The harm of eating instant noodles at night

Instant noodles are a very common fast food in our life, and the seasoning in instant noodles tastes very good. Many people, whether children or adults, like to eat instant noodles. Moreover, since instant noodles are very easy to make, many people choose to eat them when they are hungry at night but don’t want to cook. So, what are the harms of eating instant noodles at night to the human body?

1. First of all, instant noodles basically contain no nutritional ingredients. They are junk food among junk foods. Because they provide no nutrition to the human body, people who often eat instant noodles will suffer from malnutrition, and their physical fitness and resistance will tend to be significantly weakened.

2. First, the fat content is high, because most instant noodles are fried to dry the noodles. The average fat content in each serving of instant noodles is around 16%-18%, of which 11% is palm oil, a vegetable oil that is beneficial to human health.

3. The second is that it contains certain additives.

4. The acrylamide problem. All starchy foods will produce this carcinogen during high-temperature cooking (over 120°C), so if it is found in French fries, it must also be found in instant noodles. However, the experiments they conducted proved that the acrylamide content in instant noodles was very low, averaging 78 micrograms per kilogram, far below the World Health Organization's standard of no more than 1 milligram per kilogram of food.

5. Secondly, instant noodles contain a large amount of preservatives and additives, which are very harmful to the human organs, especially the liver. They can cause lesions in various organs and lead to the occurrence of various cancers.

6. Finally, instant noodles are very high in calories and are a type of fried food. Not only are they easy to make you gain weight, they can also damage the gastric mucosa. Especially if you eat them at night, they can easily cause insomnia, gastric bleeding, gastric ulcers, and gastric cancer.