already are getting from it. MSG isn't good for you! it is simply not THAT bad for you, but anything in high doses becomes bad for you. Chinese restaurants are putting high amounts of MSG in their food. They're putting high amounts of salt in their food. and on top of that, they're cooking it in huge amounts of oil! and if they aren't putting MSG and salt in they're food, they're putting fish sauce in their food. FISH SAUCE CONTAINS MSG AND SALT. If you take any chinese restaurant, you will find that all of their food contains around 50% sodium or more! that's why people who say that they're "sensitive" to MSG say it makes them feel bad. It's because it SHOULD make them feel bad. If it doesn't make you feel bad then your'e simply used to it or lying. If you don't believe me, then try avoiding MSG for a year and try eating it again. But that's another thing about MSG and salt and sugar. THEY'RE ADDICTIVE. You don't want to quit. Just like cigarettes. Stop being in denial and admit that it's bad for you.
The glutamate in MSG is bound in proteins, and is not released from meat unless through prolonged cooking, fermenting, or staying in your gut. Your body doesn't need slow-cooked meat. Your body doesn't need miso. But it tastes good, so we eat it. And anytime we talk about a food is bad for you, we should be talking about the largest amount that is safe to eat. In that sense, MSG is as bad for you as salt, in that we shouldn't be having more than a couple grams a day, which is a ridiculously large amount for MSG.
@ren butt wow, reading your comment ready make me out of word. If you have so much hatred in MSG (Or should I said Chinese food, or any kind of Asian food in general since you are so insist in LARGE amount of MSG/Salt/Fish Sauce/Sugar we put in our food), I only have 1 advice for you, either go vegan or just don't eat anything. Your argument pretty much tackles any precooked/restaurant/canned/snack food and soft drink/juice/or any kind of processed drinks out there in the world. If that so, just blaming the food industry, not just MSG.
Since you say that your body makes it and don't need any extra. Yeah so then you can just water, fruit, and vegies with no cesar, no salt, no sugar is good for you.
Enjoy your meal then, Bon Appetite.
Like the vid said, putting MSG or any kind of flavor adding at a moderated amount is no harmful for you. Everything consumed at a large amount is other hand, even fruits and water.
I used to work at a Chinese restaurant. The same people that ask if we use MSG are often the same people that order soda on the side.
Anything that is too much is bad, moderation is a must.
I’ve eaten MSG everyday since Filipino food cooked in my home is usually used. I don’t like using it all the time, but I haven’t had any negative effects. Just don’t use a lot of it (in a dish) from what I’ve been told, since it isn’t good for you.
Everything taken in excess certainly has a fatal consequence. There was an instance that our neighbor used it in putting down a rabid dog by feeding an excessive amount of MSG which instantly killed it. Once, another neighbor used a pocket-size vinegar and forcibly took it into the goat's mouth to swallow the liquid before it was slaughtered.
There is also the metabolism speed of dogs and other animals to take consideration with these super high dosages. Dont put misleading information.
The worst I get from MSG is a lingering, unpleasant after taste but only if too much is used. If it's used in moderation in dishes, it really does enhance the flavour.
Yeah i mean too much of anything is bad so of course those people that eat a ton of it all the time or in one sitting they get sick. Its just ridiculous that people build up things they dont really know about
Lol now that's funny
Now I'm like: "Where do I buy MSG? " 😅
Trygve Evensen just at your local grocery store
Dollar tree has it
Trygve Evensen At an Asian market.
Just about any grocery store will have it. It's not all that exotic.
Accent at Ralphs
Recently started using MSG in my Chines friend rice), Indian chicken and mutton curries and asian soups , the taste is elevated and it is very safe. Thanks to this video for going deep and clearing the rumour/stigma/racism.
MSG is one of the safest ingredients you can possibly use, Glutamic acid is at the intersection of several metabolic pathways, which means it can be converted into a carbohydrate or more complex amino acids, enzymes and so on. Plants can readily absorb through their roots and use it as a building block of other amino acids, energy or signaling.
I thought the title was, why do people freak out about Metal Gear Solid in their food...
a Hind D?
papercutz6 😂😂😂
I dont want any snake on my food 😂
Psychco Mantis?
papercutz6 They're freaking out about how culinary has changed, something about a seasoning to surpass all spices
The reason people feel like crap after eating boxed Chinese food is because they're literally eating copious amounts of carbs, oils, and salts at one time. That being said, when I was little my mother purposely avoided food with MSG in it. I was not allowed to eat cheese puffs or Campbell's soup for this reason. Funnily enough, we ate a frick ton of Chinese food. And I do believe there are people who have a sensitivity to MSG just like some people can't eat a lot of salt or else they get headaches. My mother can't eat annatto which is a natural food coloring found in basically any orange food because it acts as a diorectic and dehydrates her so she gets serious migraines. What I'm basically trying to say is, just because a large group of people isn't affected by something doesn't mean some people aren't. I've also never heard Chinese food syndrome before today. So I wouldn't just assume anyone who is trying to avoid MSG is racist. I only say this because some people get bitter and will purposely feed someone who says they're allergic to certain things that food out of spite. Please don't do this. That it is all.
Kurimson Kitsune agreed! MSG isn't bad at all, i'm asian and common spices and sauces used in dishes contains MSG and I don't nor any of my family member gets head exploding symptoms, though It's like you said, as there are a group of people with no side effects there are also those that DO have side effects
If, I consume a lot, and i mean a lot of MSG (not intentionally or anything but through others who cook using MSG, and alot of MSG) my whole arm feels like it's getting stabbed by needles all over, that acts like a numbing sensation but isn't at all. It hurts and that's why I avoid using MSG as much as possible!
Though never knew a thing about this stigma at all honestly lol first time hearing this and yay, take things in moderation folks!
Stfu o eat Filipino food every day there are soups that are just oils just pure oil like for real fat and all that stuff is not bad chill
yep. I'm Chinese, but a lot of popular Chinese dishes aren't the healthiest things to eat, especially if you're ordering out. It's too salty and oily to eat too regularly.
Even more likely, they eat some stuff like shrimp, having an allergic reaction, and because they dont eat it otherwise, they say its because of the chinese restaurant.
My point is, someone saying they feel bad after eating at a boxed Chinese restaurant is kinda like someone saying they feel bad after eating at Kentucky fried chicken. Like yeah boo, eating a bunch of fried foods will do that too you.
I once worked in a takeout American Chinese Restaurant for a year. They have "No MSG" sign on the door but actually put a bucket of msg in preparation for meat. And yet no one ever came to complain about they tasted out MSG from the dishes and got a headache. I'm pretty sure all the Chinese restaurants do this. You won't see them putting it in when cooking because they've put in before cooking. The only reasons that they still use it while hiding it: 1 They know it's harmless* 2 They know most Americans are afraid of it for no reason, some would even report it and cause lots of trouble. 3 Without MSG, it will not be called a Chinese cuisine. There's just no side effects unless you are allergic to it just like gluten.
MSG stands for Make Stuff Good
Society: OMG MSG!
society: mannn smoking is gooddd
Or all the idiots advocating Veganism or smoking cannabis which is many
times more dangerous to your health than some some food additive. Hell Salt is probably more dangerous than MSG.
@@iceomistar4302 How is veganism dangerous?
@@hoominbeeing Same thing I'm wondering. Alot of people are mamaluke motherfuckers even after Harvard, Oxford, major league athletes, doctors, scientists ect. Have proven veganism to be totally safe and also effective in treating many disorders and diseases.
It's not racism. It's psychosomatic perhaps but saying it is racist is bs. If people were racist, they wouldn't have gone to the Chinese restaurant in the first place.
My mom always said msg made her sick and she's absolutely not racist.
Veganism can be unsafe if you don't take a basic multivitamin (+ mineral) supplement, since especially vitamin B12 is difficult to get from purely plant-based foods. For females, getting enough iron might be difficult as well, since plant-based iron (non-heme iron) is less bioavailable than animal (heme-bound) iron.
Salt Bae?
Nah *MSG BAE*
PotatoTomato T-T 👆🏼😏👉🏼
In my home country, lots of food packages really annoys me with their “No MSG” label, I can’t believe people still think that it’s bad for you
Americans eats MSG: OMG! i am having a headache.
Also Americans snorts cocaine:Oh yeah!this feels so good my head literally feels like floating
Forget cocaine, I've had multiple coworkers have pissing contests over how many energy drinks they'd have each day. Still more socially acceptable than enjoying a flavoring millions of perfectly healthy people eat every day :V
SMG will cause brain damage? Wondering why Chinese still good at math... LOL
sub-machine gun?
Yes only if you spray it on your head
Sub machine gun?
You are proof that it does.
Tim Mac ever since I play bf games.
smoking it dangerous, better ban that shit.
JL MetaMix my city has!
JL MetaMix exactly, people freak out about MSG whilst they smoke cigarettes and drink tons of alcohol, I don't mind people smoking or drinking but it's hypocritical
They shouldn't really ban anything, let people choose
Cigarettes will never get banned. The governments make too much money off of it.
People probably getting headaches because they're eating too much really salty food in general and not hydrating enough. The chinese home cooked food with msg added in would be healthier than eating a load of Pringles & KFC. Ive seen MSG in my local Chinese supermarket. Im going to buy a bag next time i go and test it out in my cooking. Watch me get addicted to it now 😂
My grandmother always incorporates Ajinomoto (a brand of MSG) into her food. I'm perfectly fine. It brings out the *UMAMI* in the food. She also adds soy sauce.
It's racism. People don't complain about MSG in chips, canned soup, or KFC.
Who exactly does that?
That's weird, because MSG doesn't do anything to me.
Not that much.
I eat Doritos and Campbell soup almost daily. And I never got any headache or sickness.
Eat somethings too much is never do any good, just the same as you eat so many salt or sugar, it makes your body sick... People's are become like this because they already eat too much spices and becomes idiot t(-_-)t
6:04 COOLEST DOCTOR EVER
when doctors are not busy and intensified by work, they can be pretty cool too
@@baqikenny
I worked with doctors once, long ago.
Some of them were *very* cool, and neat, down-to-earth people. Real servant's heart people.
Some of them were disgusting, and eaten up with vices.
Most of them were incredibly arrogant.
But not all, thankfully.
Some people are just obsessed with removing everything from their food: MSG, Gluten, etc which are so ridiculous for me lol. If you do not want other people to put things you would not like to eat, just produce and cook your own food 🤷♂️
Wrong, MSG is an additive(artificial flavouring) that should be declared but restaurants do not(also quantity not known), you just cannot compare it to gluten which is a natural compound and NOT an additive... As a kid I was not health conscious at all,but I remember that chinese chicken soup that gave me an itching inside my brain which was creepy as hell and I found out it was the MSG and from then I boycott any restaurabt that may use it...
MSG! Root cause to why I came across to this video: Uncle Roger!
My class were discussing about MSG and they all said it'll cause nervous disorder, muscle cramps blablabla😒 and I just sat there silently because they won't believe that MSG is safe to eat. 😪
Um you should've spoken up and tried at least to ingorm them the truth
@@sugarkats21 nooo they'll laugh at me 😟
Bring doritos and pringles and share them in class. Then you say, have fun with nervous disorder and muscle cramps. peace out.
You should have asked them if they like doritos, popcorn or pizza, then dropped the MSG bomb on them.
yie xiang tan just say evidence ?
But that Chinese food they ordered isn't even Chinese!! Honey garlic chicken?? Cmon
Jordan Baldi it's the same Chinese food that old white ladies will order and say, no MSG
Not traditional. But modern.
Can you give us the sources of journal for this video please?
I think there is one thing we overlook - the amount of msg in the dish
So basically, in my house, our house has three bots for spices. It's sugar, salt, and msg, and I think we're fine. My brain damage is just my dumbass being born.
Lol those arent even spices. You cant cook for shit.
j blah no one cares if it's a spice or not, and it doesn't make him a bad cook, i dont know the name of 80% of spices in my house, but i cook some pretty good burgers
Sugar, salt and msg are seasonings. they aint spices.
My whole family consume msg since they're kids including me ...My grandpa is 86 and still looking fine and normal and healthy and so i my grandma who is 78 year old.Its not like people consume a faking cup of it or drink with water .
I only found out about the MSG thing in my 20s and like... we live around the corner from a pretty good Chinese place and ate there often (multiple times a month) when I was a kid and shocker, I never got sick from their food.
Here in the UK, many Chinese takeaways will warn customers that they don't use MSG with big signs.
If they don't use MSG, then you know to avoid that place, and try another.