Behavioral perspective of leadership
... The specific substance I am going to state is MSG, Monosodium Glutamate. MSG is the sodium salt of the amino acid glutamic acid and a form of glutamate. ... Its use has become controversial in the past 30 years because of reports of adverse reactions in people who’ve eaten foods that contain MSG. ... Even FAD classified MSG as a “generally recognized as safe,’ or GRAS, substance, but scientists have demonstrated that MSG kills brain cells in the area of the hypothalamus and, when given to immature animals, MSG causes neuroendocrine problems such as obesity and reproductive disorders later in life. The symptoms with which MSG associated are chest pain, dizziness, headache, palpitation, tingling, nausea/vomiting, flushing sensation in face or chest, unusual thirst, and unusual perspiration. By FDA definition, all MSG is “naturally occurring.