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Blind to MSG risks. (updates).(monosodium glutamate may cause blindness)(Brief Article)
Researchers at Hirosaki University in Japan suggest that the common food flavor enhancer E621--also known as monosodium glutamate (MSG)--could make you blind.
Often used by food processors and restaurants, MSG has become controversial in the past 30 years because of reports of adverse reactions in people who have eaten foods containing it.
But according to lead researcher Hiroshi Ohguro, PhD, this is the first study to show that eating foods that contain MSG can cause eye damage and possibly blindness.
Ohguro readily acknowledges that researchers used unusually large amounts of MSG in the study. But, he says, lower dietary intakes "could produce the same effects in humans over several decades, and the precise borderline amount is still unknown."
The Japanese study was published in the September 2002 ...
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- Monosodium Glutamate (MSG)
- Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science January 1, 2008 700+ words
Monosodium Glutamate (MSG) Monosodium glutamate (MSG), a flavor enhancer for food, is the sodium salt of the naturally occurring amino acid, glutamic acid. It is a compound represented by the formula C 5 H 8 NNaO 4 • H 2 O. Glutamic...
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