It’s psychosomatic. MSG is also in tomatoes, mushrooms, and tons of salted snacks such as Doritos. None of those tend to trigger the symptoms people claim to have after eating Chinese food.
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Dadifer@lemmy.world 3 weeks agoSo… it’s not poison? Propaganda is a bitch
Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Supervisor194@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
“Ranch” flavor comes basically 100% from salt and MSG. There is a microscopic amount of herbs that make next to no difference. Ask anyone who thinks MSG is bad for you if they have cut out Ranch dressing for some hilarity. (May not apply to non-Americans).
F_State@midwest.social 2 weeks ago
Ranch is basically garlic and onion flavor.
Supervisor194@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Ranch has more salt than anything and more MSG than garlic, look at the ingredients on a pouch. Ingredients are listed by order of volume. It has more corn starch than onion. It has basically traces of anything else. I know this because I spent not a small amount of time replicating Ranch dressing.
Although there are a hundred MSG-conspiracy-nut websites that will tell you you don’t need MSG to make Ranch dressing, there is no Ranch dressing recipe that tastes anything at all like Ranch without MSG. Full stop.
Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I have a feeling there’s a huge overlap between the people who complain about Chinese food and the people who raved about the Mississippi pot roast (which has two packets of MSG-loaded seasonings in it).
Grail@multiverse.soulism.net 3 weeks ago
What do people claim about MSG?
LurkingLuddite@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
What isn’t psychosomatic when the target is the average fucking moron?
… I mean, besides all the things that turn out to be real… but morons will believe anything up to and including their mumbling jibberish is a connection to God with glossolalia…
MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
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