re is msg sensitivity superstition in article apr lmpsbbs comm mot com dougb comm mot com doug bank writes from dougb comm mot com doug bank subject re is msg sensitivity superstition date thu apr gmt in article apr tms micro ti com david tms micro ti com david thomas writes lots of editing out of previuos posts here is another anecdotal story i am a picky eater and never wanted to try chinese food however i finally tried some in order to please a girl i was seeing at the time i had never heard of chinese restaurant syndrome a group of us went to the restaurant and all shared different dishes it didn t taste great but i decided it wasn t so bad we went home and went to bed early i woke up at am and puked my guts outs i threw up for so long that i m not kidding i pulled a muscle in my tongue dry heaves and everything no one else got sick and i m not allergic to anything that i know of suffice to say that i wont go into a chinese restaurant unless i am physically threatened the smell of the food makes me ill and that is a psycholgical reaction when i have been dragged in to suffer through beef and broccoli without any sauces i insist on no msg i haven t gotten sick yet funny about that my wife my girlfriend at the time used to get sick after eating certain foods at various asian restaurants and never knew why she d go pale and sweaty and then vomit copiously a couple of us ventured a connection with msg and her response was msg what s that it also happened when she pigged out on some brands of savoury crackers and chips which i noticed later had msg on the label don t know about double blinds but avoiding msg has stopped her being sick at restaurants cheers john john nash email nash biologysx lan nrc ca institute for biological sciences national research council of canada cell physiology group ottawa ontario canada disclaimer all opinions are mine not nrc s
