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You'd think that if ramen noodles were so bad for health, we wouldn't see so many Asians such as Japanese and Chinese at the top of longevity and health lists.
The Chinese spend only a few percent as the USA on HC, and they live 2 years longer on average.
That will end soon!
Ramen noodles?
not bad as an occasional fast meal but i'd suggest throwing away the packet of salt that comes in the package, instead flavor the broth with some vegetables and a squirt of Sriracha
There was news report about the fact that they DON'T tend to break down in the digestive tract.If they don't break down any nutritional value is compromised, IF there IS any 'nutritional value' to them at all.
After watching the news report {inconclusive on nutritional value} we decided they would NO LONGER be part of our snacking.
And there is also the fact that essentially they have no expiration as they are preserved to essentially last a century.
You are better off spending a bit more for fresh.
Well, just for sh*ts and grins, I tried to find Smack Ramen. It was changed to Snack Ramen at some point but then discontinued. At one time they were made by Union Foods, which doesn't have a website but has a phone number: (913) 390-6507. If you're curious enough, you might call them and find out if the same product is now made somewhere under a different name.
Thanks. I've actually been on a quest to find Smack ramen noodles since they first became unavailable where I am in the late 1990s. When I first got on the internet from home that was one of the first things I used my connection for, is trying to find Smack ramen noodles.
In about 2005 or so that company actually would sell Smack ramen to everyday folks in wholesale quantities. The thing is, it came out to hundreds of dollars to purchase the large quantity and have it shipped. I believe it was something like two hundred dollars for the very minimum quantity.
Alas I didn't have the money then and it became something I would always have in the back of my mind to do once I had disposable enough cash for something like that. Well, a few years later in 2009 I decided to use some of my income tax refund to splurge and finally get some of that good stuff I'd been doing without and craving for over a decade. But, wouldn't you know it, by that time the company no longer listed the product for sale.
The company seems to have gone away completely (that number doesn't work anymore).
Every now and then I'll be online and do a search for Smack ramen. In the last few years I've never come up with much anything new.
BTW, there are at least two Facebook pages dedicated to Smack ramen and for people like me who wish it was still available:
Well that's a stinging indictment of your health care profession!
Just kidding - I appreciate input from doctors ..... as long as they are MDs and not just PhD s.
Ha ha!
There is more to HC than longevity.
And genetics and lifestyle are very important factors affecting HC risks.
Much of this will change as China moves its economy towards its people as consumers this next generation. They are already progressively westernizing, with all those attendant foibles. And they are getting older as a society.
Some of us who found themselves dirt poor after going out on their own will remember and appreciate Ramen noodles. I even found that taking the noodles out of the package and eating them raw was way better than going hungry.
Cheap and popular brand listed has zero nutritional value and is loaded with sodium, MSG, and other chemicals.
It has protein, thiamin, and smaller amounts of various other nutrients.
I'm not claiming it is should be anyone's dietary staple but "zero nutritional value" isn't true. Put it this way... if you take two people, feed one of them ramen noodles 3x per day and the other absolutely nothing, do you think they'd be in the same condition after a month? Of course not, because one of them is getting the essential nutrient protein.
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Originally Posted by John13
I wouldn't eat it under any circumstance.
I bet if we put you on a desert island with a crate of ramen we'd find otherwise.
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