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The median lethal dose (LD 50) is between 15 and 18 g/kg body weight in rats and mice, respectively, five times the LD 50 of table salt (3 g/kg in rats). The use of MSG as a food additive and the natural levels of glutamic acid in foods are not of toxic concern in humans. [20]
The EU has not yet published an official NOAEL (no observable adverse effect level) for glutamate, but a 2006 consensus statement of a group of German experts drawing from animal studies was that a daily intake of glutamic acid of 6 grams per kilogram of body weight (6 g/kg/day) is safe. From human studies, the experts noted that doses as high ...
The short answer: no. MSG is a synthetic form of glutamic acid, an amino acid that’s produced naturally in the human body. There is zero difference between natural glutamic acid and MSG. Your ...
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When you hear the initialism MSG, certain connotations and possible red flags are sure to come to mind. Discovered in Japan in 1908, MSG — monosodium glutamate — is one of the world's most ...
Acceptable daily intake or ADI is a measure of the amount of a specific substance (originally applied for a food additive, later also for a residue of a veterinary drug or pesticide) in food or drinking water that can be ingested (orally) daily over a lifetime without an appreciable health risk. [1]
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As for the other issues: the weight of evidence shows that there are no health effects from MSG, and it is implausible that there could be any health effects anyway (MSG is basically sodium and glutamate, which is in pretty much all the food you eat anyway). --sciencewatcher 18:51, 30 July 2010 (UTC)