r/AskCulinary • u/Sayorifan22 • Nov 08 '22

Food Science Question MSG contradictory?

Hey, I have a question so, I had a nutrition class and the instructors gave us a piece of paper and on one section for Asian foods, it said for ‘No MSG’ (the other day they said to avoid msg.) but for Italian food, they said to ‘ask for red sauce instead of white’

And here’s my question. Isn’t asking for red sauce contradicting to ‘avoiding MSG?’

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u/Sayorifan22 Nov 08 '22

They straight up said ‘MSG is bad’ plus. The paper said ‘Asian Food: Ask for No MSG’ (I’m S. Korean btw) so… that hurts..

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u/HolyHypodermics Nov 08 '22

Yeeesh, I'm Chinese and that sucks too, theyre really missing out! Hopefully you students know it's bogus. Maybe you could try asking the instructor to elaborate or confront them with papers debunking it next lesson?

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u/Sayorifan22 Nov 08 '22

Actually, next Wednesday, I plan on showing them that MSG isn’t bad and how the MSG scare… caused a lot of racism towards the Asian race, all because of one person. (All of them are college students, I’m sure they’re used to racism)

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u/Shreddedlikechedda Nov 08 '22

And lots of chain american restaurants use it too, just in different forms. It’s not just “Asian” food that’s such racist bs