"cshenk" > wrote in message ...
| "James Silverton" wrote
| > pavane wrote
|
| >> You should be able to find some at any Oriental food store.
| >> Its common Japanese name is Aji-no-moto, from its largest
| >> packer, but it can also be called Accent, particularly in the
| >> US, and a few less polite terms. It's not really a high worth
| >> seeking out as the headache and nausea are extremely common
| >> symptoms.
| >
| > I use MSG quite liberally, especially since I must eat fat-free cheese,
| > and I have never noticed any ill effects.
| >
| > According to Health Canada,
| > http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/securit..._qa-qr-eng.php
| >
| > Monosodium glutamate (MSG) is the sodium salt of the naturally occurring
| > amino acid, glutamic acid which makes up 10 to 25 % of all food protein,
|
| (snip)
|
| Grin, yup. I do know some folks are sensitive to higher concentrations of
| it, but it's the vast minority although the odds go up a bit for some ethnic
| groups. If Pavine wishes to believe that all 4 of them at one restraunt
| were MSG intolerant, no amount of facts will talk him out of it.

What is a "vast minority?"