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From: dukas@pmafire.UUCP (Steve Dukas)
Newsgroups: sci.med,alt.drugs,sci.bio,sci.chem
Subject: Re: Tryptophan Mystery Resolved
Message-ID: <1990Apr27.174702.10390@pmafire.UUCP>
Date: 3 Jun 90 15:06:24 GMT
References: <1990Apr26.200027.29242@pmafire.UUCP> <1990Apr27.000315.2282@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu>
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In article <1990Apr27.000315.2282@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> shenkin@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Peter S. Shenkin) writes:

>Just as Dukas couldn't understand how consuming tryptophan could have a
>deleterious effect, I can't understand how MSG does;  but it really does, 
>apparently.

The effects you have described are that of hypertension, c(possibly) caused
from sodium.  I tend to have a theory that that sodium coupled with an amino
acid (MSG) will be much quicker assimilated by the body.  Besides, MSG
is not a pure amino acid, which should not be compared to one.


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