Is there a relationship between dietary MSG obesity in animals or humans?

Amino Acids

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 2075-2087

  Brosnan, John T ^a   Drewnowski, Adam ^b   Friedman, Mark I ^c  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c MONELL CHEMICAL SENSES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acid metabolism; Epidemiology; Fat metabolism; Glutamic acid; Monosodium glutamate; Obesity

Indexed keywords

GLUCAGON LIKE PEPTIDE 1; GLUTAMATE SODIUM; GLUTAMIC ACID; FLAVORING AGENTS; SODIUM GLUTAMATE;

AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BODY MASS; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CALORIC INTAKE; DIETARY INTAKE; ENERGY BALANCE; FETUS CIRCULATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; LIPID DIET; LIPID METABOLISM; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; OVERNUTRITION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTAKE; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WEIGHT GAIN; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANIMALS; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CONGRESSES AS TOPIC; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; HUMANS; METABOLISM;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

ANIMALS; CONGRESSES AS TOPIC; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FLAVORING AGENTS; HUMANS; OBESITY; SODIUM GLUTAMATE;

EID: 84906317706     PISSN: 09394451     EISSN: 14382199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00726-014-1771-6     Document Type: Review

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