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AdarTan t1_iujq0tl wrote

Reply to comment by boring_pants in ELI5: Why does MSG make food taste so irresistible? And why is everyone against it? by theinvincible-dosa

Didn't the whole panic start off from what was later determined to be a joke article submitted pseudonymously to a medical journal?

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EricKei t1_iujroqa wrote

Not sure. I was under the impression that it was written by somebody who was holding a grudge (he ate at a Chinese place and fell ill later that day) and just decided to be a jerk about it. He found an easy scapegoat.

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E_Snap t1_iujy27k wrote

You’re right. He used the name “Dr. Ho Man Kwok”

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AdarTan t1_iujzswk wrote

I just looked it up and turns out the claim that it was a joke might have been a hoax itself, so I've got no clue anymore.

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