Food that Scared MILLIONS
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- Опубліковано 29 лип 2024
- Millions of people around the world fear MSG or Ajinomoto. Is there a real reason behind it or is it just a misunderstanding? Let’s talk about that…
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Sources:
[1]: This American Life, Long fuse: www.thisamericanlife.org/668/...
[2]: The strange case of Dr. Ho man Kwok news.colgate.edu/magazine/201...
[3]: Race differences in behavior: A review and evolutionary analysis www.sciencedirect.com/science...
[4]: A critique of Rushton www.sciencedirect.com/science...
[5] Monosodium L-glutamate: its pharmacology and role in the Chinese restaurant syndrome doi.org/10.1126/science.163.3...
[6]: Hamsters Treated with Monosodium Glutamate academic.oup.com/biolreprod/a...
[7]: Review of Alleged Reaction to Monosodium Glutamate and Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Study academic.oup.com/jn/article/1...
[8]: Monosodium Glutamate and the Chinese Restaurant Syndrome www.nature.com/articles/227611a0
[9]:Reconsidering the effects of monosodium glutamate: a literature review doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-7599.2...
Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
02:15 - How India’s fav noodles got banned
03:15- The story of MSG
07:35- Why does MSG taste so good?
09:27- How it all began
10:50- The Mysterious Case of Dr. Robert Ho Man Kwok
16:15- Scientific Racism
20:10- Is MSG bad for you?
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Let's take a moment to appreciate the writer, the amount of research is amazing!!
@Aurora Salas *her
My 10 grade maths teacher was also a chemist and she worked in a research position or something I don’t remember, but she was one of the authorities because of whom Maggie was brought back into the market
Breaking bad vibes.
@@AndT101 💀💀💀
Nice. Which school bro?
@@AndT101 breaking bad fans when they see a chemistry teacher
A fukin thnx to her🎉
On the topic of taste evolution. MSG is not only found in common foods and mushrooms but people all over the world ate one combination of food throughout history: tomato+salt. Tomato is rich in glutamates and the moment salt is added, the higher affinity exists to form msg which gives that special taste in our currys, pizzas and many more foods!
But what is the upmost limit of MSG?
From what I remember Ajinomoto (MSG) was somewhat defamed and written against because of its use in Chinese food, and people in earlier days were really racist towards the Chinese (which still prevalent today, not only against Chinese but against all races)
"people", u mean "americans"?
@@suisui5930 yes you are correct partially because it also includes europeans and western allied nations as well
You're wrong
@@codedusting how? You care to explain?
It's more or less the same story with weed.
When I was in like 8th class I heard by one of my school teachers that ajinomoto is used in chilly potato and it's very addictive and that's why people keep eating it regularly.
Taste addiction could be true for some people, weather MSG or sugar or anything, consuming in moderation is an important concept
Salt is also addictive. Sugar is found to be more addictive than psychotropic drugs.
Kungfu panda dad moment
While its true msg as such is not more harmful than salt, it does appear to be addictive.. i eat a lot more when i add msg to my food 🙂
U deserve a lot of appreciation... We all in India have heard about Ajinomoto and how harmful it is😂. It is one of the thing we started trusting without researching and questioning... Ur videos are really dope 💕
I knew all about this because I was also reading about MSG a few months ago. I badly wanted to know if ajinomoto is bad or not. A quick google search told me that it's not even the name of the seasoning, it's the name of the company. That just perked up my ears because if they are wrong about the seasoning name then they are definitely wrong about the whole thing and I started reading and got to know all of this. Great video Pranav, even though I knew all of this, I still enjoyed the heck out of your video. Everything was on point, your narration, BGM, editing. Engaging AF.
I came to know about this from Ted Ed And Joshua Wiessman, I was so saddened that we were so into this lie...😮💨😮💨
As always some people would always believe on the rumours. You're right bro
They? Whos they?
I also used to blamed MSG for my illness after eating Chinese Food😂😂
Probably it was the bad oil
@@beactivebehappy9894 that's actually true lol. Bad oil must be why sometimes i have stomach ache after eating from a cheap Chinese food establishment
@@beactivebehappy9894 probably not even oil, could've just been an unhygienic cooking area.
Your video quality has improved so much. More importantly , you do it without the maniacal hand movements people on the internet use to grab attention.
That's what they need to do to keep the attention of their audience full of 12 yr olds with the attention span of a goldfish
@@scienceisdope you basically explained why Trump used them so much 😂
Now any one can write a whole review paper by watching this video and the references you've mentioned... Literally what a research!!! 🔥❤️ Worthy of many likes and shares... ❤️
I been with your channel when it had 1K subs. Love to see it growing. ❤ your videos helps us to think. ⚡
Thank you for the support!
I read a quote today 'anything beyond what we need is poison. It can be power, food, ego, ambition, anger'. It is same in case of MSG
Nice one
But do we need ego?
@Disappointed Idealist what do you mean?
@Disappointed Idealist we need ego to achieve our goals? How? Can you please elaborate
Great video as always! Love the selection of topics for your videos. For years I have been arguing with friends and family about these very issues. Now I can just share your videos 😉
We weren't allowed to eat noodles when we were children because of msg. We even had to study Chinese Restaurant Syndrome in med school. Later found out it was all hoax (I think it was on tedex video). This was an awesome video, now I can tell my friends and relatives that msg isn't bad. Great work there. Love your channel and videos. ❤️
Seriously! The quality of your content is so high, I cannot believe more people don't watch it! Well done, Pranav. A fan for life!
5:23 DNA is not made up proteins. It is a polymer of nucleotides, not a polymer of amino acids which make the proteins. Nucleotides and amino acids are two very different things. DNA does contain acid but that is phosphoric acid which makes its backbone, phosphoric acid links two adjacent nucleotides together and form the polynucleotide chain
Hey Pranav! I wanted to tell u that u might be from India, and have many videos centering on India related subjects and people (like Sadhguru or Zakir Naik) but it doesn't mean u cant captivate the audience from all world like right now. Love from Pak 🇵🇰
This was such great watch! it was informative and entertaining as well. I would surely love to watch more of these videos alongside the usual psuedo science busting videos. Keep up the outstanding work!!!
I appreciate your efforts for making this video.
All the aspects of your videos like the way you explain things, the amount of research that you do for every video and the editing style is just top notch. Useful info too.. Keep going man ❤️🔥
Amazing video!! I see the hardwork in editing!
very informative video brother...loved it
joined the science is dope community..
Press F for the rats who ate the human equivalent of half kg MSG.
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Editing , content and research is commendable Bro..
You have no idea how long have I been looking for a clear answer. Thank you for making this available for all of us
Wow! Loved this video.. there have been very few detailed videos in this detail debunking the myth about msg.. very informative and and interesting 👍🏽
Thank you! Please do share the video!
Great work. Enjoyed much. Keep growing man.
Amazing man!! Love your efforts
Now this is what you call a 'quality' content 🔥
I hope Uncle Roger watches this... He will be very proud of Nephew Pranav...🤪🤪
He might even give him a title of uncle. 😝
Really good efforts put here while making video. Much needed video to show that msg is not bad.
I learn so much from your videos, thank you so much.
OMG , this video covered all the questions which I might had. After listening to one line , I thought why is it so? and then in the next section, it is explained exactly why is it so! Loved the video ❤️💖
Great one. Thank you for this content!
Watching you since long and man I must admit you have given more reasons to subscribe your channel than all my other youtube viewing combined☺️ KUDOS!
Thank you!
My mom used to say"Ajinomoto khane se dimag kamzor ho jata hai"
T:Eating Msg can lead to brain cell loss
Lmao
ur content have always been awesome but now the editing too damn🛐
very informative video . do keep posting such videos in the near future .
MSG omg call Uncle Roger fuiyoh!!
Fuiyo!!!!
Fuiyo indeed
Haiyaaa
Fuiyo
What language is this?
Hit the like before you start watching!! That's a trust you've gained by all your past research-based videos. I waited for the weekend to watch this with undivided attention. :)
Kudos for taking so much effort in making this ✨
This video is very informative,, great work. We need to floow channels like this.
Woh! The production quality improved dramatically. Did you just sprinke some MSG :p ?
Epic comment!
Wow I love how you came about this topic that was while watching Uncle Roger videos even I had the same hunch and thought how is he promoting MSG and kept looking at various research papers since I watched his videos. Then UA-cam came about and recommended me your video.
India's own Johnny Harris!! I think this video has the potential to reach global audiences as well!!
This is really well-researched, well done mate!
keep it up man. Good topic!
Like bro the quality ✨☠️🤌🏻🤌🏻🤌🏻🤌🏻🤌🏻 of video,content,script and everything 🤌🏻🤌🏻
Great. Thank you.
Your research is amazing
I once was swept by food urban legends, and avoided many food. It's been 4 years i came out of this making better reasearch and got to know truth of agino moto couple of months back only.
But since sometime I want to go back to that time when I avoided some food because moderation is one important concept that I didn't learn welll
quality of content is unmatchable. Please guys support him this hard work on yt videos are rare
Excellent video Pranav.
Subscribed instantly brother! Kudos♥️
Thanks for detailed information!
Mate how do you do your research and the video editing is just phenomenal.
Amazing video as always
Hi man I have come across a lot of your videos
And I want to say something
The way you answer things related to religion and various spiritual things are right
It gives question that cannot be answered and are avoided
I myself believe in the spiritual thing but i just keep it a it at for and have been for many years
And i believe in that for keeping myself in a positive mood and mindset and just relaxed in a sense
And pray when i come across things that science nor anything in the world cant help me
did it help me "Kinda did a lot tbh"
And yea im also open to science and have no issues there
I Just Hope you would grow as a youtuber and not get K***ed by some extremely religious dude as
India isnt the most okay when debunking religion from my live observations
you are brave to debunk things that many people with millions of cult do
And i hope you keep debunking them :D
Really Informative!
Hey Pranav, really loved the video. Very informative. But now I am actually a little scared to eat Maggi and other food products that contain preservatives. Is it safe to eat Maggi if it has such high levels of Lead and other toxic substances? Back when I was in my 9th or 10th standard, my mom always used to say that eating packaged/canned food products was bad for health and our family strictly avoided all of this. But I used to wonder , what is it that makes these food products so harmful, if all we are doing is consuming it occasionally. I didn't have an answer at that time and now I am in college, but I still feel that I don't have an answer to this question that satisfies my curiosity completely. My mother had a weird answer and it felt very "conspiracy-theorish". She told me that "These multinational companies don't hesitate to add higher levels of these preservatives ,than the prescribed levels, just to increase the shelf life of these products and make a profit out of it. They won't consider the side-effects that are caused to the consumers due to this and these "Food Safety" departments just print what they are told to , just for a few bucks from these rich dudes. They even manipulate the expiry date and ingredients added to the products and there is no one to check them." At that time, I thought all of this was just too far-fetched and couldn't be true. But today when I saw that Maggi had easily by-passed the food safety check and had the guts to write "NO ADDED MSG" even though they have clearly added MSG, makes me think what all lies have they been telling the consumers. And not just Maggi, the entire food industry in general. And movies like "Velaikkaran" by Mohan Raja starring Sivakarthikeyan, which apparently talk about the "dark secrets" of the food manufacturing industry, don't help either. How do you verify which information is correct? Can you actually believe the things written behind the packets of these products? Even if it is in small quantities and is consumed rarely, is it safe to consume such packaged food products? Pls share ur thoughts on this.
+1
Again a movie for knowledge. Jus wow
You spared me a lot of worry while enjoying my favorite chinese dishes.
Enjoy your dog sir 😂😂
Stop eating chinese it's really bad .
@@imranexltd this is with reference to ajinomoto aka msg
@@MeowMelodyy well all is not good and bad, there's a mixture.
@@aman11337400 don't know about good but it's definitely not bad
Appreciate your work and explains
05:20
DNA is not made up of proteins.
Hope that wasn't an intentional mistake.
Keep doing this content. Love it.
I think he'd initially intended to say DNA was made of acids when making the point about acids in general. Might have been lost in rewrites and re edits.
But if you consider histone and non histone then they are.
BTW I guess he said it unintentionally.
He said that in the context of 16% of the body being made up of acids.... and then he quickly transitioned to the point that our body is made up of proteins.... which are also acids....
it's not anyone's fault but the stupid english language...
What do you think about studies measuring IQ differences between races? He did not provide any evidence why that study was pseudo science. Most 100 meter sprint competitions are won by Africans or people with African genes, is the Olympics racist. I think this is an attempt at dismissing science with ideology and political correctness and should not be allowed.
@@SrMway
At least better than many gurus and religious scripts.
They don't even have references or evidences.
You always put amazing level of research in your content . Some of your videos of which you attached links in other were made private by you . Like how science works & ancient Indian pseudoscience among others are now private . If you can then please make them public too .
Dude your video editing skils have gone up,looks so cool
hi, love your content. Uncle roger reference is cool. keep up the great work.
Great video as always
Keep up the good work ✌️
As I had studied in college the list of amino acids forming the protein chains, I had immediately identified as msg as a sodium derivative one of these amino acid glutamic acid and has to be harmless. however logic also says excess of anything including water and common slat are poisonous. So definitely the experiment of feeding msg to lab animals (when I read about it) I immediately knew this is a flawed experiment. So I had known one or two grams of msg or may be about 200 mg of msg in a serving of any preparation is quite harmless. So the msg was more a scare created by racial bias than any real research or study in the population
Similarly the artificial sweetener aspartame is also a kind of 'protein' made up of just two such amino acids being aspartic acid phenylalanine. And there is the methanol group somewhere to link these two amino acids and the scaremongers said (besides other scare mumbo jumbo) this methanol gets released when the aspartame break up into the two amino acids in the stomach or intestine. This methanol is a deadly poison, conveniently forgetting how much of this sweetening agent is added to a cup of tea and how much methanol is released which is extremely low as compared to lethal dose or even poisonous dose for serious effects
The moment you said MSG, my mind went to Uncle Roger ASAP. ✨✨
Great work on the video!!!
Thank you so much for making this video! Yesterday I had a argument with my father about it. He told me not to eat from restaurant because of msg. I will send him this 😂
The amount of misinformation on MSG is appalling
My father worked with ajinomoto back in 2011 in India unfortunately he left the company after it went down
How was it actually
That's Good News, now I can go about enjoying Umami without guilt.. thanks a ton.
Quality Content🔥
Thank you so much pranav
I'm a culinary student and I had to do project on misconceptions about ingredients used in cooking. you made easy for me. thank you 🙌♥️
Great video!
Hey Pranav, Great Video
I would like to point out that eugenics as a pseudo science may have come out of the west but in India, Jaati Vayavastha is basically eugenics in itself. We Indians were the first to invent this pseudo science and we have done and still doing terrible crimes in the name of it.
Dude if u bring up stuff like this ur considered anti national , we can only talk about the achievements of ancient India like our architecture or mathematics, we can't talk about any of our flaws like sati, child marriage or caste system . We still have a long way to go
@@user-mq3yz1ij2o Its about a game of fair/unfair advantage....no country would ever want to address their mistakes from the past, if we take a step to do the right thing by taking the moral high ground then other cultures might point their fingers at us and demonize us. A possibility.
@@nishant_n7929 yes but we should stop promoting this idea that ancient india was a paradise lost with modernization. There are people out there who think we should get rid of modern technology and go back to the forests . And sati, child marriage , caste system are issues which are still causing problems in rural areas , problems which should be dealt with which arose from ancient Indian culture
@Disappointed Idealist That's totally unrelated with the comment.
@Disappointed Idealist In what context. I have seen his clips. They are pretty good in understanding the economics of poor people and villagers but a lot has changed since 80s when that documentary was shot !
Heyy i liked this video bcz even though I follow u i never verified the sources that said msg is bad😅 untill now and believed them.This shows that even though we question so many things there r many bias that we believe without questioning.
dude I just felt i am watching Johny harris video....nice video ...keep it up!!!!
Nice information
Marvelous research
Beautiful presentation
Love your videos. 👍👍👍👍
bro really started a debunking series just because of his parents' myths gotta respect that
5:44
A small correction
Those amino acids which are produced in body are called non essential
That means we don't have to consume that externally...
Glutamic acid is non essential.
And Video is dope as always 👍👍👍💖💖
Video quality improvement drastically 👌
Next up: phytoestogren ≠ oestrogen.
While soy milk contains phytoestrogen, milk contains straight up oestrogen. So the argument against soy products coz of phytoestrogen is another form of baseless fear mongering.
Hbomberguy has a great deep dive on that.
There is even a term : Soyboy, asserting the false idea that getting protein from soyabean and other stuff over meat and dairy makes men feminine.
Soybean aren't suitable for human consumption unless they are fermented
@@ankitaharwal5886 umm, you do realize it's just like any other legume (Kidney Beans, Chickpeas, Pinto beans, Black Eyed Peas etc.)? Do you ferment your rajma or chole?
@@DivjotSingh yes it's a legume. But soy contain very high amount of phytic acid which blocks absorption of nutrients. Also, soy protein insanely hard to digest create more problem than it solves. Also, in no part of the world soybean is eaten traditionally, no human nor animals have eaten this. It only gain traction in recent times which some company(I don't remember it's name) started it's lobbying and artificially increased it's demand, especially in central India. Generally, fermented foods are very healthy, incase for soybean fermentation becomes necessary. East asians figured this thing way earlier then rest of the world, they make fermented soybeans ie tofu, doenjang, knema, etc.
Excellent job Pranav ...again
Amazing video fuiyoh!
Please make one video on Scientology too. It is an extremely powerful cult
I've never feared using msg, but this is a really good video! Thanks!!
Why am i getting the feeling that i have already watched this video.
Great editing here! It would be nice to get a full video on scientific racism itself.
finally you started to make videos on sci misinfo which is not just coming from religious spaces, after my many request for videos on sci misinfo from gov, legal institutions, academia, scientific community
Also nice video cheta
Pranav , man i love the way you conclude
Science: MSG stands for Mono Sodium Glutamate
Uncle Roger: MSG stands for Makes Shit Good
My mother too would rather believe whatsapp forwards than US FDA website and calls me oversmart for telling her that MSG is harmless
Why is mustard oil banned in USA, Canada and EU. Is erucic acid really bad for consumption?
Hello Sir, Please Make a video on Kangen or Alkaline Water. how much different is it from normal RO water. what are its benefits and disadvantages to the human body.
I'm asking about it, cause, yesterday a person came at home to explain things of kangen water. plus that machine costs a kidney. now i'm got confused about home RO water and Kangen Water..
Its bullshit.Thats it. There's no water purer than RO.(well there's distilled water but you won't drink it)
Purvesh the answer is all sales people wants to sell their products. Product's which give them most commission. The reality about water is... Go for RO+UV as Reverse+Osmosis filters all the solid particles and UltraViolet kills all the bacteria. You really don't need any extra minerals in your water. If you lacks any required minerals, you can directly take it in your food or in medicine.
Bro, my father fell for such kangen water scam. Yes it is an MLM scheme. Alkaline water is useless as your stomach has a fixed ph. If u dilute it, then stomach will make more acid to bring back ph. Infact for older people, their stomachs becomes more alkaline due to poor acid production, thus giving digestion issues. So, in any case kangen water is bs and save your money.
Thank you so much guys for clarifying my doubt.
Alkaline water has zero proven benefits but some potential harms. Usual RO water is absolutely fine for everyday drinking and cooking purposes. Any benefits it's supporters claim have no basis in science and it's a well known pseudoscience in the scientific communities. It only benefits the businesses that function through disinformation campaigns and fear mongering.
If you need more in depth coverage of all water related pseudoscience, check out the series by professor dave.
I learnt Giant Pandas during their evolution lost their Glutamic Receptors in the Bamboo forest of China that's why they became Vegetarian/ Bamboo eaters
Our MSM learnt a huge deal from US media