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| It looks Delicious |
Perhaps the instant noodle did not consider as a healthy meal, but you probably think that it is not so bad for your health, and it taste good also.
In this experiment with instant noodles, Doctor Brad Kuo from Massachusetts General Hospital will make you think the next time you reach for this quick meal.
Doctor Kuo used a tablet size camera to find out what happens in the digestive tract of a person who just ate noodles. Check the results below:
"Ramen Noodles Don’t Break Down After Hours of Digestion!"
In the video above, you can see ramen noodles sit inside a stomach. Even after two hours, they are still remarkably intact. For starters, it could be putting a strain on your digestive system, which is forced to work for hours to break down this highly processed food (ironically, most processed food is so devoid of fiber that it gets broken down very quickly, interfering with your blood sugar levels and insulin release).
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| Doctor Kuo explaining the experiment. |
When food remains in your digestive tract for such a long time, it will also impact nutrient absorption, but, in the case of processed ramen noodles, there isn’t much nutrition to be had. Instead, there is a long list of additives, including the toxic preservative tertiary-butyl hydroquinone (TBHQ).
Five Grams of Noodle Preservative, TBHQ, Is Lethal
TBHQ, a byproduct of the petroleum industry, is often listed as an "antioxidant," but it's important to realize it is a synthetic chemical with antioxidant properties– not a natural antioxidant. The chemical prevents oxidation of fats and oils, thereby extending the shelf life of processed foods.
It's a commonly used ingredient in processed foods of all kinds (including McDonald’s chicken nuggets, Kellogg’s CHEEZ-IT crackers, Reese’s peanut butter cups, Wheat Thins crackers, Teddy Grahams, Red Baron frozen pizza, Taco Bell beans, and much more).
But you can also find it in varnishes, lacquers, and pesticide products, as well as cosmetics and perfumes to reduce the evaporation rate and improve stability.
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| Food Preservatives |
Exposure to this toxicant, to five grams can be lethal and, according to A Consumer's Dictionary of Food Additives, exposure to just one gram of TBHQ can cause:
- Nausea and vomiting
- Ringing in the ears (tinnitus)
- Delirium
- Sense of suffocation
- Collapse
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| Toxic preservative tertiary-butyl hydroquinone (TBHQ) |
While TBHQ is not suspected to be a persistent toxicant, meaning your body is probably able to eliminate it so that it does not bio-accumulate, if you eat instant noodles your body might be getting prolonged exposures. This is concerning, to say the least. According to the Environmental Working Group (EWG), based on animal studies health hazards associated with TBHQ include:
- Liver damage at very low doses
- Positive mutation results from in vitro tests on mammalian cells
- Biochemical changes at very low doses
- Reproductive effects at high doses
- Eating Instant Noodles Linked to Metabolic Syndrome
If you’re still considering instant noodles for a fast meal, you should know a new study published in the Journal of Nutrition found that women who consumed more instant noodles had a significantly greater risk of metabolic syndrome than those who ate less, regardless of their overall diet or exercise habits. Women who ate instant noodles more than twice a week were 68 percent more likely to have metabolic syndrome -- a group of symptoms such as central obesity, elevated blood pressure, elevated fasting blood sugar, elevated fasting triglycerides, and low levels of HDL cholesterol.
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| Metabolic Syndrome |
Having three or more of the symptoms increases your risk of developing diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Past research also analyzed overall nutrient intake between instant-noodle consumers and non-consumers, and found, as you might suspect, that eating instant noodles contributes little value to a healthy diet.
The instant-noodle consumers had a significantly lower intake of important nutrients like protein, calcium, phosphorus, iron, potassium, vitamin A, niacin, and vitamin C compared with non-consumers. Those who ate instant noodles also had an excessive intake of energy, unhealthy fats and sodium (just one package may contain 2,700 milligrams of sodium).
So, after reading all this info, do you still eating instant noodles? I believe your stomach will make the decision for you, haha.
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