Kidney failure linked to MSG and sugar


  • Nation
  • Thursday, 27 Nov 2003

MIRI: Preliminary research indicates that excessive consumption of monosodium glutamate (MSG) and sugar is the reason why people in northern Sarawak have the highest incidence of kidney failure in the state. 

This unhealthy eating trend among people in this region was found to be the leading probable cause of kidney damage among urban and rural folk examined by a team of researchers from the state health department and Curtin University of Technology Sarawak. 

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