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I'm on 2 teaspoons a day.

Any studies out there about the negative effects of it?

Is Marmite poisoning a thing?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 22 hours ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 22 hours ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Having 0 Marmite is bad for you.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Agreed. Next.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago

I do wonder what the LD50 for marmite would be though. Probably a lot.

Depends how hard they throw the jars at you.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (3 children)

In the photo... that's way too much on that toast.

I love marmite, but someone's gonna get hurt!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Spread it on like Nutella is what I say.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 23 hours ago

With equal quantities of butter.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 22 hours ago

depends on the face you want to pull when yuou bite into it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Oh you poor innocent creature, those are rookie amounts. If isn't a quarter inch thick it's not worth eating.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago (3 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 day ago (4 children)

I mix it with butter and then snort it

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

I inject it into the gap between my big and second toe, as if I've ruined the rest of my veins (even though I haven't).

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

Yorkshiremen…

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

As is tradition

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

Salted butter I hope

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

I'm a moderately keen, but not very good cook, and Marmite goes in practically everything I make.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

6-7 slices of marmite

you .. you slice your marmite and apply it to toast as if it were luncheon meat??

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Yeah, keep it in the fridge and it's viscous enough to do that.

After years of trial and error, I now use one of those old school egg slicers

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

oh .. well that's nice, sounds err lovely *discretely calls animal control to come shoot you with a tranq dart*

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Vicious was the word you were searching for. Don't thank me.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

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/

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

People get all bent out of shape about MSG. It's basically just fancy salt.

[–] DJDarren 15 points 1 day ago (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

I don't think America has an equivalent, so I think they'd find it too strongly flavoured, as they do with Vegemite

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 hours ago

I think the problem that ‘merkins have with Marmite is that it doesn’t contain 95% sugar.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Good point, the LD50 of Marmite for non-UK people is 1mg

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Half that if you're an overdramatic YouTuber.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 16 hours ago

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

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Once upon a time someone gave me some chocolate that was tainted with Marmite. Whoever invented that wanted the world to burn.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Never heard of Marmite chocolate before but I have had Marmite cheese. It wasn't very good cheese though, good idea but terrible execution.