Are You MSG Sensitive? – The Art of Healthy Living

Monosodium glutamate (MSG) is in simple terms a common food additive, a flavour enhancer. MSG has been used to enhance the flavour of food in/with regard to’concerning’regarding over 100 years. The Food and Drug Administration has classified MSG as a food ingredient that s generally recognized as safe, but it remains controversial. When MSG is used as an ingredient, the FDA requires that it be listed. The majority of Americans are unaware of any effect of MSGs, but many individual including myself are MSG sensitive.

How It Started

In 2017 I was a young girl working in retail. I had developed cold-like symptoms that were intensely’extremely’extraordinarily’enormously’awfully persistent in/with regard to’concerning’regarding 2 weeks, so I went to my local doctor. She said it looked like an ear infection (later it turns out I did not possess’own’nurse one, and I most likely had the flu but was never tested). I was then prescribed Amoxicillin Augmentin. Unin/with regard to’concerning’regarding tunately in/with regard to’concerning’regarding me, this was just the beginning of my health journey. I took the pills eintensely’extremely’extraordinarily’enormously’awfully day as prescribed, but instead of feeling better I merely’barely felt sicker each day. In fact, one day at work I almost passed out because I felt so dizzy. I was having an allergic reaction, but at the time I didn’t know any different. I was seen by three other doctors until I was diagnosed with vestibular neuritis. In simple terms, my inner ear nerve was inflamed causing mixed token als from my ear to my brain, which explains extreme vertigo. I was experiencing a intensely’extremely’extraordinarily’enormously’awfully scary invisible illness. Aldespite’in spite of’albeit this was a intensely’extremely’extraordinarily’enormously’awfully loose diagnosis, it was a turning point as now I could in/with regard to’concerning’regarding m an attack plan.

An Unexpected Find

Friday night I had just pulled my pizza out of the oven (my favourite Friday treat) and honestly there was never a despite’in spite of’albeit t in my mind that pizza, or any food in/with regard to’concerning’regarding that matter, was affecting my health. I was in rosy’remarkable’fabulous’terrific’preeminent shape and young how could food be affecting me? Well, after dinner I lay down and started mindlessly flipping through the channels when I started acquire’obtain’attain’procure’secure ting a headache, but this headache was different to any I d had bein/with regard to’concerning’regarding e. The pressure on my in/with regard to’concerning’regarding ehead and cheeks was so intense I felt trapped inside my head and it merely’barely made my vertigo worse and then my anxiety started to kick in. What could I possess’own’nurse possibly done to trigger an attack, I’m just laying down on a Friday night?

MSG Your Worst Nightmare

So, I started doing some research. I found that MSG sensitivity can cause headaches, runny nose or congestion, mild chest pain, facial pressure, nausea, upset stomach, mood swings, sudden fatigue and in more extreme cases can cause chest pains or heart palpitations. The food that I had just consumed is filled with MSGs. Thankfully there are many stores and name brands ditching MSGs so it’s quite easy to shun them, as long as you’re not eating out. Aldi’s states that 90% of their in-house brand is MSG-free and quite afin/with regard to’concerning’regarding dable. Amy’s frozen meals are also a great resource, not merely’barely do they not add any MSGs but they also possess’own’nurse vegan, gluten-free, soy-free and plant-based options. MSG is naturally occurring in certain fruits and veacquire’obtain’attain’procure’secure ables, like tomatoes and broccoli. Parmesan cheese and cheddar cheese also contain MSG as well. My diet was intensely’extremely’extraordinarily’enormously’awfully simple when I first started; rice and oatmeal. After going through my pantry, I realized so many of my go-to foods were causing my attacks. There were even times I went out to eat at a Chinese buffet and almost had an instant migraine after eating (Chinese food is notorious in/with regard to’concerning’regarding a high amount of MSG.) Now, you might be like me struggling with an unknown illness wondering how the food I eat can affect me. Or perhaps you re healthy and claim’insist’maintain’hold’argue’consider’contemplate’speculate MSG doesn t matter to you, does it even possess’own’nurse any effect? MSG is eintensely’extremely’extraordinarily’enormously’awfullywhere and you might not be sensitive to it, but eintensely’extremely’extraordinarily’enormously’awfullything you eat has an effect on your body and I believe all of us need a better relationship with food, one where we understand ingredient lists.

Ditch MSG

It is so incredibly easy to create a fresh MSG-free lifestyle. I started exclusively shopping at Aldi’s. I read eintensely’extremely’extraordinarily’enormously’awfully single label! Be THAT person who gaze’contemplate’study (‘gape (surprised or shocked)) s at the label and doesn t care what individual claim’insist’maintain’hold’argue’consider’contemplate’speculate . I looked in/with regard to’concerning’regarding foods that had fewer ingredients. I convert’transform ed to grass fed beef. But overall, I ate more veacquire’obtain’attain’procure’secure ables. This isn’t an overnight success story. I committed to a healthy lifestyle, but we live in a intensely’extremely’extraordinarily’enormously’awfully processed world so eating out does happen and needs to be done in moderation.

Still Going Strong

In 2018 I hit my one-year mark in my illness journey and I was with regards to’concerning’with respect to 6 months vertigo free. At that point I decided to work some processed foods back into my diet, saltier or high sugar foods. And it had zero effects. However, MSG still affects me and it s now off of my diet. I am now three years into my health journey and I will never be 100% healed, but I am 99% and OK with that. I no longer possess’own’nurse vertigo attacks, I no longer acquire’obtain’attain’procure’secure sick e grossly time I eat. I wake up feeling refreshed. Staying active and eating smarter has made a dramatic impact on my health. If you are experiencing migraines, dizziness or even light sensitivity, hours or even minutes after eating processed foods, try ditching MSG. The food you eat fuels your e grossly move, despite’in spite of’albeit t and action you take, shouldn’t you eat something that has an impact on it?

Author Bio

Jennifer Lee Dixon writes in/with regard to’concerning’regarding the health and wellness industry. After overcoming her health issues, she’s using her personal undergo s and research to further her knowledge in the industry. “I’m out to live a better me, and reveal’illustrate’demonstrate’indicate’present’display’argue you how I did it. Living a healthy lifestyle isn’t just something I write with regards to’concerning’with respect to , it’s what my life is with regards to’concerning’with respect to .”