UNAIR NEWS Department of Basic Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine 51动漫 has held another community service to implement Higher Education Tri Dharma. This time, it was held in Selogabus Village, Parengan Subdistrict, Tuban Regency on Saturday, July 22.
淭he main goals of this community service was to share knowledge and experience to the community, especially about the use of food flavor and instant food. The mothers must know that harmony is started from the kitchen so hopefully this community service can be implemented in each and every house, stated Dr. Eduardus Bimo H M.kes., drh, as the Head of the committee during his address.
Similar statement made by Sukiman, as the Secretary of Selobagus Village . He said that the knowledge later on will be useful to improve the quality of life as it was presented by the experts.
淗opefully in this community service, attending mothers can get benefits. I also want to thank this FKH UNAIR community service team, he said.
The community service was inspired by the lecturers of Department of Basic Veterinary Medicine. It proves that not only students can go directly to community service sites.
Prof. Sri Agus Sudjarwo drh., Ph.D in this community service explained about the impact of monosodium glutamat (MSG) in food. The public have consumed MSG as it was considered giving the flavor greatly.
In this occasion, the attending participants looked enthuistic listening to the explanations as they every day uses MSG.
淧roduct with MSG or known micin can kill slowly, it is not obviously seen, stated Prof. Agus in his presentation. He also added that MSG is dangerous for health as it can cause brain damage, nervous system damage and cardio-vasculary disease and other diseases. Moreover, Prof. Agus also showed some proofs from his research conducted to lab rats. The lab rats consuming MSG experiences obesity. It was caused by the increasing leptin in the blood which stimulate the appetite.
Furthermore, Prof. Agus also gave insight on the history of MSG. It was found by Japanese chemist, Ikaeda Kikunae, it was called 渦mami which means delicious. But nowadays, MSG was known as ajinomoto, miwon, vetsin, sasa, masako, royco, and other brand names.
淗opefully, the participants can think twice to use MSG for their food. Eventhough it is delicious, it is extremely dangerous. It should not more than 6 mg/kg of body weight every day and kids or pregnant mothers should avoid it, stated Prof. Agus.
Author : Siti Nur Umami
Editor : Nuri Hermawan
