Why does Chinese food make my ankles swell with fluid so bad?
Every time I eat Chinese food (and some other foods) my ankles fill up and swell with fluid for days. Sometimes it gets so bad that I can’t put shoes on. It takes on average 1 week for it to completely go away.
The Chinese food is a guarantee, but I also noticed that sometimes food that is fried or heavy will also do this to me. Any idea why this happens?
Could be the MSG in the Chinese food, and also the sodium content. MSG stands for monosodium glutamate, and is a flavor enhancer commomly found in Chinese restaurants. It is a kind of a salt, so if they are using regular table salt too – you’re getting a double dose. Salt will cause you to retain fluid, which sometimes shows up in your joint areas.
Fried foods are heavy on salt, too – if they weren’t, it’d just taste greasy & floury, ya know??
Could be the MSG in the Chinese food, and also the sodium content. MSG stands for monosodium glutamate, and is a flavor enhancer commomly found in Chinese restaurants. It is a kind of a salt, so if they are using regular table salt too – you’re getting a double dose. Salt will cause you to retain fluid, which sometimes shows up in your joint areas.
Fried foods are heavy on salt, too – if they weren’t, it’d just taste greasy & floury, ya know??
References :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monosodium_glutamate
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_retention_(medicine)