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Anonymous
MSG doesn't clog arteries. It's mono-sodium glutamate, a salt containing an amino acid (glutamate) from which the body can synthesize any other amino acid. It's used as a food additive because, being such a singularly useful nutrient, there's actually a taste sense dedicated to it, "umami," in addition to the other four ("Salty," "Sweet," "Bitter," "Sour," which detect salt, sugar, alkali (often poisonous) and pH level, respectively). MSG is both good and good for you, except that some people are allergic to it. Arteries get clogged by cholesterol.
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