MSG DOES NOT give you headaches (‘Chinese restaurant syndrome')

Double-blind, placebo-controlled trials — including one giving 70 volunteers MSG or placebo capsules — found symptom rates were identical between groups. The term "Chinese Restaurant Syndrome" has been dropped by the medical community for lack of reproducible evidence, and the FDA classifies MSG as "Generally Recognized As Safe," the same category as table salt.

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The source details controlled double-blind studies showing no significant difference in symptoms between MSG and placebo groups, indicating MSG does not cause headaches commonly attributed to "Chinese restaurant syndrome."

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The claim that MSG does not give you headaches is supported by multiple double-blind studies cited by the source, which found no significant difference in symptoms between MSG and placebo. However, the source quality is unknown, so confidence is moderate and more corroboration would be beneficial.

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