What is MSG?
Monosodium glutamate is the sodium salt of glutamic acid (found in most protein foods as a protein) and obtained through a fermentation process from products such as sugar cane and some cereals.
It then passes through a refining process to obtain pure MSG. It consists of glutamate (glutamic acid), water and salt. As additive it is used as flavoring or aroma enhancer and has been using in food for half a century.
What is the other name of MSG?
Monosodium glutamate is also known as hydrolyzed protein, or yeast extract autolysates under the number E-621.Monosodium glutamate and the “Chinese restaurant syndrome”
The controversy has not ceased since 1968, Dr. Robert Ho Man Kwok, described a series of symptoms that some people presumably would feel after eating Chinese food. Some of these symptoms include: headache, asthma attacks, allergic reactions (mild to moderate), tachycardia, nausea, vomiting, tightness in the neck, face and chest and generally feeling unwell. Symptoms are usually mild and temporary. More recent studies, however, say there is no reaction and that in any case we are talking about a food allergy reaction or as may be to any other food.
Relationship between monosodium glutamate, excessive appetite and obesity
However if there is enough unanimity when we talk about its effect on appetite.
Monosodium glutamate, according to tests on animals, can produce a voracious appetite (particularly a 40% higher) and this implies that when we eat foods that contain (snacks, sausages, chips, snacks, etc..) We feel unable to stop. This may promote obesity and also talk about foods high in fat and calories.
Studies of the Complutense University of Madrid Tresguerres Jesus Fernandez, director of the Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, will go on line that MSG and parties affect our brain that regulate feelings of hunger and satiety. It could also affect the production of growth hormone which is responsible for us to have more muscle, not excess fat.
People who cease to use MSG in your diet may be reduced with its voracious appetite which would make it easier to follow a diet and lose weight.
credit to: Josep Vicent Arnau
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