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.
T he following foods contain MSG or its business end-the free amino acid glutamate-in amounts large enough to cause reactions in those sensitive to it.: 1  Taste No 5 Umami Paste MSG disguised as a substitute for MSG. 2  A travesty of misleading labeling and marketing.hey are trying to maximize the free glutamate content of their food. That is the point of the restaurant. According to the FDA in 1995, for anyone sensitive to MSG, free glutamate - (Umami) is to be avoided because high amounts of free glutamate will give an MSG sensitive person a reaction.