Does anyone else get these? I've found that any free-glutamate food causes me to twitch (in moderate doses) and fatigue (in high doses)

The worst offender so far was a packet of chips (yeast), and a very MSG-laden Italian restaurant meal.

I realize that the mayo-MSG myth is half based off racism, but I think there's a kernel of truth, which is that too much free-glutamate just causes cellular excitation. Meaning the cell is expending energy faster than it can create it.

    • sooper_dooper_roofer [none/use name]
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      2 years ago

      The twitching is very subtle, usually in the tiny muscles attached to the fingers. Maybe eyes too, can't remember. But they're so small you wouldn't be able to see it by looking.

      Definitely not an allergy. There's no hives/itching/redness or anything histamine-like.