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  1. Would collagen contain MSG since it is a hydrolyzed protein? You mention vegetable and plants, but maybe because it’s hydrolyzed animal protein it’s okay?

  2. This is a right-on article. I too am very sensitive to the poison MSG. I am appalled at the heavy usage it has in our food supply today. It emphasizes the need to carefully read the labels on anything you buy in the stores. I totally agree with the fact it is strongly linked to obesity through the desire to eat more of it. It definitely needs to be banned.

  3. It causes me to have severe stomach cramps and usually leads to throwing up and weakness . The trouble is the stuff is everywhere and I don’t when it is going to hit.

  4. Hi, I used to avoid consuming MSG. Recently a friend told me that he was searching for a long time, an academic paper or scientific research which concluded that MSG (in moderate amounts – like salt) is bad for health, but there is none.
    Do you know one?

  5. Thank you for this article.

    I’ve been avoiding autolyzed yeast extract for many years now (ever since I discovered it was a fancy way of saying “MSG”). But your article goes so much farther than what I previously knew and lists many pseudonyms for MSG that completely baffle me… for example:
    Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein (HVP), maltodextrin,
    sodium caseinate,
    barley malt etc…

    But I’m a bit confused…

    Did I understand correctly that all of the listed ingredient names actually *ARE* the same product (MSG) at their core?

    Or are they each their own unique standalone products that just happen to contain some naturally occurring MSG?

    For example, a product like barley malt sounds like it’s a grain-derived sugar… and a product like sodium caseinate sounds like it’s some kind of curdled dairy protein that you might find in a protein shake…
    But the article makes it sound like these ingredients are not individual different products, but rather that they’re all the same ingredient, MSG, just with different names.

    Can you please clarify?

    Thanks so much,
    Joanna