I went shopping today and wanted to buy some chicken stock. yeah I know, it’s pretty slack of me to not have made my own (I shall have to hand in my home-grown-homeschooler card) but I needed tea on the table…tonight! I wanted a stock (powder or liquid) that does not contain MSG. Now everyone knows what MSG is, right? Monosodium glutamate, is a sodium salt of the non-essential amino acid glutamic acid. It is used as a food additive and is commonly marketed as a flavour enhancer. When a food is stale, intolerable or the product is inferior, many producers will add MSG. MSG tricks your tongue and taste buds into making you think a certain food is yummy, high in protein and thus nutritious. But it is not. Strangely enough, previous generations lived their lives without adding MSG to their foods (it is naturally found in some foods). Many people believe they have an intolerance to MSG which often produces a variety of adverse reactions. We try to avoid MSG as much as possible as some members of the family do have reactions to it – some slight and others more noticeable.
So, it is a new additive that supposedly enhances that which is stale or inferior…but often ends up causing illness and adverse reactions such as physical symptoms, headaches, nausea, drowsiness and weakness!
I was doing some study at the online Bible gateway tonight and as I was cross referencing a scripture with different Bible versions, I had a wry giggle as I saw the abbreviation:
MSG
Here, take a look. Scroll right to the bottom and see for yourself. (Or click the image below…I couldn’t resist and had to take a screen shot) Hmmm, nothing further to add, methinks. 😕
Yep! Very clever indeed, and true. “Wry giggle?” My dear Susan, I hope you are not poking fun at dear Mr Peterson’s expense?? Nah, I am just teasin… I love it. 😉
ps. I am one who is adversely affected by MSG… it gives me major science headaches, and generally causes me to feel lethargic.
LOL, should be ‘sinus’ not ‘science’ heachaches!!! :nerd: 😛
Science headaches? :evilgrin: Actually we do own The Message NT, and it comes in handy…I keep it in the car for those times when I have to sit and wait for John. But it’s light reading, not study. It’s not a bad read but it’s not ESV, NIV or NKJV that’s for sure!
Susan, I shall never be able think of msg in the same way again.
I have EXTREMELY adverse reactions to MSG. (and I don’t like that flavour enhancer stuff either 😉 😛 )
Hehe, science headches hey Amanda? And yeah I struggle from lethargy too!
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LOL, I never did care too much for science… I was probably speaking something from the deep recesses of my memory :pain: hahaha.