Today as I was eating some Ramen Noodles I wanted to look more into what I was actually eating. I looked up the ingredients of a beef flavored Ramen Noodle package. As I thought, I found a bunch of ingredients that I knew absolutely nothing about. Some things that I saw that I had no clue about were things like Niacin, Thiamine Mononitrate, and Riboflavin. When I looked up Niacan I found that it is actually vitamin B3 and is important for phsiological and enzymatic functions in the body. It can be used to help metabolize foods and lower cholesterol. When I looked up Riboflavin I found out that it is vitamin B2 and is also essential to your health. It has properties like Niacan that help the body metabolize food and Riboflavin can also assist in reducing red-eyes, if you ever need that for any reason. I then looked up Thiamine Mononitrate, which is also known as vitamin B1. Thiamine Mononitrate is required by US laws to be placed in food containing enriched flour, which Ramen Noodles do. In fact all of the above must be in food that contains enriched flour. So all of these additives actually do serve a purpose I as I researched I did not find any negatie feedback on these three things. They seem to be needed in foods like Ramen Noodles and actually serve a purpose.
After reading this I dont feel as bad about eating ramen noodles. I remember back in the eariler years of highschool I would sometimes cook chicken ramen when I got home. We ate lunch really early in the day and mom usually didnt cook supper until late in the evening so I would make myself something to tie me over. And chicken ramen always hit the spot. I stopped making it so much because my mom would always tell me all the bad things in it. I dont feel so bad now, so thank you!
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Dear Chase P.
ReplyDeleteI eat Ramen noodles all of the time and thought this blog was going to be something to make me not want to eat them anymore. After reading your blog I found out that Ramen noodles actually contain vitamins that are body needs. I learned through your blog that what three of the ingredients in Ramen noodles are and I am glad they are good for us. Thank you for posting.
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