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Chinese restaurant syndrome

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Chinese restaurant syndrome
n.
A group of symptoms, including dizziness, facial pressure, sweating, and headache, that may occur after the ingestion of food containing large amounts of monosodium glutamate.
[From the frequent use of monosodium glutamate in Chinese restaurants.]
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Noun1.Chinese restaurant syndrome - headache and tingling or burning feelings and sweating caused by eating food that contains monosodium glutamate
syndrome - a pattern of symptoms indicative of some disease


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Even the FDA acknowledges that MSG causes something like Chinese Restaurant Syndrome.
MSG: safe or sinister? by Liebman, Bonnie / Nutrition Action Healthletter
The study, says Kenney, shows that if Chinese restaurant syndrome does indeed exist, it takes more than MSG to trigger it.
MSG: not all it's cooked up to be by Science News
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