How bad is it to have instant noodles?

Instant noodles seem to be full of magic.

If you don’t eat for a period of time, you will be greedy again.

Open the package, put it into a bowl and pour in hot water… You can have a good meal in three minutes at the fastest.

However, if you are caught by your mother, you may hear the old saying:

Instant noodles are junk food

Do not eat it!

Then here is the question–

How bad is it to have instant noodles?

When it comes to instant noodles, there are all kinds of bad things. For example, there is a joke on the Internet:

Among the much “harm” of instant noodles, the most well-known one is that it takes 32 hours to detoxify a packet of instant noodles.

Stefani BARDIN, a media worker, and Braden Kuo, an expert in gastroenterology, are said to have carried out an “experiment” in which two subjects were asked to swallow the microcapsules and observe the digestion of instant noodles and hand-made noodles.

The result is: after 32 hours, the hand-made noodles have been almost digested, but there are still remnants of instant noodles.

This experiment does exist, but it has nothing to do with the above conclusion.

The purpose of the experiment itself was to observe the difference between “processed food” and “natural food” in the process of digestion. In order to prove that natural food is more healthy, the experiment itself and copywriting have a certain tendency.

In addition, what is more absurd is that:

The photographing time of the micro film capsule usually does not exceed 8 hours, and the condition of the stomach can not be observed after 32 hours.

The results are even more wrong. The fact is that instant noodles and hand made noodles have been digested basically in two hours.

However, in the wrinkles of the intestinal wall of the subject who ate instant noodles, there were traces of oil, pigment and instant noodles residue.

Instant noodle itself has a bad reputation. As soon as this experiment came out, the conclusion somehow changed from “instant noodle has been basically digested within 2 hours” to “instant noodle”

In addition, there are many rumors about instant noodles

The oil used for instant noodles is gutter oil;

There is paraffin on the barrel of instant noodles. If it is soaked in hot water, people will be poisoned after use it;

If one often eat instant noodles when he is alive, the corpse will not rot after 100 years after he dies.

Of course, none of these statements is true.

Instant noodles are not what you think

Instant noodles can be said to be a great invention in the history of human food processing.

It was invented by Ando Baifu, a Japanese of Chinese origin. The original inspiration is said to come from a traditional Chinese food, Yimian.

In short, the original instant noodles is a fried noodles with seasoning package, and its advantages and disadvantages also come from this:

Advantages: fried noodles dehydration, better preservation, not easy to deteriorate, water immersion can eat, very convenient;

Disadvantage: it is a main fried food, with single nutrition and flavor, which can be full but not good.

In the era of not so rich materials, instant noodles greatly ease the problem of food storage, make people can eat a hot noodles anytime and anywhere, and become the “standard train food” in many people’s impression.

Up to now, the advantage of convenience is still very important. For example, it is often found in disaster relief food.

But because of the word “convenience”, instant noodles carry many unnecessary “charges”.

For example: is the preservation period so long, is it added with a large amount of preservatives? In order to ensure the flavor of the bubble, a lot of food additives are added

But in fact, there is no need to add preservatives to instant noodles. It is resistant to storage and will not rot for a long time, mainly because the moisture in the dough is removed by frying, which is not conducive to the growth and reproduction of microorganisms.

And a long list of food additives, have strict use conditions, most of them are used to improve the taste and appearance of noodles. Manufacturers use lower cost to ensure stable and rich taste, but represents the mature technology of instant noodles.

Of course, the problem of instant noodles is also very obvious, that is, the nutrition is single.

Without vegetables and meat, instant noodles can provide nutrients, that is, carbon, water and oil, as well as a small amount of protein.

High calorie, lack of dietary fiber and vitamins, at the same time, for the sake of taste, the sodium content of instant noodles is usually not low… These are weak points of instant noodles.

“Instant noodles” is like “fried steamed bread with pickles”. It’s not healthy to eat instant noodles all the time, but it’s not good to eat fried steamed bread with pickles every day.

Fortunately, the solution is not difficult: halve the seasoning bag, add a few handfuls of vegetables, beat an egg, and even add some meat and aquatic products.

A bowl of delicious and nutritious instant noodles was born.

There is not real junk food

But only cooking methods make them junks

Back to the original topic, is instant noodles really “junk food”?

The answer is No.

In terms of safety, instant noodles have no problems;

From the perspective of nutrition, instant noodles, as a staple food with single nutrition, is not healthy and balanced, but it is a bit too much to call it “junk food”.

Any kind of food that is widely eaten and recognized in the world is of extraordinary significance in improving hunger and reducing malnutrition.

We need to know that in today’s world, there are still 700 million people in the world who can not fully guarantee the most basic right to food, and nearly one third of them suffer from different forms of malnutrition.

In our opinion, instant noodles, in the eyes of people suffering from hunger, may be a delicious meal.

Moreover, with the pursuit of nutrition, delicacy and convenience, instant noodles are constantly upgrading

The non fried instant noodles were roasted at high temperature instead of fried and dehydrated to avoid a large amount of fat at one time;

In the luxury upgraded instant noodles, marinated eggs, freeze-dried meat and more abundant vegetable bags are added;

A variety of convenient buckwheat flour, tartary buckwheat flour and other coarse grain varieties are also on the market

Instant noodles are becoming healthier and healthier, as is the case with the whole convenience food session.

Instant hot pot, self heating rice… With the development of low-temperature baking, freeze-drying, vacuum and other food processing technologies, we are no longer satisfied with the simple processing method of “frying”. Convenient food has more and more delicious and healthy choices.

Food is our friend, providing nutrition and happiness. No food should be slandered.

It’s just that today, when we can eat enough, we all deserve to eat better.

Next time, remember to add some vegetables and an egg into the instant noodles.

In the busy life, spend a short time for a good meal.