Posted by yxibow on February 10, 2009, at 1:09:01
In reply to Possible MSG supplementation...safety, etc, posted by psychobot5000 on February 9, 2009, at 22:40:53
> Hi all,
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> As some of you may know, I'm looking for things to help with medication-induced OCD symptoms, and am intending to try MSG (which dissolves into glutamate, apparently--researchers now think the glutamate system is involved, so I figure...why not). My test-dose a few days ago (1/3 tsp of Japanese food-additive Ajinomoto, which is not pure MSG) seemed to help the next day, as well as helping me get to sleep that night. So I may try a trial of MSG in earnest, but I am concerned about safety issues.
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> My impression is that MSG is no longer thought to have the health risks it once was, but if anyone knows anything more specific, I'd be grateful to hear it--i.e. how much would be a safe dose, could there be any drug interactions, etc.
I don't know if it is a question of the questioned "health risks", other than one should keep their sodium intake to around 2000mg a day (although most diets from processed food end up being far more than that) as much as a number of people are sensitive to MSG and can get terrible headaches from it.Its somewhat related cousins disodium guanylate and disodium inosinate are found now ubiquitously in "flavored" potato chips and other products.
-- Jay
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