tmjst
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I'm glad that you have found some suggestions on rubs to try that meet your requirement. Please keep in mind that I am not trying to be antagonistic, but I've been thinking about this and since you have been to a medical doctor who has confirmed that you are allergic to MSG, I'd like to know how he determined that. Did he check your immune response or histamine levels after contact with or ingestion of MSG? Did he recommend an antihistamine or even prescribe an epinephrine pen in case you should eat at a restaurant which uses MSG without your knowledge or against your ordering requests? I would just like to understand how some one could be allergic to MSG.
Thanks,
dmp
I suspect that the MD used the non-medical version of "allergic," the way many people use it, to mean "any random sensitivity." It's very difficult to explain how anyone could be actually allergic to glutamate, because it's in all kinds of food and, in fact, your body manufactures several grams of it every day. An average person has something like 3 pounds of glutamate bound up in various proteins. But some people seem to be sensitive to glutamates, and incorrectly call the sensitivity an allergy. A far *greater* number blame glutamates for things that aren't caused by glutamates at all. Isolating food sensitivities is incredibly hard.
That's why I'm concerned for the Brethren who first reported the problem... the odds are *very* high that he (she?) has a wrong diagnosis. As far as I can tell, swelling and orange skin aren't typical symptoms of either MSG sensitivity or any allergy.
Of course, the original poster didn't ask for medical advice, and I'm no doctor, so I won't mind at all if you ignore me completely. :thumb: