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From: user@apollo.uucp (A. Random User)
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Subject: Re: MSG
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Date: Wed, 26-Feb-86 08:34:27 EST
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>> In articles I have read, the percentage of the general public which reacts
>> adversely to MSG is under ten percent.
>> 
>   Is it really that high?  You would think that the government ...

Reaction to MSG is not a binary event but rather a tolerance to a certian level.
This was apparent to me after a visit to a Chinese resturant in Tucson Az.  I 
had never had any trouble with MSG but on this occasion my wife and I were both
experiencing an unpleasent dizziness, tightness in our chests, rapid pulse rate,
etc.  At about this time a couple at a nearby table complained to the waiter about
the same symptoms that we were having.  After checking with the cook it became 
apparent that the soup had twice the amount of MSG normally used.  We did not finish 
our dinners and after about an hour we were feeling better and by the next morning 
everything was fine.  Neither of us have any trouble with MSG since, although we
avoid it when we can.
  

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Ken Faubel              {yale,uw-beaver,decvax!wanginst}!apollo!faubel
Apollo Computer