Why when i eat chinese takeaway does it taste so good but after i have finished i always feel ill !!!!?

Question

Me and my girlfriend like 2 get a chinese takeaway now and again and its always the same story !! we both really enjoy it while we are eating it but once we sit down after we both feel rather ill !! WHY ?????????

Answer 1

coz u eat 2 much? -x

Answer 2

Lots of Chinese restaurants use MSG (monosodium glutamate).  It's a flavour enhancer but some people react badly to it.  There's a bit of a controversy about its use and it's a health concern for some people. However some people think it's great, and it's part of the fifth taste sensation - umami - along with ketchup and various other flavour enhancers. Apparently, according to the newspapers, this fifth taste sense thing is a current trend is NYC restaurants. (See links below for more info.)

Some restaurants specifically advertise that they don't use MSG.  Maybe you could find one which does this and enjoy your Chinese meals in future and avoid feeling ill afterwards.

Answer 3

It also makes you hungry an hour later right? LOL how odd...

Answer 4

Chinese food is loaded with MSG ... Alot of people have strong reactions or are allergic to it.  In addition to MSG, I'm also allergic to soy sauce; so that could also be a problem......

Answer 5

  it's the cats that they mix wiyh the rotten chicken,you might say it creates a bit of a CATastrophy in your tummy.    Vigilante.

Answer 6

There's no one that likes chinese/indian takeaways more than my partner and I. But as a Diabetic I/we eat very, very few of them due

to the massive amount of SUGAR and SALT in each seperate

portion. You would be far better off obtaining from a vast choice of spices available to do your own, it is also much healthier.

Hope this helps.  

Answer 7

answer is simple...you and yer bird are greedy and stuff yer faces like me and my bf and say ahh magic but same old story ''eyes bigger than belly"

god its good but cos its so tasty you probably do like us couple of cavemen and gorge on it like cannibals LOLOL

funny thing is....

you are ALWAYS starving 2 hrs later and scrabbling about for the leftovers...lol

yum so tasty  

Answer 8

Because it has a lot of MSG in it and it is very un-healthy. You should avoid eating chinese takeaway since it is making you feel "rather ill".

Obviously your system has a bigger reaction to this chinese food than some other people's. It depends on what body type you have, how your personal digestive system reacts to what different things. And also if you have milk with this food, don't.

Answer 9

What precisely do you mean by 'ill'? There have been a lot of myths about MSG, a substance which occurs naturally in our many foods as well as in non-Chinese foods, such as those you buy in the supermarkets. The main symptom reported is headache after consuming MSG. But a Harvard study has shown that MSG in food does not cause it: http://www.health24.com/medical/Conditio...

One has to know as well how much you ate in one sitting. It is often the case that when something is nice, we tend to over-eat, and that can cause discomfort. It is also a well-known fact that fast foods tend to have a high oil content and this can make some people feel uncomfortable too. It's too simple to put it down to just MSG.

Answer 10

Alot of  Chinese places put MSG in the food u might be allergic or its a very dirty place and you get food poisoning every time  

Answer 11

I awalys feel that i've eaten to much than feel sick

Answer 12

Sounds like you have an allergy to Mono-sodium-glutamate which they use in most of their cooking in order to give it some taste!