Due to my undying love of blogging and my chronic procrastination tendencies, I will now take some time to write about the instant ramen noodles. I feel it unfair that people have labeled instant ramen noodles as the unhealthiest food in the history of mankind. There's an urban legend of how one college student who consumed instant ramen noodles (for hereon, let's use the abbreviation "IRN") for every meal every day ended up dead. Yeah, well, small wonder. Anything that is consumed excessively and without variations can't be good for you. Eat broccoli for every meal every day and see how long you'll last. I suspect not so long.
How unhealthy are IRN? Well, let's inspect the nutrition facts of my personal favorite: Maruchan Ramen Noodles (Shrimp Flavor). Since one package contains 2 servings and you normally eat the whole package at once, multiply everything by 2. Hey, keep your calculator out ot this. Yeah, I'm talking to you, the one with the Southpark T-shirt.
Now, an average person usually needs roughly 2000 calories per day. If you eat Maruchan Ramen Noodles for a meal, you wan't even be using a quarter of your quota. If you worry about your weight, feel safe. Even the percentage of the carbohydrates is fairly small, and I think people who believe in the low-carb diet should die an early death. Furthermore, though popular beliefs insist that IRN is high in fat, it is such an exaggerated claim. According to About.com's Daily Diet Composition Calculator (there is a better website, but I lost the link), you can eat as many as 67 grams of fat every day. The last battle now revolves around the level of sodium, which is undeniably high. However, you can always do yourself a favor by not pouring the entire flavor packet into your bowl. In the event that you die an unfortunate sodiumy death, you can always sue the company for not giving a clear warning on this.
Other rumors have it that ramen are made of dangerous substances. I haven't looked too much into that claim, but a quick trip to the Wikipedia temporarily assures me that it is yet another urban legend. Man, people are so eager to put down IRN by spreading such rumors!
Once the health concerns are taken care off, we can now move on to the obvious benefits of IRN: they're cheap, easy to make, and occasionally taste good. Why should I spend 5 bucks on a burrito if I could have a satisfying meal for just 20 cents?
well theres alway the fact that the burrito probably has more of variety of substances in it. But if its a fast food burrito it might not make much of a difference.
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