Ashvini Naik

Monosodium glutamate (MSG) was first invented in Japan in 1908 by a chemist called Ikeda Kikunae. He hoped that this cheap, easy-to-manufacture condiment might encourage people to eat more bland but nutritious foods. Eventually, this powdered taste explosion, marketed as Ajinomoto, made it into kitchens and dining tables across Japan. MSG is a flavor enhancer. It beefs up a food’s savory, or umami, taste. In a nutshell, it’s an amino acid called glutamate combined with regular salt to keep it stable. The FDA asked the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) to investigate adverse reactions to MSG. The FASEB stated that adverse reactions could only be possible in people who may have sensitivities and who have consumed more than 3 grams (g) of MSG. Since a typical serving of food with MSG contains only 0.5 g of MSG, reactions or adverse events are unlikely following typical meals. Over the years, though, it’s been blamed for headaches, migraine episodes, blindness, convulsions, behavioral problems in children, and more. But there’s no strong scientific evidence that MSG impacts health. Lay discussion here: zoe.com/learn/msg

Just wanted to make few things clear. Many Twitter accounts are using the news report on "rare" side effect of blood clotting from the AstraZeneca (Covishield) vaccine as a "political tool." Most of these accounts are fully invested in political commentary and have suddenly shifted to using anti-vaxx sentiments to push their pro-political narratives. Weaponizing known "unknowns" in scientific healthcare by health illiterates will only promote unnecessary anti-science sentiments among people and promote vaccine hesitancy (including for other major beneficial vaccines such as polio, diphtheria, mumps and measles etc.) 🤡STOP POLITICIZING MEDICAL SCIENCE🤡 Most of these accounts seem intelligent and logical, but are still science illiterates with poor scientific temperament and poor understanding of virology, immunology, vaccination benefits and disease burden reduction. The clotting side effect of AZ vaccine is already known and is extremely rare: Incidence of is ~4 per million. Here is a link to the recommended workup which was already in place years ago. This is not new information. hematology.org/covid-19/vacc… In comparison, risk of clotting events with severe Covid infection ranges from 5% to 25% as per multiple studies, which is exponentially larger than due to the vaccine. This paper shows how weaponizing rare adverse events with higher benefits to risk vaccination resulted in vaccine hesitancy and more harms within the society. AstraZeneca Vaccine Controversies in the Media: Theorizing About the 'Mediatization' of Ignorance in the Context of the COVID-19 Vaccination Campaign pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3670… Also as the media claims here, it is not that first time AstraZeneca admits risk of clotting events (again rarest side effect) associated with Covid. It’s in their packaging insert: extranet.who.int/prequal/sit… There is NO CLINICALLY VALIDATED data to showcase young people died of cardiac events due to Covid vaccinations. This is old anti-vaxx garbage peddled by the anti-science community. No link between Covid vaccines used in India and heart attack risk economictimes.indiatimes.com… You want to talk about risks? Then talk about risk of lightning strikes and car accidents, alcohol and tobacco and insect bites and bee stings and such related deaths, which are MUCH MORE than what is expected from vaccination related risks. Grow up people.

Here is my short summary of healthcare in 2023 1⃣Magnesium glycinate does not help in sleep or reduce depression. This was the same finding or lack thereof in the years 2022, 2021 and 2020. It will most probably the same in the coming years. 2⃣Detox was still a thing even in 2023, even after repeatedly educating people that they have a liver and two kidneys that does it for them for free. 3⃣Cold water immersion/showers makes you feel good - temporarily, after a sweaty workout. Just like how watching a good Netflix series does or playing with your pet does. It does not "boost immunity," or fight depression or detox your systemic inflammation. But you believe it does all that because your favorite sportsperson does it. 4⃣In India, people found that paying to inhale flavored oxygen in special bars seemingly improved their health and detoxified their bodies even when the classic unflavored version was anyway available for free. 5⃣David Sinclair was wrong. There is no high-quality evidence that Resveratrol improves lifespan or has a substantial effect on any human disease. It is also wrong of Sinclair to give anecdotal evidence of his gracefully aging father in this matter. 6⃣People still went for multivitamin mineral cocktail injections to boost their immunity in 2023, but only ended up peeing their money out which they do not realize and probably will never. Hello 2024. 7⃣After decades of research and a lot of it in 2023, researchers have finally figured out what vitamin D supplementation eventually does for health. Nothing. Supplementation of vitamin D increases blood levels of vitamin D and nothing else. 8⃣Andrew Huberman was wrong. Although sold as a dietary supplement for insomnia and as anti-stress, there is insufficient scientific evidence from validated and replicated high quality human trials that Ashwagandha is safe or effective for treating any health condition or disease. 9⃣Turmeric/curcumin supplements were still the best-worst supplement researched in 2023 and most wastefully glorified in 2023 - wasting loads of money, human resources and time. The identified benefits of turmeric supplementation on health and disease in 2023 was found to be same as it was in 2022, 2021 and 2020 - zero. 🔟Black coffee is still the best dietary supplement with adequate evidence that demonstrates its benefits in liver disease, especially prevention of fatty liver, progression to chronic liver disease and risk reduction in liver cancer. It is not useful as an enema. Please dont waste your coffee in the wrong hole. 1⃣1⃣Homeopathy still managed to blindside educated people even in 2023, proving that human stupidity is infinite. 1⃣2⃣Covid-19 still managed to kill people, increase morbidity and reduce quality of life among 100s of 1000s of people in 2023 and still continue to do so even after everyone decided to conviniently forget about that "simple flu" that killed millions proving that "There is a time and a place for everything, including ignoring things" and that if you ignore some problems they get bigger and bigger and worse and worse. But it happens so slowly so you don’t even really notice. Pretty soon you can’t remember a time when you weren’t drowning in problems. Dont let your gaurd down in 2024. 1⃣3⃣ People thought they could do away with spectacles by looking at the Sun. Their brains belong in a Museum of History of Evolution. 1⃣4⃣ Chiropractors started victimizing animals after decades of torturing humans. 1⃣5⃣ In India, Fintech bros became health influencers and everyone who listened to them still lost money and additionally their health also on the side.