Jul 6 2015, 3:33 pm
In response to Ter13
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A.T.H.K
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Yep, years ago. It was negative so they assume an intolerance, best thing is I can slow build up to be able to eat it.. But of course that involves going through the symptoms, which is pretty hard to do especially when anxiety kicks in and makes it twenty times worse that it actually is.. In the end I can't win without having some sort of attack.
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I think there are people legitimately allergic to MSG, but yeah, glutamates are present in just about everything. Parmesan cheese for instance is an extremely rich source of glutamates, even more so than mushrooms; I make sure to use it whenever I make chicken soup.
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Lummox JR,
I really feel for you man, My fiance is also diabetic (type 1) pretty much from birth. In all honesty we (Australians) have it a hell of a lot easier over here in terms of healthcare especially for Insulin , what would be over a $15,000 payment lasting 9 - 12 months is down to just 73 bucks (thanks government!). While you guys in the US have to shell out the full amount in most cases, I have a friend over in the US she's not doing too well as she can afford her insulin .. sometimes going weeks without it, relying on a proper diet, which is the right thing to do but also has it's risks. | |
You don't have to be allergic to something to suffer a negative effect from it.
Most people aren't allergic to orange juice, but drink it all day everyday and you're bound to run into some issues. This rule applies pretty much to whatever you put into your body, including water. Everything in moderation. Everyone who complains about some sort of food making them feel weird isn't necessarily lying because you can confirm they're not allergic to it. They could've just been consuming way too much of it and it was their body's way of telling them "okay, relax with the MSG". And everyone's body varies as well, so one persons "MSG limit" can be much higher than mine based on things like genetics or whatever. Every time I feel sick or awkward, the first thing I look to is my diet. What have I been eating lately? Have I been eating it a lot? Are there any other people complaining about x issue after eating y food? One of my favorite pastries growing up were honey buns. I would eat them every morning when I woke up. Eventually, I noticed that I started having these weird crashes where I would feel terribly exhausted after breakfast. After like the third day it happened, it finally occurred to me to try eating something different for breakfast. Sure enough, the next day I just had some soup, and voila - no crash after eating breakfast. My body had enough of the junk I was stuffing into it first thing in the morning and cutting it out solved the problem. So whether MSG allergies are a thing or not, the one thing that's a given is that if it's consumed too much, it's going to cause a problem, and your particular body will determine whether that issue happens sooner or later. | |
Soup for breakfast? What the.
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Well, yeah, I mean, having an adverse reaction due to too much of something in their body is definitely a thing. We're supposedly like, 90% bacteria. An allergy isn't really the same thing as an intolerance and the two shouldn't really be confused. What ATHK describes sounds an awful lot like an allergy. Maybe it's caused by MSG, maybe not, but I hear an awful lot of my friends use the term allergy to describe having stomach cramps after eating gluten.
The term allergy being tossed around to describe food preferences is really just absurdly common these days, and absolutely infuriating. I don't doubt ATHK's reactions at all. I'll give him the benefit of the doubt. I'm just commenting that there's a real lack of actual information on the subject unlike the big 8 allergies. | |
I never said Allergy did I?
The symptoms were severe after having a Chinese meal (full of MSG) so I and the doctors assumed an allergy of some sort, signs pointed to MSG. I had the prick test, I returned negative for that (even though I am a prick! Ohhh burn), the test involves over 30 substances two of which everyone has a reaction to (penicillin I think one was, we're talking over 10 years ago .. so forgive my poor memory). As the tests were negative a intolerance was a suggestion by the team, I don't really know what the outcome would be now, I know for a fact that it doesn't affect me as much or as often, but when it does, it hits hard. [edit] I may not even have an intolerance to MSG anymore, it could all be in my head :P | |
A.T.H.K wrote:
Soup for breakfast? What the. Anything but cereal. Out of my entire life I think I've only had cereal for breakfast maybe 20 times. | |
EmpirezTeam wrote:
A.T.H.K wrote: Probably a good thing, since the majority of cereals have a lot of sugar. But soup .. yucky. I suppose it's no different to having rice or noodles for breakfast.. | |
I suppose it's no different to having rice or noodles for breakfast.. Back when I lived in Korea, I'd have sweetbread, chicken skewers, and a rice ball with kim, bacon and egg in it for breakfast every morning. There was a little old lady that ran a breakfast cart on the street on the way from my apartment to the military base I was stationed at. It was about 5,000 won (~$4.00) for all of that. Don't knock a rice-based breakfast. I live on rice, chicken and onions. | |
People eat all sorts of things for breakfast all over the world. Rice is a pretty common one. I for one quite like it as a breakfast food.
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Ter13 wrote:
Don't knock a rice-based breakfast. I live on rice, chicken and onions. Not knocking it, it's quite nice IMO, had noodles in Thailand and Bali, it was different but good. Alot of countries also have curry, such as Bali and Malaysia (Rendang). | |
Wait... Weren't we supposed to be talking about Kumorii murdering deer?
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Ter13 wrote:
Wait... Weren't we supposed to be talking about Kumorii murdering deer? Well yea, but I never got an answer to my questions about kangaroos, so.. | |
I represent the People for Renewed Outreach and Sanctuary for Threatened and Indefensible Tameless Ungulates in Timberland Environments. I believe what Kumorii has done is wrong.
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People for Renewed Outreach and Sanctuary for Threatened and Indefensible Tameless Ungulates in Timberland Environments.  | |
This thread is now about prostitutes.
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behold the most handsome man alive
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At least my wife only has type II diabetes, and it's totally managed with her diet. When she got the high A1C test she went seriously low-carb, and even swore off anything dessert-like (such as dark chocolate, which is okay because of the limited carb count) for a whole year. No need for insulin or anything like that.
And of course she's not a deer murderer. Although she did hit a porcupine once. | |
Update: Insurance people decided to total the car so RIP: Kumo's Whip.
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