{"id":855,"date":"2020-04-13T15:13:03","date_gmt":"2020-04-13T15:13:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.truthinlabeling.org\/blog\/?p=855"},"modified":"2020-04-13T15:13:07","modified_gmt":"2020-04-13T15:13:07","slug":"can-you-be-allergic-to-msg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/truthinlabeling.org\/blog\/2020\/04\/13\/can-you-be-allergic-to-msg\/","title":{"rendered":"Can you be allergic to MSG?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>By and large, reactions to MSG are sensitivity reactions to a toxin, not allergic responses.\u00a0 That\u2019s probably why the Glutes suggest seeing an allergist if you think you\u2019re having a problem with MSG because allergists have no tests for sensitivities.\u00a0 The only test for MSG (or any other sensitivity) is a challenge &#8212; ingesting the substance and waiting to see what happens.\u00a0 So, most allergists will tell you that you\u2019re not allergic to MSG, which would be true.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019ve had reports from a handful of people who said they tested positive for an MSG-allergy but it\u2019s not common.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>If you have questions or comments, we\u2019d love to hear from you. If you have hints for others on how to avoid exposure to MfG, send them along, too, and we\u2019ll put them up on&nbsp;<\/em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Truth-in-Labeling-Campaign-114093959577\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Facebook<\/em><\/a><em>. Or you can reach us at questionsaboutmsg@gmail.com and follow us on&nbsp;<\/em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/truthlabeling\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Twitter @truthlabeling<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By and large, reactions to MSG are sensitivity reactions to a toxin, not allergic responses.\u00a0 That\u2019s probably why the Glutes suggest seeing an allergist if you think you\u2019re having a problem with MSG because allergists have no tests for sensitivities.\u00a0 The only test for MSG (or any other sensitivity) is a challenge &#8212; ingesting the &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/truthinlabeling.org\/blog\/2020\/04\/13\/can-you-be-allergic-to-msg\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Can you be allergic to MSG?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":857,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[196,25,4,130,24],"class_list":["post-855","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-allergies","tag-monosodiumglutamate","tag-msg","tag-msgadversereactions","tag-truthinlabelingcampaign"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/truthinlabeling.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/855","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/truthinlabeling.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/truthinlabeling.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/truthinlabeling.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/truthinlabeling.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=855"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/truthinlabeling.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/855\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":859,"href":"http:\/\/truthinlabeling.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/855\/revisions\/859"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/truthinlabeling.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/truthinlabeling.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/truthinlabeling.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/truthinlabeling.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}