Ramen Noodles - for Berkut and DGuller

[alfred russel]

A while back I said ramen noodles weren't contributing to our obesity problems, and DGuller and Berkut jumped in to assure me that they are.

I found ramen noodles in the grocery store and a serving of ramen noodles (the entire cup) had just 290 calories. How many of those do you have to eat in a day to become obese? I would think that you would die of an overdose of whatever chemicals they put in those things before you became overweight.

[Berkut]

A while back I said ramen noodles weren't contributing to our obesity problems, and DGuller and Berkut jumped in to assure me that they are.

I found ramen noodles in the grocery store and a serving of ramen noodles (the entire cup) had just 290 calories. How many of those do you have to eat in a day to become obese? I would think that you would die of an overdose of whatever chemicals they put in those things before you became overweight.

But who eats just one cup? You make Ramen noodles, and the serving is the package.

And more to the point is that the calories are largely empty - no real nutritional value in them at all, just pure carbs and salt.

But tasty!

[alfred russel]

A while back I said ramen noodles weren't contributing to our obesity problems, and DGuller and Berkut jumped in to assure me that they are.

I found ramen noodles in the grocery store and a serving of ramen noodles (the entire cup) had just 290 calories. How many of those do you have to eat in a day to become obese? I would think that you would die of an overdose of whatever chemicals they put in those things before you became overweight.

But who eats just one cup? You make Ramen noodles, and the serving is the package.

And more to the point is that the calories are largely empty - no real nutritional value in them at all, just pure carbs and salt.

But tasty!

That is what I'm saying--the entire package was 290 calories. (the package was a cup)

I'm with you that they are an unhealthy food to base a diet on, but I'm not sure about the obesity angle.

[Eddie Teach]

But tasty!

Are you making a funny? 

[Martinus]

A while back I said ramen noodles weren't contributing to our obesity problems, and DGuller and Berkut jumped in to assure me that they are.

I found ramen noodles in the grocery store and a serving of ramen noodles (the entire cup) had just 290 calories. How many of those do you have to eat in a day to become obese? I would think that you would die of an overdose of whatever chemicals they put in those things before you became overweight.

Is this the nutritional value of an entire meal (including toppings and the like) or just the noodle component?

[alfred russel]

A while back I said ramen noodles weren't contributing to our obesity problems, and DGuller and Berkut jumped in to assure me that they are.

I found ramen noodles in the grocery store and a serving of ramen noodles (the entire cup) had just 290 calories. How many of those do you have to eat in a day to become obese? I would think that you would die of an overdose of whatever chemicals they put in those things before you became overweight.

Is this the nutritional value of an entire meal (including toppings and the like) or just the noodle component?

It includes everything in the cup. Are the toppings included in the package? If so, yes, if not, no.

[Berkut]

Ahh, so you are talking about those dinky little tiny cups.

Yeah, even a Big mac doesn't have a lot of calories if you only eat a cup of it.

[Martinus]

A while back I said ramen noodles weren't contributing to our obesity problems, and DGuller and Berkut jumped in to assure me that they are.

I found ramen noodles in the grocery store and a serving of ramen noodles (the entire cup) had just 290 calories. How many of those do you have to eat in a day to become obese? I would think that you would die of an overdose of whatever chemicals they put in those things before you became overweight.

Is this the nutritional value of an entire meal (including toppings and the like) or just the noodle component?

It includes everything in the cup. Are the toppings included in the package? If so, yes, if not, no.

I don't know. That's why I'm asking you. Considering you started a thread about it, I assumed you knew what you were talking about.

[alfred russel]

Ahh, so you are talking about those dinky little tiny cups.

Yeah, even a Big mac doesn't have a lot of calories if you only eat a cup of it.

It was the standard size--the only size I saw.

The next time you see a ramen noodle display, look for the one you used to eat and report the calories. Maybe I'm looking at the wrong thing.

[Brazen]

People eat massive plates of pasta in the name of health and it's essentially the same. An average plateful can easily ramp up 500 calories before you start on the toppings.

All the ramen noodles in UK supermarkets are now low sodium and severely lacking in umami since they took out the MSG

[Ed Anger]

http://www.livestrong.com/thedailyplate/nutrition-calories/food/nissan/cup-noodles/

This is why I eat a box of pancake wrapped sausages a day.

[DGuller]

Did I actually say that Ramen noodles contribute to obesity?  I'm not going to go back and check, but it sounds very uncharacteristic of me.  It's not like me to blame some food on obesity, I think that's a simplistic view of the problem.  I do remember mentioning Ramen noodles to a counter a point that healthy food is cheap.

[alfred russel]

I don't know. That's why I'm asking you. Considering you started a thread about it, I assumed you knew what you were talking about.

I don't know much about ramen noodles. I only started a thread because I saw a ramen package that had 290 calories.

[grumbler]

A regular package of Ramen noodles has 600 calories (2 servings).  Those calories are from fat (something like 7 grams of it).  IIRC, you get a full day's worth of salt, as well.

If you get a package half that size, then you have half the calories, but then you have the calories of the food you eat to supplement the Ramen noodles.  Probably a lot less fatty, though.

As Berkut noted, these are empty calories.  Their sole virtue is that they are cheap.  I cannot understand why an adult with a job would consume ramen noodles, when you can get healthy food that tastes even better for only a modest increase in cost.  Students... yeah, I've been there and done that and understand why others would as well.

[alfred russel]

Did I actually say that Ramen noodles contribute to obesity?  I'm not going to go back and check, but it sounds very uncharacteristic of me.  It's not like me to blame some food on obesity, I think that's a simplistic view of the problem.  I do remember mentioning Ramen noodles to a counter a point that healthy food is cheap.

I thought you did, I wouldn't have contended ramen noodles were healthy, so we wouldn't have had a point of disagreement.