Will eating instant noodles occasionally make you fat?

Instant noodles are a kind of fast food. They are relatively convenient. Eating some instant noodles in moderation to satisfy hunger occasionally will not cause weight gain. However, for some young people, eating instant noodles frequently is very bad, otherwise it is easy to cause weight gain, which is not good for the health of the body. After all, the nutritional value of instant noodles is relatively low. To put it bluntly, instant noodles are a kind of junk food.

How to eat instant noodles to avoid gaining weight

1. Don’t add the sauce packet. Once the sauce packet is added, the aroma will instantly fill the air, which is indeed very tempting. However, more than 90% of the sauce packet is oil, and the oil content of the fried noodles is also 20% higher than the standard amount. Therefore, it is best to sacrifice the sauce if you don’t want to gain weight when eating noodles.

2. Don’t drink noodle soup. The noodle soup of instant noodles is very fragrant, and if it is a cold winter, it will make people feel unable to stop. However, in order to avoid gaining weight, it is better not to drink the soup when eating instant noodles. Because the soup contains too much salt, each person's daily salt intake should not exceed 6 grams. The combined salt content in instant noodle cakes and seasoning packets is 1.8 times the standard amount. Then, if you consume too much salt, you will love to drink water, especially at night, which can easily cause edema.

3. Add tomatoes or vegetable leaves to absorb the oil. (1) When soaking noodles, add the seasoning and soak for 2 minutes. Then add the sliced ​​tomatoes, stir and continue to simmer. After 2 minutes, remove the tomatoes. Tomatoes have a strong oil-absorbing effect, so the greasy feeling of instant noodles disappears all of a sudden. It is said that this method can reduce the fat content of instant noodles by 15%. Moreover, the instant noodles soaked in tomatoes taste slightly sour, which makes people's appetite grow.

(2) Vegetables also absorb oil well, following the same principle as tomatoes. For example, it is very convenient to add seasonal vegetables such as cabbage to instant noodles. Just wash a few vegetable leaves in the kitchen and throw them in. Cover the surface with the cabbage to absorb the fat that floats up after brewing. The more you absorb it, the better the effect will be, which can reduce the fat content by 10~15%.

(3) Lemon is the best at absorbing oil, even better than tomatoes. Peel and slice the lemon and put it into the instant noodles. Take it out after 4 minutes. This method can reduce the fat content by about 18.5%.

Note: Girls who want to lose weight should not eat vegetables or tomatoes that have absorbed instant noodle oil. They have to scoop it out.

Poor production. Everyone knows that instant noodles are artificially made, not grown crops. In the process of making instant noodles, many manufacturers' factory hygiene does not meet the standards. Even large manufacturers will produce certain chemical reactions during the production process. This chemical substance may cause cancer when consumed by humans.

Low in nutrition: Instant noodles contain very little nutrition that the human body must supplement, such as vitamins, various minerals, etc. These nutrients are the life-sustaining elements necessary for our daily lives. If you eat instant noodles for a long time, the body's nutrition will not be replenished, which will cause the brain to react slowly and affect physical development.

Heavily seasoned instant noodles contain fewer vitamins and are overly seasoned. The nutrients in pasta are eliminated during frying. It cannot provide the nutrients needed by the human body, and the heat energy it provides can easily cause liver inflammation. If children in their growing age eat too much instant noodles, they will be too greedy for the taste, resulting in a decrease in the amount of instant noodles during normal meals, causing anorexia and picky eating.

Additives As we all know, in order to ensure the effective shelf life of food, most instant noodles are added with antioxidant food additives. The acid it produces depletes nutrients. After being consumed, it damages the body's metabolism and causes premature aging.