The first reason why I call canned instant noodles "food of national subjugation" is from the perspective of nutritional value. The nutritional value of canned instant noodles is extremely low, and it does not contain vitamins A and C, and other vitamins are also very few. On the contrary, its salt content is about twice the maximum daily intake of 3 grams stipulated by the Special Committee on Nutrition of the United States House of Lords, and it contains about 1 gram of chemical seasoning sodium glutamate. Various micronutrients and cellulose are seriously lacking. If you eat canned instant noodles for a long time, you will definitely have symptoms such as vitamin deficiency and mineral deficiency, and you will also have taste disorders and various nutritional disorders due to excessive intake of salt and sodium glutamate. In addition, it will bring kidney disease and high blood pressure.
Secondly, as pointed out in the book "Can't Buy", not only canned instant noodles, but also packaging boxes made of polystyrene will be deformed when heated, so they are also called thermoplastics. In order to avoid the decomposition and deformation of polystyrene during processing, it is necessary to add a stabilizer-anti-acidification agent (BHT), which is a carcinogen and can cause diseases such as liver hypertrophy, low birth rate and chromosome abnormality. Moreover, pregnant female rats ate bait mixed with 0. 1% BHT and gave birth to eyeless mice, which proved that BHT was teratogenic. At the same time, the cake of canned instant noodles will also be added with anti-acidification agent during frying. These harmful substances dissolve in the soup with the injection of boiling hot water. In addition to causing tumors, polystyrene will also affect the nervous system, liver function and blood-enriching function, which will stimulate and paralyze eyes and mucous membranes. What is even more shocking is that 1 100ppb of phthalate esters (plastic plastic substances) which have been identified as environmental hormones can be detected in canned instant noodles, and its content is 688 times that of water pollution in Yuchuan, Japan. One third of the testes of Yuchuan male carp showed rope atrophy. Of course, this is not all caused by phthalates, but canned instant noodles have reached about 700 times the degree of environmental pollution that scholars are worried about. Not only that, plastic itself is also composed of a large number of synthetic additives. These countless synthetic additives will also dissolve with the injection of hot water. Styrene polymer compounds, dimers and other substances will appear.
These plastic additives are suspected of killing environmental hormones such as sperm. Phthalates are recognized as one of the environmental hormones. I think all canned instant noodles represented by Nissin canned instant noodles are "the most dangerous mind control products after the war". Because these manufacturers carry out a large number of commercial advertisements and other information operations, affecting the public's consumption orientation. (Shipai Shunsuke)
● Monomers, dimers and even solvents in the container will dissolve.
The Japan Children's Fund conducted an experiment. Inject boiling water into twelve brands of canned instant noodles. Five minutes later, it was found that each brand of canned instant noodles contained 1 to 33 ppb of styrene monomer. When the instant noodle jar was contacted with heptane and other experimental solvents, styrene dimer and other substances were found to seep out (National Institute of Medicine and Food Hygiene).
Experts pointed out that both styrene dimer and styrene monomer are adsorbed on the inner wall of instant noodle cans, and once soaked, they will dissolve in soup. In fact, it is meaningless to blindly distinguish monomers, dimers and trimers, because styrene itself is a poison. Moreover, bowls and cans containing styrene and other substances also contain a variety of plastic additives, so it is very dangerous to dissolve them in soup with hot water.
"Styrene foam is usually mixed with a lot of volatile components. N-propylbenzene 100ppm, cumene 226ppm, styrene 3 18ppm, toluene 32 1ppm ("can't buy"). The unit concentration of ppm is equal to 1000 times of ppb. All these substances are dissolved in hot water.
● Canned instant noodles containing a lot of food additives
We can find a surprising number of food additives in the packaging containers of canned instant noodles. In addition to the harmful substances on the container, various food additives are also harmful to human body.
In the literature Spring and Autumn Period (1999 65438+ February 2), the raw materials of four kinds of canned instant noodles (anonymous) were compared.
A: Vegetable oil, hydrolyzed protein, seasonings (amino acids, etc. ), tackifying polysaccharide, caramel pigment, alkaline water and perfume.
B: Vegetable oil, seasonings (amino acids, etc. ), caramel pigment, alkaline water, spices.
C: Animal and vegetable oils and seasonings (amino acids, etc. ) and alkaline water.
D: Vegetable oil, hydrolyzed protein, spices and seasonings (amino acids, etc. ), alkaline water, tackifying polysaccharide, sweetener (xylose) and caramel pigment.
Food additive research experts once thought that the combination of type A and type D should be avoided as far as possible. Because there are too many additives in A and D, and "tackifying polysaccharide" is used. Viscose-increasing polysaccharide may contain carcinogen carrageenan, so it should be avoided as much as possible in food. Moreover, common protein hydrolysates may cause allergic symptoms if they encounter sodium caseinate in raw materials. Generally speaking, caramel pigment may feel safe, but according to Zeng Weiqing, this substance is made by baking or ammonia evaporation, and its own toxicity and instability will cause harm to human body. Even as the most common spices in food additives, there are many kinds, some of which can cause allergies.
Some canned instant noodles use xylose as a sweetener like D-type. Xylose is a natural sweetener extracted from sugarcane or corncob, but excessive intake can easily lead to dysentery. (Masuno) (Shunsuke Shipai)
When eating a bowl of instant noodles, pour out the soup.
Ceng Wei also pointed out that vegetable oil may contain genetically modified soybeans, and its safety needs further verification. Alkaline water is a reagent added to noodles when making noodles and mixing noodles in China. Excessive consumption will burn the gastric mucosa. Ceng Wei suggested that when making instant noodles, consumers should first pour out the soup and then pour in hot water to make soup, which can eliminate a lot of alkaline water, but this is tantamount to fundamentally denying the convenience value of instant noodles in bowls.
"This is not just instant noodles. Most of the amino acids in processed foods sold in the market are basically sodium glutamate. Many people think that they only take a small amount of substances harmful to their health, and there is nothing serious. However, most foods contain amino acids, and the daily intake is at least two grams, so always remind yourself not to consume too much of these harmful substances. " (Add tail)
I also agree with Mr. Ceng Wei, especially pregnant women and infants should try to avoid ingesting harmful substances. Even if adults ingest more than 1 to 2 grams of liquid harmful substances at one time on an empty stomach, acute poisoning symptoms will occur. (Shipai Shunsuke)
Soup contains monosodium glutamate, which will disturb the taste.
We have every reason to criticize sodium glutamate (MSG). One of the most important reasons is that it reduces the taste.
The delicacy of cooking is the result of harmonious collocation of main ingredients and condiments. But the artificial components in sodium glutamate and salt are too high. A delicious and rich seasoning like dried pine fish is the best ingredient for cooking.
Seasoning foods such as sodium glutamate and sodium chloride are too strong, which completely deviates from the food culture. Moreover, this powerful seasoning with sodium glutamate and salt as the main ingredients will paralyze people's taste sensitivity. The ability of taste to distinguish the main ingredients of food-the loss of taste means that we can no longer distinguish between delicious and unpalatable food.
I got up the courage to taste instant noodles once a long time ago, but I finally flinched in the face of the thick spicy and soft noodles. But this is enough to make me fall into that thick flavor and feel how unsatisfied the chat dishes made of natural ingredients are. I think that's how young people become addicted to instant noodles. Destroy the taste first, then destroy the health. The dissolved substances in the process of instant noodles, that is, the environmental hormones we just mentioned, under the action of these substances, appear sperm reduction, abnormal reproduction, and more seriously, nerve paralysis caused by dissolved chemicals, leading to abnormal behavior and mental decadence. (Shipai Shunsuke)
● The erosion of utensils by disposable boxes and cans in Japanese traditional food culture.
Another point, which I am very worried about, is the decline of Japan's proud food culture in the world.
First of all, the basic point of Heshi (synonymous with traditional Japanese diet) comes from the soup made of kelp and dried pine fish, which is made of natural materials centered on dried pine fish, kelp, mushrooms and dried boiled fish. And the most important thing about this dish is the taste of soup. Even people who are very critical of Lamian Noodles will say with one voice that the essence of harmony lies in soup.
The proliferation of canned instant noodle advertisements on TV is fundamentally destroying Japanese food culture. In those advertisements, after three minutes of hot water injection, it seems that Japanese food culture is expanding in a styrene bowl. This makes people feel that Japanese food culture is too superficial.
If you encounter a snowstorm while climbing the mountain, wait for the rescue team to arrive in the tent and have some instant noodles. I don't know whether instant noodles are the first choice food at this time, but why do you have to eat this kind of "special food for mountaineering" and "special food for extraordinary times" at home?
I believe no matter what kind of family, there should still be one or two bowls. In TV commercials, beautiful female stars eat noodles gracefully, often with clean cabinets behind them. The cabinet contains the essence of world ceramic culture-Ziyi's ceramic kitchenware. Those kitchen utensils are colorful and dazzling, reflecting a high artistic level. In such a beautiful country of eating utensils, people actually put instant noodles and a large number of food additives in a container made of styrofoam and swallow them. What a sad scene. (Shipai Shunsuke)