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Re: MSG in pregnancy

From: Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 17 Dec 1999 13:58:03 -0600 (CST)

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At Fri, 17 Dec 1999, Lisa wrote: >
>I have read the archives about MSG and have a question. Both my good
>friend and I are pregnant and she recently asked me what I knew about
>MSG. Not much really. I new it was in Chinese food but we also
>discovered it was in a lot of the regular everyday foods we use in
>cooking such as condensed soup. I often used these soups for cooking
>sauces. Is there a level that is safe or are we to swear off anything
>that contains it?

As with all salts, don't overdue it. The problem with MSG is that some people reatain large amounts of water from excessive salt and MSG is rather potent.

>I am sure I did not check during my first pregnancy
>and my son is perfect but why risk it? I have never been real commited
>to reading labels before. Perhaps I should?????

Reading labels is good but don't get crazy about it. Just have it eliminated from the Chinese food (and BTW, they can't eliminate it from the soup - from what I've been told).

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Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. FACOG, FACS
Great Neck, New York

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