If MSG is so bad for you, why doesn’t everyone in Asia have a headache? | Food monthly | The Observer

The anti-additive movement (check out the excellent and informative http://www.truthinlabeling.org) admits that ‘natural’ and ‘industrially produced’ glutamate are chemically the same, and treated by the body similarly. So why doesn’t anyone ever complain of a headache or hyperactivity after a four cheese and tomato pizza (where there’s easily as much glutamate as in an MSG-enhanced chicken chow mein)?

I love MSG. I buy it in bags for my friend Neil when he runs out (mainly because I love carrying small bags of white powder around with me), I stuff myself with Chilli Oil until my innards are outards, and I’m so happy to learn it’s probably safe. Even if it probably corrodes your nerve endings.

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