Hi folks...I have been doing LC for about a month now, have loss 10lbs. I love the Atkins...I feel so good I would be on it even if I didn't need to lose.

My qusetion is Accent,is it ok to use in my food...it made from Monosodium Gluamate???

Smile

I don't have any particular problem with it. It's low carb "legal", but can cause some water retention, which is not a problem for most folks, but can show up as a couple of pounds on the scale after a good dose of anything with sodium in it.

Some people have a sensitivity to msg, but if you didn't have any difficulties with it before, there's no reason to expect anything different if seasoning with it now.

HTH

Maggie
5'1"
Atkins since '98 (160)
Maintaining nicely (110)

Redhead until further notice!

Supposedly MSG is an excitotoxin, as is aspartame. I don't go wild trying to avoid either one, but it's something to keep in mind if you are consuming "vast quantities."

http://www.healthpress.com/aspartame.html

http://sportscarecenter.com/scc/id21.html


BC
172/108/108
Zone since 4/98

MSG is used widely in Chinese cooking. About 3 weeks ago, I ate at a Chinese restaurant. An hour latter, I was ravenously hungry. Last weekend, I ate at the same restaurant, but remembered to tell them, no MSG. I had no problems with hunger. Knowing this, I plan to stay away as from MSG as much as I can.

However, your system may be different. You would have to try it and see.

Ilse

380/304.6(WW)/154
5'7"
"It's kind of fun to do the impossible"
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