So it takes less MSG to kill you than salt. Not sure why that’s worthy of this comic. If it was less, then I could see it being interesting, but this is like saying it takes way more salt to kill you than hemlock, or some such. Uhm, duh!
You can all keep eating, MSG is not going to kill you. That’s another Ripley’s misinterpretation of facts. Probably from times when MSG was the “evil.” It was after WWII and someone found out that food in the USA contained MSG, Aji-No-Moto, a Japanese creation. Just to begin, Sodium Chloride is lethal, that much is true. The lethal dosage is about 12 grams per Kilo of body weight. An average 170 pounds person has to eat 2 pounds of table salt, pretty much impossible to do. If Ripley’s is right, the same person has to eat two whole shakers of Aji-No-Moto, still pretty hard to do. But it’s not true. I couldn’t find dosage information of MSG for a human, but to compare, a dosage for a mouse is 16 grams per Kilo. Table salt dosage for a mouse is 3 grams per Kilo. So it’s actually 5 times less lethal than table salt, at least for a mouse… Trust me. Trump is president, Kim Chun Chun has nukes, Putin is crazier every day… you’re not going to die because of MSG… :D
From Wikipedia. "The median lethal dose (LD50) is between 15 and 18 g/kg body weight in rats and mice, respectively, five times the LD50 of sodium chloride (3 g/kg in rats). " So if I’m reading it right, Ripley’s got it backwards.
Leroy about 6 years ago
For salt (if your body weight is 170 lbs), that’s 2.1 lbs, or 1.3 boxes. I think it would gross you out before it killed you!
Templo S.U.D. about 6 years ago
you were quite the riot, Theodor Seuss Geisel
therese_callahan2002 about 6 years ago
I saw something on TV about a mom who knowingly gave her son way too much sodium, and……
WestofthePecan Premium Member about 6 years ago
So it takes less MSG to kill you than salt. Not sure why that’s worthy of this comic. If it was less, then I could see it being interesting, but this is like saying it takes way more salt to kill you than hemlock, or some such. Uhm, duh!
J Short about 6 years ago
Maybe he was originally Dr. Zoos.
J Short about 6 years ago
Dogs all over the world continue to tell the legend of the gold fire hydrant.
James Wolfenstein about 6 years ago
You can all keep eating, MSG is not going to kill you. That’s another Ripley’s misinterpretation of facts. Probably from times when MSG was the “evil.” It was after WWII and someone found out that food in the USA contained MSG, Aji-No-Moto, a Japanese creation. Just to begin, Sodium Chloride is lethal, that much is true. The lethal dosage is about 12 grams per Kilo of body weight. An average 170 pounds person has to eat 2 pounds of table salt, pretty much impossible to do. If Ripley’s is right, the same person has to eat two whole shakers of Aji-No-Moto, still pretty hard to do. But it’s not true. I couldn’t find dosage information of MSG for a human, but to compare, a dosage for a mouse is 16 grams per Kilo. Table salt dosage for a mouse is 3 grams per Kilo. So it’s actually 5 times less lethal than table salt, at least for a mouse… Trust me. Trump is president, Kim Chun Chun has nukes, Putin is crazier every day… you’re not going to die because of MSG… :D
Huckleberry Hiroshima about 6 years ago
San Francisco’s golden retrievers have been happy since.
timk440 about 6 years ago
From Wikipedia. "The median lethal dose (LD50) is between 15 and 18 g/kg body weight in rats and mice, respectively, five times the LD50 of sodium chloride (3 g/kg in rats). " So if I’m reading it right, Ripley’s got it backwards.
edeevans1947 about 6 years ago
And thus began the tradition of painting all fire hydrants gold, or yellow if you are out of gold paint!
wirepunchr about 6 years ago
There is a compilation of Dr. Seuss editorial cartoons from World War II titled _ Dr. Seuss Goes To War _ .It’s an interesting read.
Gent about 6 years ago
Well, what’dya know. Doggies are probably the only creatures on this planet who’ve got a golden toilet!