Glutamate flavoring the neck, gradually radiating to both arms and the back, general weakness and palpitations... The syndrome is often abbreviated as CRS and also became known under the names Chinese food syndrome and monosodium glutamate symptom complex. Symptoms attributed to the Chinese restaurant syndrome have been determined to be false. Although many people believe that monosodium glutamate (MSG) is the cause of these symptoms, an association has never been demonstrated under rigorously controlled conditions, even in studies with people who were convinced that they were sensitive to the compound. Techniques used to adequately control for experimental bias include a placebo-controlled double-blinded
Oral mite anaphylaxis Oral mite anaphylaxis Oral mite anaphylaxis (OMA) (aka pancake syndrome) is a disease in which a person gets symptoms after eating food contaminated with particular mites. The disease name comes from reports of people becoming ill after eating pancakes made from contaminated flour. Mites suspected as causing the condition are "Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus", "Blomia tropicalis", and "Suidasia pontifica" (Suidasia medanensis). The latter two are the most likely to have caused the harmful effects, and they live in tropical and subtropical environments. Because the disease is transmitted by pancakes and other cooked food, scientists expect that this means that the allergen can