During this time micin is often used as a flavoring enhancer, especially for savory dishes. Monosodium glutamate or micin is a cooking ingredient that contains sodium or sodium, water and glutamate, where these three ingredients are nutrients. Sodium is the same as sodium, while sodium is in salt. So sodium chloride is salt (NaCl) while sodium glutamate is micin.
Glutamate is a non-essential amino acid in which the body can produce this substance which functions to metabolize muscle and brain functions. In the human body there is 20% protein where 20% of them are glutamate. This glutamate content can not only be obtained from the body, but also can be obtained from vegetables, fish, fruit to breast milk.
Usually micin is made from extracting cassava, turnips, sugar cane and wheat. Sugar cane or cassava droplets are fermented using the Brevi-bacterium lactofermentum bacteria and then added with salt so that the shape becomes crystallized, therefore if you look carefully the shape of the micin looks like crystalline powder.
Does micin have health benefits?
In every 5 grams of salt there is a sodium content of 2 grams micin, whereas in every 5 grams micin only has sodium of 0.6 gr. Therefore, compared to salt, micin is recommended for consumption by people with hypertension because the sodium content is less. Moreover, glutamate functions to make the taste of food more savory or better so that the use of micin can function to increase appetite. Another benefit of micin is that it can increase the amount of saliva production and increase the production of gastric fluid so that using micin can make it easier for you to swallow food and digest it.
Then what is the limit of micin consumption allowed?
USDFA (U.S Food and Drug Administration) gives recommendations regarding the consumption limit of mic, which is 1.5 gr per day. If you still find it difficult to guess what the 1.5 gr micin is, the comparison is in 1 serving of meatballs (1 cup) usually using mic as much as 0.5 gr. Means it can be said that 1.5 gr is equal to 3 servings or 3 meatball bowls and gravy. Whereas for every 5 gram package of micin products, it is usually used for every 1 kg of rendang meat The function of sodium is the same as the function of salt in sodium while glutamate works like glutamate which works in the body which functions as a metabolism.
Do foreigners use micin?
The United States is known on average every day using 12 g of glutamate (11 grams of food, 1.0 gram of mecin), while Japanese people use 15.9 grams of glutamate every day (14 grams of food, 1.9 grams of mecin). ) The Glutamate Safety Study is carried out by 4 bodies, including;
FAO and WHO, European Food Safety and Authority, USDFA and National Academy of Sciences.
Regulations in Indonesia regarding micin
The government provides regulations regarding micin through the Regulation of the Minister of Health of the Republic of Indonesia Number: 722 / Menkes / Per / IX / 88 Date. 20/09/1988 concerning Food Additives (BTP): "MSG is a BTP for flavor enhancers that are permitted with a maximum limit of" sufficient "(naturally in accordance with the intended use).
Means it can be said that the rules of consumption of micin are almost the same as sugar and salt, which is just enough and not too excessive.
Does it mean that MSG is safe for health?
Vetsin, MSG or micin which are flavorings are often interpreted negatively as if micin is a product that can have adverse health effects and is not useful unless it only adds delicious food. From various studies that have been conducted on micin, in the end it was concluded that the use of micin for food is safe as long as it does not use micin excessively. Actually, it's not only my micin usage that is dangerous if done excessively. For example salt, if you consume salt excessively, then your head will usually feel dizzy and blood pressure will increase. Or if you consume carbohydrates excessively in the morning, then usually you will be more easily drowsy at the same time.
Prof. Ir. Ahmad Sulaeman MS PhD who is a nutritionist from the Faculty of Human Ecology (FEMA) Bogor Agricultural Institute (IPB) said that micin is mono-sodium glutamate which although we do not use micin as a flavoring, still the ingredients are used micin) contains glutamic acid.
Is glutamate safe for consumption by people who are sick?
If you pay close attention to the infusion, there is a composition of L-glutamic acid.
So can you still say that micin can make someone stupid? Or micin dangerous?
Of course micin or MSG can be dangerous for your health if you consume 5 packs of micin products at once.
It is possible for a restaurant or food product to admit that the food or food products it produces do not use micin, but still if research is conducted it will find glutamic acid content in it.
Glutamic acid in food or cooking products (which do not use micin) can come from red meat, tomatoes, mushrooms and vegetables.
Ahmad stressed that why you should hate glutamate, even though you don't use micin, you will still consume glutamate, a non-essential amino acid found in protein.
Micin consists of sodium, glutamate and water, all of which are nutrients and glutamate is one of the non-essential amino acids that are naturally present in food which plays a role in increasing metabolism, brain function, and muscle.
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