How much of this stuff is bad for you?
How much of this stuff is bad for you?
I'm on 2 teaspoons a day.
Any studies out there about the negative effects of it?
Is Marmite poisoning a thing?
Having 0 Marmite is bad for you.
Agreed. Next.
It's pretty high in salt and some vitamins but if you're drinking plenty and not otherwise taking loads of salt you're probably fine.
Like all things too much of anything is bad for you. I do wonder what the LD50 for marmite would be though. Probably a lot.
I do wonder what the LD50 for marmite would be though. Probably a lot.
Depends how hard they throw the jars at you.
Is that two teaspoons of neat marmite?
Are you administrating it as you would with cough medicine??
As long as you're not having more than say 6-7 slices of marmite on toast I think you'd be within the daily salt intake.
It's good when you stir a teaspoon of it into gravy
I mix it with butter and then snort it
Yorkshiremen…
Salted butter I hope
As is tradition
There are 2 components in Marmite that are present in really high concentrations that can eventually pose problems, the worst offender being salt.
Per the American Heart Association: https://www.heart.org/en/healthy-living/healthy-eating/eat-smart/sodium/how-much-sodium-should-i-eat-per-day
The recommended daily limit for sodium intake is less than 2,300 milligrams
Marmite contains 490mg of salt per 8g serving, which could be approximately a teaspoon, but you can measure that yourself. This would bring the limit to 4 to 5 teaspoons a day to stay below the recommended intake.
The other component is Mono-Sodium Glutamate, which can lead to "increase in oxidative stress which could lead to alterations in the cardiovascular and renal function", per the NIH https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9563186/
What would Americans know of the dangers of Marmite? I'm sure the British Heart Foundation have said that Marmite is perfectly safe at any amount. I'd provide facts, but I don't need to.
According to the linked research, for an 80kg person, problematic amount of Marmite from the MSG contents standpoint would firmly sit around 1,4kg daily consumption, in which case you will be also ingesting definitely lethal 140g of salt, and even worse, more than 11 standard size jars of Marmite.
Luckily our bodies know how much salt we need and it tastes bad once you've had enough. Marmite would taste terrible* once you had enough salt
*Terrible as in too salty, as opposed to the regular terrible some people accuse it of being
People get all bent out of shape about MSG. It's basically just fancy salt.
Any amount is bad for me.
Once upon a time someone gave me some chocolate that was tainted with Marmite. Whoever invented that wanted the world to burn.
Never heard of Marmite chocolate before but I have had Marmite cheese. It wasn't very good cheese though, good idea but terrible execution.
In the photo... that's way too much on that toast.
I love marmite, but someone's gonna get hurt!
Spread it on like Nutella is what I say.
With equal quantities of butter.
Oh you poor innocent creature, those are rookie amounts. If isn't a quarter inch thick it's not worth eating.
depends on the face you want to pull when yuou bite into it.
Just bear in mind it's full of salt. Otherwise that sounds like one morning crumpet to me.
And if you can find the dynamite chilli variety, try it, its frigging awesome.
My brother brought back Marmite for me to try when he was in the UK. I thought it was... weird, but it grew on me over time. Please start exporting this stuff, I miss it.