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MSG was so prevalent until people said it was bad. One of our local fast food chain restaurants still has a "No MSG" poster in some of their branches.
That's terrible slander. At least you know which restaurants to avoid!
MSG is just a kind of salt. It's absolutely fine and one guy basically said "I always get a headache after eating Chinese food, it must be those darn Chinese people's fault" and created a completely bullshit study out of nowhere and the health food nuts jumped on it and now here we are and even in China MSG has become a dirty word.
https://rightasrain.uwmedicine.org/body/food/msg-isnt-unhealthy
https://www.foodrepublic.com/1429861/msg-food-safety-myth-origin-racism/
tldr: food tastes better with a little MSG and there's no link between it and any known health issue.