Sunday, February 15, 2009

OMG, there is such a thing as Kwok's Disease.

We are famous! And contrary to what one might assume, Kwok's disease isn't the tendency of afflicted people to fall in love with the awesomeness of Kwokness - it is a freakin allergy to MSG:

In 1968, Robert Ho Man Kwok, M.D., described a collection of symptoms he allegedly experienced after eating Chinese food. He coined the phrase "Chinese Restaurant Syndrome" (CRS) to describe these symptoms, which included numbness at the back of the neck and a feeling of pressure in the face and upper chest muscles.

According to here.

Huh.

1 comment:

serina said...

I have a slight allergy to MSG but not as severe.