便當精髓果然還是味精

「每天吃麵包，都快沒有活著的感覺，偶爾就該吃點外面的便當。」

「這是什麼意思？」

「味精，MSG，谷氨酸才是生命的亮光。」

味精有問題的那篇報導

1968年4月4日，Dr. Ho 在 THE NEW ENGLAD JOURNAL of MEDICINE 的投書被認為是味精有毒論的濫觴。

To the Editor: For several years since I have been in this country, I have ex perienced a strange syndrome whenever I have eaten out in a Chinese restaurant, especially one that served Northern Chinese food. The syndrome, which usually begins 15 to 20 minutes after I hare eaten the first dish, lasts for about two hours, without any hangover effect. The most prominent symptoms are numbness at the back of the neck, gradually radiating to both arms and the back, general weakness and palpitation. The symptoms simulate those that I have had from hypersensitivity to acetylsalicylic acid, but are milder. I had not heard of the syndrome until I received complaints of the same symptoms from Chinese frienㄙds of mine, both medical and nonmedical people, but all well educated.
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Robert Ho Man Kwok, M.D., Senior Research Investigator, National Biomedical Research Foundation.

（Google 翻譯）

致編者：我來這個國家幾年來，每次在中餐館，尤其是提供中國北方菜的中餐館就餐時，都會出現一種奇怪的症狀。這種綜合症通常在我吃完第一道菜後 15 到 20 分鐘開始，持續大約兩個小時，沒有任何宿醉作用。最突出的症狀是頸部後部麻木，逐漸放射至雙臂和背部，全身無力和心悸。這些症狀與我對乙酰水楊酸過敏的症狀相似，但更溫和。直到我收到來自我的中國朋友（包括醫療人員和非醫療人員）對相同症狀的投訴，但我都受過良好教育，我才聽說過這種綜合症。

原文線上期刊需要付費訂閱，不過 1969年11月12日出版的《Hearings, Reports and Prints of the Senate Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs》有完整的投書內容，參考附件連結。