The whole “MSG is bad for you” thing was a myth, wasn’t it?
I believe so. The only thing I see in this meme template that’s confirmed bad for you is aspartame, but they’ve all maintained a presence in conspiracy-oriented circles.
Can you share the info you’re taking that from? My memory was that aspartame was only bad if it was mixed with alcohol
It’s been many years, but I remember a neuro professor back in college explaining that aspartame breaks down into phenylalanine, which competes with the precursor for serotonin to transport across the blood brain barrier. So effectively by having higher levels of aspartame in your diet, you can indirectly be reducing how much serotonin your brain can produce.
That’s true, as far as it goes, but the amount of phenylalanine created is incredibly minute and is matched by other, “natural” foods. In the vast majority of people, the body quickly metabolizes excess phenylalanine. The only genuinely well-documented danger is for people with phenylketonuria, because they have a genetic variation that breaks that ability to metabolize.
Last I checked, which was admittedly years ago, the studies that showed direct harms were flawed, not statistically significant, or have not been repeatable. The early studies that led to its ban in the EU used absolutely massive doses of aspartame, well beyond what you could possibly ingest in a day.
I’m not saying it’s safe for sure but it’s safer than obesity or massive doses of sugar on a regular basis.
I think it was because people overate a lot in Chinese restaurants and felt bloated afterwards. Also racism
“Aspartame”
Okay, you’re on to somethi–
“MSG”
Welp.
EDIT: Also Dees nuts
Partly covered by “song”, but also complaining about fluoride. 🙄
Not to mention, in relation to genetic modification…
The left is a severely under watered melon, they still look more like that if you don’t grow them properly
Okay, there’s corn, wheat, brussels sprouts, cabbage, broccoli. We’ve been doing low-key GMO since before recorded time. Hey that plant looks better than all the other plants let’s harvest all of that seed and replant it.
Wait. Wtf is wrong with GMO again?
In dietary terms, literally nothing is wrong with it. There are economic concerns because the business model is to patent (copyright?) the GMO stuff and force growers to buy seed every year, instead of saving seed from each harvest. There’s also some concern that really successful GMO crops, such as Roundup-ready corn, will dominate planting and become a monocrop which could lead to massive crop loss if a blight or other disease evolves to target that particular strain.
The other things in the picture vary between probably-but-maybe-not-harmless (aspartame), definitely harmless (MSG), to actually helpful (fluoride and Prozac).
Bottom line: the meme, when interpreted correctly, implies that pop songs are generally good but somewhat artificially manipulated.
Hating on MSG is ____ ?
Haiya
JD Vance put on some weight
uncle roger very disappointed in niece and nephew who make this image, msg make everything better
Chemtrails lol
Only here to hate MSG on a burger. Regular salt is better for the flavor imo.
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Rense.com vibes.
This is awesome. Is there a term for it? “Conspiracy core”, or something.
this has gotta be a david dees that some scoundrel cropped the attribution off of
