Chinese food to blame?

[DonJuane]

Again, no one can prove what the chemical is that causes this condition. MSG is only a guess. Some may say it is MSG because that is what we are most familiar with and one pack of something from China may say MSG and contain one chemical mix and another box may have another mix. And yet another may contained a little spilled rat poison, or not t - who really knows these days? (Remember all the poison baby toys we've dealt with in the US over the past decades.) And I don't think the FDA spends all that much time these days picking apart what China ships to us, considering the sheer volume. I personally think it is something new that's being used, a new chemical formula that is perhaps even cheaper than MSG or like I say, a new complex enzyme that fools the brain into believing what we are eating is tasty and fresh rather than what it really is, some chemical compound added to over-boiled or near spoiled vegetables. The frequency of consumption could be a factor as well, Doyle with his many times a week Chinese food habit and me with my old 3 times a week Pho habit.

And like I said, I read the same info you posted a link to here and personally have read page after page of the same material that all says exactly the same thing as this post. However, overall I could care less. Reality and experience along with the ability to do a repeated test and get the same results was all I needed to realize something was rotten in Denmark. I should have hired an attorney and gotten to the bottom of what it was my Texas neighbor was serving our neighborhood and offered myself up for the study to demo what the mystery chemical he was using was doing to us, but it was much easier to just go to another Pho place.

Unfortunately there's not always another restaurant like in Doyle's case. I did solve my own problem and find a restaurant that was Vietnamese family owned and that spent the two days it requires to make a good pot of Pho rather that serving some box of chemicals like my Texas money hungry entrepreneur wanted to trade me for my $10 lunch money. I try my best, however not to follow any sort of vindictive nature but every now and then I have to admit it would be a bit comical to see some skeptic come down with a case of this. Of course knowing me, I'll likely break and start to feel sorry for them. Karma's a bitch but still you can't help but sometimes letting just one little chuckle out before you start to feel your normal level of compassion.

Speaking of which - Anyone have any compassionate quotes to add? We could certainly use a few these days. Luckily for those who pay attention, the Mexican people are great teachers in this area.