> When I was living in Germany in the late 70ies I knew a couple of people who
> used to get migraine type headaches from ingesting MSG.
>
> Apparently there's a certain percentage of people who are allergic to it in
> this way. Funnily enough, I haven't met anyone else with that problem since,
> even though I now live in a predominantly Anglosaxon country :-)
>
> -P.
> I wish I remembered where I rad about the MSG scare not being MSG
realted but the health problems turning out t o have a different cause.
Which was dealt with and that's why the reaction isn't heard about anymore.

Anyway, my point was not that the reaciton only happens in certain
cultures. My point was that the reputation of MSG is diiferent in
different cultures.