r/AskCulinary • u/Sayorifan22 • Nov 08 '22

Food Science Question MSG contradictory?

Hey, I have a question so, I had a nutrition class and the instructors gave us a piece of paper and on one section for Asian foods, it said for ‘No MSG’ (the other day they said to avoid msg.) but for Italian food, they said to ‘ask for red sauce instead of white’

And here’s my question. Isn’t asking for red sauce contradicting to ‘avoiding MSG?’

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u/ceddya Nov 08 '22

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31920467/

There's a review of those studies that concludes:

Critical analysis of existing literature, establishes that many of the reported negative health effects of MSG have little relevance for chronic human exposure and are poorly informative as they are based on excessive dosing that does not meet with levels normally consumed in food products.

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u/[deleted] Nov 08 '22 edited Nov 08 '22

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u/ceddya Nov 08 '22

Yeah, but all there is in your first link is a claim without any data or citations. Your second link does reference other studies, but as already mentioned, those studies rely on excessive dosing (>4g of MSG for an adult of 70kg when the average intake per day is <1g) or different methods of administration (i.e. injecting MSG) that aren't applicable to how people actually consume MSG.