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Re:The man who discovered umami by grimwall on Wednesday February 05, 2020 @07:36AM (#22246213)
interesting, there is already a review citing this article giving an opposing view:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6952072/

edit: also a single amino acid salt being harmful really requires some solid evidence, which seems to be not there.

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Re:The man who discovered umami by close04 on Wednesday February 05, 2020 @07:54AM (#22246310)
> Further studies need to be undertaken in order to assess the connection between MSG and [...]

As I said, jury is still out. I would personally not go overboard with adding it to everything I et until I know more. I'll take less flavor for now over the potential risks until more reliable data is published.

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