It 's almost midnight and you 're still up studying. You hear your stomach rumble and you just realize you haven 't eaten yet. There 's not enough time for you to cook something up and you don 't want to eat a snack. The perfect solution, ramen. In a few minutes your cup noodles are ready for you to eat. Have you ever noticed that a lot of students tend to eat cup ramen more than other foods? They 're on this budget called the ramen diet. Ramen first appeared in Japan in 1910, when Chinese cooks, at a restaurant in Tokyo, tried to make a signature dish using broth and Chinese noodles. Chinese noodles are more yellow and elastic then Japanese noodles. Their dough was kneaded with kansui, a sodium carbonate infused mineral water. …show more content…
All they have to do to prepare their meal is heat up water and let their noodles cook in the cup they come with. It 's simple and fast enough for them to do in there tight and stressful schedule.
For every different types of ramen, the most common is vegetable oil, yeast, corn syrup, citric acid, potassium carbonate, sodium carbonate, sodium phosphate , milk, eggs, soy products and soybean, and salt. Corn syrup is one of the most fattening sugar companies use. It 's actually causes more health problems than ordinary table sugar. Potassium carbonate is another type of salt. Sodium carbonate is usually used in soap and glass. Sodium phosphate is another type of salt that 's usually used as a thickening agent and medicine. There are more different types of salts used in ramen.
The budget college students live on sometimes allows them to just eat ramen for a long period of time. There are actually health problems that can occur from eating ramen. In Asian countries where eating ramen is so common, like in Korea where the consumption is the highest, doctors have noticed an increase of heart disease and obese adults. There has been studies that show just eating ramen twice a week can increase your chances of getting heart disease, having a stroke, and