MSG

Re post about 3 hours sleep and flushing.We had Pizza for tea.I bet it was the msg in it. A shame,I really enjoyed it.Been sick all day.

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Mjean,

Ugh, MSG should be banned. It would make me flush too. What about the gluten in pizza?

flower007

[Treepie]

A chef was writing in the Telegraph a week ago on how msg has been wrongly done down.

[Fruitandnutcase in reply to Treepie]

Don't know about that, I remember going out for a Chinese meal with a group of people from work some years ago and having the weirdest sensation of what can best be described as someone drawing a veil or something from my scalp to my neck. I expected my face to be flushed but I was told my face was still it's normal colour.

I mentioned it to the person next to me in case I passed out or developed some sort of allergic reaction so that if need be she could get help. I have to say weird and unusual though it was I kept eating.

I'd never experienced anything like that before nor do I have any sort of food allergies.

The only thing I could think was that is was a reaction to MSG. I've never had anything like that since but I haven't had soup in a Chinese restaurant since, well I haven't eaten in a Chinese restaurant since.

[Hidden in reply to Fruitandnutcase]

Authentic chinese cookery would never use MSG.

It's only used in the western food as a flavour enhancer.

Bad reactions can include:

Headache

Flushing

Sweating

Facial pressure or tightness

Numbness, tingling or burning in the face, neck and other areas

Rapid, fluttering heartbeats (heart palpitations)

Chest pain

Nausea

Weakness

mayoclinic.org/healthy-life...

flower007

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I thought it was banned here in Oz.Cant be,it was like msg reaction.

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I'm in UK

[Fruitandnutcase in reply to Hidden]

Had to be something that was in the soup. I've never felt like that before or since - such a sudden and strong sensation.

[greygoose in reply to Treepie]

Naturel MSG is fine, it's the chemical version that causes problems. Although, I have to say, I've never had a problem with it.

[Treepie]

The chef did comment about overuse in cheap Chinese restaurants. I recall that in 1969 ,in my first job in with little funds I ate in a Chinese every lunch time. Each day the soup was allegedly different ,even looked different ,but always tasted the same.