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My roomate asked what MSG was and why it was so bad so i decided to look it up and this is what i found.

Many foods, such as soybeans and tomatoes, contain naturally high levels of free glutamate, which may cause MSG reactions in particularly sensitive individuals. The processed form�monosodium glutamate�is the sodium salt of glutamic acid, and it is the highly refined substance (which actually looks a lot like table salt) that is added in huge quantities to most processed foods at manufacturing facilities. Restaurants also frequently add MSG to their menu items. Many that advertise "No MSG added" may not add MSG to the food once it is prepared, but MSG may actually be present in the individual ingredients used to prepare their food.

whenever i eat edamame (soybeans) i get sick and i dont understand why. could this be the reason?? i drink soy milk all the time and i am fine so i figured id be fine with the soy beans. this is the website i got this information from:
NO MSG

I also read that some foods that say no msg added and msg free could be lying!! how can they do that??

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