Comments | sameoldwheel: I can't eat anymore.

sameoldwheel

I can't eat anymore.

Jul 25, 2007 02:05

This is a rant unrelated to my other life stuff altogether ( Read more... )

Comments 6

crystalina July 25 2007, 07:56:43 UTC

I had an holistic doctor/chiropractor tell me I had a sensitivity to MSG. I cut it out for years but have slowly let it creep back into my life in some ways (mostly in the form of Doritos and dip...mmmm...). Eating MSG-free is freaking frustrating. Gah.

sameoldwheel July 25 2007, 08:30:41 UTC

how would they "know" you have the sensitivity? There's not exactly a way to test for it... but that said, everyone has sensitivity to it in some level, so maybe it's like saying "you're sensitive to arsenic?"

crystalina July 25 2007, 08:32:36 UTC

Yeah...I kind of think he was a bit of a quack, especially considering he told me to go off of all my medication, including birth control and EffexorXR, immediately. Jumping off the Effexor was not pretty.at.all.

But...I was desperate for someone to tell me it wasn't an autoimmune disease. Ahhhh...the power of suggestion.

vexgodglove July 25 2007, 17:24:56 UTC

stupid pre-packaged processed food, why does it have to be so damn convenient? :) it caters to the lazy in me.

murriel July 25 2007, 22:40:32 UTC

So what are the buzz phrases to look for in the ingredient list?

And it's definitely not fair that it's in Hidden Valley Ranch. I love that stuff.

sameoldwheel July 26 2007, 00:45:22 UTC

monosodium glutamate, MSG, E621, hydrolyzed yeast... foreign goods that say flavor enhancers may have MSG, too, since that is what they call it... a near-flavorless flavor enhancer... most of the time here, it's called monosodium glutamate.