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Understanding brain damage and endocrine disorders caused by MSG. MSG is a neurotoxin, potentially toxic to everyone -- potentially toxic even to those people who do not respond with adverse reactions such as migraine headache, asthma, nausea and vomiting, fatigue, disorientation, and depression. We know that MSG kills brain cells in laboratory animals.
Best Answer: MSG is just another form of salt. There is nothing inherently BAD about it but some people do react negatively to it and get headaches or intestinal problems when they use it. If you don't get headaches and are NOT on a sodium restricted diet, use it in good health. PS MSG is monosodium glutamate. Another name for for table salt is sodium chloride You can think about table salt as mono (meaning one) sodium chloride. Source(s): I am a chemist and I work in the food testing industry.