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What happens to your body when you eat MSG for a long time？
MSG is "harmful essence"?
In fact, there is nothing mysterious about MSG, the chemical composition is mainly monosodium glutamate, which is very common. Because glutamic acid itself is a natural amino acid, we eat all the food containing protein contains glutamic acid, including meat, eggs and milk eaten every day, and even tofu, vegetables may have, so it is ubiquitous, will not cause cancer, monosodium glutamate at present there is no evidence to prove that it will cause cancer, so you can rest assured that it can be used.
Which is better, chicken essence or monosodium glutamate? In fact, there is not much difference, chicken essence is nothing more than in addition to MSG, but also contains a part of something else, is also relatively safe, so MSG and chicken essence can be eaten.
Many people look at MSG so crystal clear, think it must be a "product of technology", in fact, not at all. The production process of MSG is to use some cereals and other carbohydrates for microbial fermentation, in essence, it and vinegar, wine are similar things, we do not have to be particularly afraid, if you dare to drink wine, dare to drink vinegar, why do you dare not eat MSG?
But some people will argue: MSG itself is fine, but when heated at high temperatures it will change from monosodium glutamate to monosodium pyroglutamate, isn't it a cancer risk?
Actually, no, it is indeed recommended that you put MSG in the pot when it is almost ready to be cooked to prevent it from turning into monosodium pyroglutamate, but not because it is carcinogenic.
MSG does produce monosodium pyroglutamate when it's over 120 degrees, but monosodium pyroglutamate is also non-carcinogenic, but it doesn't have a fresh flavor, and that defeats the purpose of putting MSG in. So you should know that you should put MSG only when you are almost ready to cook, just to keep its freshness boosting effect.
However, there is a real risk of eating too much MSG.
The sodium contained in MSG is potentially harmful to the body. Now we often talk about salt control is actually sodium control, there is a lot of evidence to prove that excessive sodium can cause high blood pressure, diabetes and even many types of cancer, so such as MSG, salt and this kind of sodium-containing things, we must not eat too much, just moderate.