Articles tagged with: monosodium glutamate

What is your relationship with food and eating?

14 August 2019 by Catherine Saxelby

Eat to beat MSG and glutamate sensitivity

Are you glutamate-sensitive? Difficult, as it’s impossible to avoid ALL glutamates. They’re natural components of a wide number of foods, but you can avoid big doses (which most likely will trigger symptoms) by implementing the following the three steps.

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Q. Some foods are labelled ‘no MSG’. What does MSG stand for and is it bad for our health?

14 June 2013 by Catherine Saxelby

Q. Some foods are labelled ‘no MSG’. What does MSG stand for and is it bad for our health?

Q. Some foods are labelled 'No MSG'. What does MSG stand for and is it bad for our health?

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Additives and what they do

24 August 2010 by Catherine Saxelby

Additives and what they do

All additives have to be identified by their general functional name and also by a code number OR their individual chemical name. So...

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Food claims: fat-free or guilt-free?

28 November 2008 by Catherine Saxelby

Food claims: fat-free or guilt-free?

What do those brightly-coloured words that scream "fat-free" or "light" at you at the supermarket really mean? And what about "no...

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