TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 month agoELI5 why I logically understand McDonald's food is low quality and bad for me but I crave it like crack?message-squaremessage-square67fedilinkarrow-up152arrow-down14
arrow-up148arrow-down1message-squareELI5 why I logically understand McDonald's food is low quality and bad for me but I crave it like crack?TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square67fedilink
minus-squareAsetru@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·1 month agoDo I look like I know what an MSG is?
minus-square474D@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 month agoYou can buy it in a bottle like spices. It looks like salt. I like to replace the regular amount of salt with 50% msg and 50% salt when cooking
minus-squareSuiXi3D@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoJust go to the grocery store and buy some?
minus-squareMyTurtleSwimsUpsideDown@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 month agoNow I want a doormat with “monosodium gluta” inscribed on it
minus-squarevillage604@adultswim.fanlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoUnfortunately they did leave the e off the end, so unless you’re Australian…
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·1 month agoGlutamate, it’s an analog for an important brain signaling amino acid. Many people get drowsy or get blurred vision from MSG, but industry has funded influencers and bots for years telling us that is a myth.
Do I look like I know what an MSG is?
You can buy it in a bottle like spices. It looks like salt. I like to replace the regular amount of salt with 50% msg and 50% salt when cooking
MSG king of flawor (or so I hear)
Just go to the grocery store and buy some?
Monosodium glutamat
Now I want a doormat with “monosodium gluta” inscribed on it
Unfortunately they did leave the e off the end, so unless you’re Australian…
Glutamate, it’s an analog for an important brain signaling amino acid. Many people get drowsy or get blurred vision from MSG, but industry has funded influencers and bots for years telling us that is a myth.