The Disappearing Spoon: a science history podcast with Sam Kean

Mass Psychosis in Food Science

Nov 7, 2023

23:55

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Americans happily ate monosodium glutamate for decades. Then one (possibly fake) letter sparked mass hysteria over “Chinese Restaurant Syndrome”, and the bogus MSG scare was born...

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