What is MSG, and is it actually bad for you?
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Sarah E. Tracy |
TED-Ed
• September 2021
In 1968, Dr. Robert Ho Man Kwok felt ill after dinner at a Chinese restaurant and wrote a letter to a medical journal connecting his symptoms to MSG. His letter would change the world's relationship with MSG, inspiring international panic, biased science and sensationalist journalism for the next 40 years. So what is this seasoning, and is it actually bad for you? Sarah E. Tracy investigates. [Directed by Alopra Studio, narrated by Susan Zimmerman, music by André Aires].