ok y'all
listen. i get that MSG has gotten a really bad rap. i know and understand some of that is pure racism, particularly against chinese immigrants, using bunk claims to 'other' this group and vilify them. i know that some people absolutely do make up what MSG can do and are totally lying about it.
however.
IT REALLY IS A MIGRAINE TRIGGER, AND A FAIRLY COMMON ONE AT THAT
i'm really tired of the discussion about it going totally the other way
"but it's in all of these other foods -" yeah bub, a lot of those foods are also common migraine triggers!
"but your body makes it naturally -" my dude, my body also makes hormones that cause migraines in me. that is no guarantee.
it is also true that sometimes somebody can get away with eating a little MSG and not reach that having-a-migraine level. still doesn't mean they're faking.
migraines are weird. they're just like that sometimes.
i just really wish people would stop jumping up and down ready to call someone a racist for saying "MSG gives me migraines".
migraines are weird. msg gives me migraines sometimes. no, it's not me working myself into a tizzy because i ate chinese food and hate chinese people. it's been me going "fuck, does KFC have msg in it? ...aw fuck me, it does huh" the day after eating it when half my vision is spangly sparkly bullshit.