A Whole-Food, Plant-Based Diet Is Not a Diet of Vegetables. You may have heard that people living this way eat lots of spinach, kale, and collard greens, and that this is, in fact, the primary basis for many of the meals. You may even think we live only on leafy and raw vegetables.
The good news is the science proving MSG is dangerous is out there, and Iâve collected a lot of here for you. Research on the dangers of MSG continues to mount, albeit slowly. Some contend that funding for such projects is inevitably sparse.
Nutrition. Healthy Eating. MSG (monosodium glutamate) is a form of the naturally occurring amino acid glutamate, and is used as a food additive to intensify the taste of food. This flavor enhancer, originally extracted from seaweeds and used in Asian cuisines, has now become a common find in many food products.ven food labels that prominently read no added MSG  do not always mean that the product is MSG-free. In fact, both the FDA and the USDA consider labels such as no added MSG  or no MSG added misleading since many food products with these labels contain free glutamate.