{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Chemistry For Your Life","title":"What even is MSG? Is it bad for you?","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/1e5259aa\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2829,"description":"#175MSG! The ingredient many of us reference but few of us know anything about. What is it? Why does it make things taste so good? What's in it? Is it bad for us? If not, why does everyone think it is?References from this Episodehttps://youtu.be/VJw8r_YWJ9khttps://www.compoundchem.com/2014/08/25/msg/https://www.nature.com/articles/1602526https://www.chemistryworld.com/podcasts/glutamate/3005790.articlehttps://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/agricultural-and-biological-sciences/enterocytehttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10942912.2017.1295260We want to give a special thanks to Bri McAllister for illustrating molecules for some episodes! Please go check out Bri’s art, follow and support her at entr0pic.artstation.com and @McAllisterBri on twitter!Check out our website at chemforyourlife.comWatch our episodes on YouTubeFind us on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook @ChemForYourLife.Want to start your own podcast? Use Transistor and you'll have the best podcast platform available. We use it and we are totally in love with it.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/lu4HbLHuTW1O_8BhDI8VZ5qX3dCXZvibQi2muYIvp5w/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzMwOTkvMTY2Njgy/NzQwMS1hcnR3b3Jr/LmpwZw.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}