This Is Your Body On Processed Foods

The creator of this video project was clearly presenting the results of an experiment and the author makes some claims about processed food based on what she saw. Preservati­ves extend the shelf life of products but most if not all will not affect how food clears from the acidic and turbulent environmen­t of the stomach. Do you know of any preservati­ves that will slow stomach clearance times? Noodles can vary if the same ingredient­s are used because the ratio of ingredient­s can affect consistenc­y, and how it is "processed­" too. For example, the eggs to flour ratio will affect the protein content. Also, mixing times will increase gluten formation (whether this is done by hand or machine), and the diameter of the noodle can also affect how quickly it clears the stomach and is digested. This video project is sensationa­list reporting of a non-scient­ific experiment that proves nothing except that we need a good definition of what it is that people who are against "processed food" are actually talking about.

This wasn't really an experiment­, it was a video project. It wasn't trying to prove anything, just show you what happens. Properties of the ramen noodles which make it take longer to break down would be more along the lines of gluten content or preservati­ve content. All noodles are pretty much the same when you have the same ingredient­s.

How can anything hydrate better than fresh pure water? We are made for fresh pure water! Alexa Fleckenste­in M.D., physician, author.

Touché

1. Ramen means "Noodles in broth" but Top Ramen is a brand. 2. Mr. Noodles noodles are made of enriched wheat flour, palm oil, guar gum, salt, sugar and garlic powder. Other "ramen" I have contain similar ingredient­s. 3. Gatorade has been proven as a viable and powerful rehydratio­n tool. It was developed by the University of Florida in order to better hydrate, and thus give an advantage to, their football team, the Florida Gators. It originally came in orange and green. .'. they have specifical­ly found the worst possible examples to compare to their best possible examples in order to "prove" a point. I don't remember if that's Straw Man or what, but it's crappy science at best.

Regular, store bought noodles are processed, too. I believe this article focused on processed food, not the cooking method used to produce the food.

MSG occurs naturally in a lot of stuff- some healthy seaweed in your noodles? That's where MSG comes from to begin with! It gets a bad name, just like table salt does. MSG, (a salt itself) can be concentrat­ed and unnaturall­y strong (like iodized salt tends to be) or it can be introduced to a dish in softer, diffuse levels (sort of like sea salt).

No ALL food is processed!

Despite this article, I am about to eat Ramen noddles right now. Though the film completely grossed me out, hopefully the Ramen noodles I am about to eat will make me feel better. Hahahehe!

I do no believe that the whole experiment is shown in the post but from what it does say it shows very limited scientific credibility and would not be taken seriously in any scientific community.

M2A!! thats what she said....

I understand that Im not stupid. But the noodles in this persons stomach were pretty much all whole. thats not normal.

The brain is small in this one.

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