MSG is good and gets too much of a bad rap for being bad for you because of xenophobes. That’s it, that’s the post.
I’m reminded of how, in the early days of colonialism, it was believed that corn was incredibly bad for you and that it would turn you into a savage, and the only thing that broke people of this belief was enough of them being subjected to tough winters and being forced to eat it until their cognitive dissonance forced them to retroactively decide that they never believed in that silly superstition anyway.
Corn is super fucking bad for you though, when it was introduced to the Mississipian culture in the 700s they had a huge long term health decline until they got beans.