Open AccessThe Effect of Food Additives (Monosodium Glutamate - MSG) On Human Health - A Critical Review
Author(s) -
Zahraa Hameed Al-Agili
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
mağallaẗ kulliyyaẗ al-maʿrīf al-ğāmiʿaẗ/maǧallaẗ kulliyyaẗ al-maʻārif al-ǧāmiʻaẗ
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2709-1155
pISSN - 1815-3364
DOI - 10.51345/.v31i1.235.g162
Subject(s) - monosodium glutamate , flavor , obesity , glutamate receptor , medicine , immune system , human health , food additive , physiology , food science , endocrinology , environmental health , chemistry , immunology , pathology , receptor
According to the famous saying of the medieval physician Paracelsus, "There is no substance without poison. Only the dose determines the extent of the toxic effect." Here, the effect of monosodium glutamate (MSG) on human health and the risks to the health of its frequent use in the short term was addressed and the long term was evaluated according to the studies of several researchers specializing in this regard. Monosodium glutamate (MSG) is known as one of the most popular food additives that classified as a flavor enhancer. Parts of the evidence were reviewed from the literature explaining its effect on immune system cells in addition to metabolic disorders by exposing individuals to obesity and what is known as metabolic syndrome, as well as reviewing a lot of evidence indicating the effect of MSG intake on the health of the kidney, liver and other parts of the body through Practical application to laboratory rats and clinical studies in humans.