Hmm, one thing - Baylor University Says STOP, Stop Right Now
According to a study at Baylor University, Ramen noodles are essentially death in a small paper cup or plastic package. I'm sure Ramen lovers everywhere are shocked, upset, and devastated at the loss of a cheap, quick, vegetarian, even sometimes vegan meal, but here's why you should really just quit the habit.
The students at Baylor studied a group of 10,000 South Korean adults ranging in ages from 19-64 to conduct this study. While we know that it is typical for Asian countries to consume any type of noodles on a regular basis, the students wanted to know what this does to a person's health. They found that people who ate instant noodles more than twice a week tended to suffer a condition called metabolic syndrome.
What is Metabolic Syndrome, You Ask?
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According to the National Institute of Health, metabolic syndrome names a group of risk factors that increase the risk of a person for developing a heart disease, diabetes, or a stroke. The risk factors include traits, conditions, or habits that increase your chance of developing a disease, such as eating instant noodles more than twice a week.
[OOps. Occasionally i get the urge and have those little Asian noodle packets of whatever spice. For a snack. Sometimes more than twice a week. Guessing they must be classed as instant noodles.]
Here's the other thing about this: it did not matter what other foods the people studied ate, whether they had the healthiest or most unhealthy diet out of the group. Aside from the instant noodles, nothing else raised their risk of developing metabolic syndrome.
But Wait, They Said ALL Instant Noodles...
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That's right, the study includes all types of instant noodles. But before you go defending Ramen and say it was lumped into a larger group, let's dive deeper into the macro and micronutrients that make up these noodles and ask 'is Ramen healthy?'
Ramen is particularly unhealthy because of a food additive found in them called Tertiary-butyl hydroquinone. TBHQ is a preservative that is a petroleum industry byproduct - not something you would typically want in the food that you eat. Ramen is also very, very high in sodium, calories, and saturated fat, and is considered damaging to your heart.
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