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My mom's bedroom is on the third floor of the house, with windows that face the West. This year she decided to move to the other room up there, with the windows facing East. While she misses her main bedroom, being cooler and dealing with the sun while it rises just makes more sense.

Interesting how this article is titled, "The Truth About MSG" when there's actually no complete truth in what's provided.

I suggest those who freely use MSG read the "real" truth about MSG. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-mercola/msg-is-this-silent-killer_b_491502.html

If you still insist on poisoning yourself for the 'taste' you get, well by all means do so! People still smoke no matter the consequences.

"Why MSG is so Dangerous

One of the best overviews of the very real dangers of MSG comes from Dr. Russell Blaylock, a board-certified neurosurgeon and author of "Excitotoxins: The Taste that Kills." In it he explains that MSG is an excitotoxin, which means it overexcites your cells to the point of damage or death, causing brain damage to varying degrees -- and potentially even triggering or worsening learning disabilities, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, Lou Gehrig's disease and more."

"It's a misconception that MSG is a flavor or "meat tenderizer." In reality, MSG has very little taste at all, yet when you eat MSG, you think the food you're eating has more protein and tastes better. It does this by tricking your tongue, using a little-known fifth basic taste: umami.

Umami is the taste of glutamate, which is a savory flavor found in many Japanese foods, bacon and also in the toxic food additive MSG. It is because of umami that foods with MSG taste heartier, more robust and generally better to a lot of people than foods without it."