MSG

Every time I am subjected to MSG it makes me feel weird. This has happened today when I was invited to a Chinese hotpot lunch.

Three things happened:

1. I could taste the MSG in my mouth for hours later. Taste is not the right word; there is this very unique sensation in my mouth.

2. Mood wise, it made me quite intolerant where I usually might be tolerant. I see this as analogous to the anxiety that can be brought on by too much caffeine.

3. Holistically my whole body felt odd.

Wiki says that whilst MSG has a unique aftertaste (tick) the negative health effects are mostly unproven in double blind placebo studies.

I can’t argue with that. I am not claiming negative health effects, just temporary negative mood effects and a bloody awfully taste and feeling in my body.

I suppose if you have it all the time then it’s just like caffeine; a pseudo stimulant that isn’t overly mind altering and can be lived with quite happily especially if you build up resistance.

I might stick with caffeine.