Do you use MSG in your cooking?

The first link shows that MSG is different from natural glutamate on the molecular level. Also, the link claims that our bodies contain certain levels of "free glutamate" and that we have "glutamate receptors" in the brain... This tells me that our bodies are meant to consume the natural glutamates found in certain foods (tomatoes, meat, etc...). Then the link proceeds to claim that MSG is more of a solution than a problem... and we look at the references the entire article. Government, Wikipedia, a website with chemical information and no opinion, and the International Glutamate Information Service (which I'm sure is *completely unbiased* right?).

Next we have an article from LiveStrong, yay. Upon a quick reading I find that the article only has one real reference, to someone's book. I don't give a shit if you have a PhD guys, seriously?

Next we have, LOL, the FDA. Nope.

And last, a pdf file. Neat. More government bullcrap. Nope.

Do you realize that the US Government has a vested interest in unnatural compounds? Why? Because you can't make much money from natural compounds! You can't trademark a tomato or an ear of corn... But you CAN trademark a GMO ear of corn or tomato or MSG-creating bacterium. They government has always had a vested interest in unnatural things becoming trademarked, because they make money off of them!

Let me throw a few links of my own at you:

Hey look, its LiveStrong again, and this one has more references!
http://www.livestrong.com/article/448945-monosodium-glutamate-poisoning/

http://www.healthychoicesbc.com/MSG/MSG.html

http://www.naturodoc.com/library/nutrition/MSG_poisoning.htm

http://rense.com/general52/msg.htm

http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/192321/MSG_Are_You_Slowly_Poisoning_Yourself_

http://www.naturalnews.com/036580_MSG_poisoning_remedies_symptoms.html

http://www.oasisadvancedwellness.com/learning/msg-tables.html

http://www.resourcesforlife.com/docs/item1225

Oh, and just for you... here's the government again.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2802046/

We demonstrated that (1) Treatment with MSG induces a dose-dependent swelling and death of mature neurons (12-14 days in culture) with little effect on young immature neurons (<1 week in culture). The threshold concentration of MSG for neuronal injury is 3 µM; (2) MSG only injures neurons with little effect on glial cells; (3) Boiling MSG does not affect its toxicity but the addition of Vitamin C provides significant protection against MSG toxicity; (4) Pretreatment of neurons with a low dose of MSG reduces subsequent injury by a large dose of MSG. Together, our studies suggest that the side effect of MSG may be mediated, at least in part, by its toxic effect on brain neurons. Pre-exposure to low doses of MSG or the use of Vitamin C may prevent or reduce the side effects of MSG.

TRUST BUT VERIFY, DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH.