http://www.metafilter.com/tags/MSG Posts tagged with 'MSG' at MetaFilter. Wed, 13 May 2009 11:02:59 -0800 Wed, 13 May 2009 11:02:59 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/81633/Al%2DTrautwigs%2DLost%2DThoughts <a href="http://www.msg.com/lost/">Sportscaster Al Trautwig shares his thoughts on this season's Lost episodes</a> tag:metafilter.com,2009:site.81633 Wed, 13 May 2009 11:02:59 -0800 finale lost msg trautwig tv empath http://www.metafilter.com/43377/Me%2DSo%2DGourmet <a href="http://observer.guardian.co.uk/foodmonthly/story/0,9950,1522368,00.html">"If MSG is so bad for you, why doesn't everyone in Asia have a headache?"</a> A brief history of and exploration some myths and facts surrounding MSG, glutamate (its natural expression) and umami - 'the fifth taste'. "<i>We now know that glutamate is present in almost every food stuff, and that the protein is so vital to our functioning that our own bodies produce 40 grams of it a day. Probably the most significant discovery in explaining human interest in umami is that human milk contains large amounts of glutamate (at about 10 times the levels present in cow's milk). [...] Which means mothers' milk and a packet of cheese'n'onion crisps have rather more in common than you'd think.</i>" tag:metafilter.com,2005:site.43377 Sun, 10 Jul 2005 02:54:33 -0800 food glutamate MSG umami Blue Stone