are you fond of eating noodles? SEE THIS ALERT!!

Philippines
June 13, 2007 11:09pm CST
my friend texted me last day about noodles..it says, instant noodles contain was coating which is also used in styrofoam containers..That's why instant noodles don't stick to each other when cooking. Our body needs up to 2 days to clean the wax. Make sure u stop eating a noodles for atleast 3 days after a session of noodles. This wax can cause CANCER..It was quite alarming right? I have also read this kind of discussion here that noodles really contains wax..It's not saying that we can't eat noodles, it's just we need to be careful with instant foods..please share your thoughts about this..thanks to my friend who shared this to me and i also wanted to share this to you..have a great day..
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47 responses
@lyndee22 (1210)
• Philippines
14 Jun 07
I eat instant noodles when i'm not feeling well but not so often, once in 2 weeks maybe. a firend emailed me a some tips on how to cook and prepare instant noodles. I want to share it to all of you. The correct way to cook instant noodleswithout harming our bodies and health. Normally, how we cook the instant noodles is to put the noodles into a pot with water, throw in the powder and let it cook for 3 mins around and then ready to eat. This is the WRONG method of cooking the instant noodles. By doing this, when we actually boil the ingredients in the powder, normally with MSG, it will change the molecular structures of the MSG causing it to be toxic. The other thing that you may or may not realized is that, the noodles are coated with wax and it will take around 4 to 5 days for the body to excrete the wax after you have taken the noodles. CORRECT method, which you may or may not know, is to cook the noodles this way : 1. boil the noodles in a pot with water. 2. once the noodles is cooked, take out the noodles, and throw away the water which contains wax. 3. boil another pot of water till boiling and put the noodles into the hot boiling water and then shut the fire. 4. only at this stage when the fire is off, and while the water is very hot, put the ingredient with the powder into the water, to make noodle soup. 5. however, if you need dry noodles, take out the noodles n add the ingredient with the powder and toss it to get dry noodles. Please share this info and help save a life.
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• Philippines
15 Jun 07
thanks for the info friend..yes, i will share this..have a nice day..
@slickcut (8141)
• United States
14 Jun 07
I love noodles but i never buy the instant noodles.I prefer noodles fixed from the box and i boil them myself until tender.I also like spagetti ,which is in the noodle family.I do not think it was talking about these kinds of noodles...I would think it would be more like ramon noodles that would contain wax,but not the kinds you boil from scratch..or tje kind you get in the soup cups that you pop in the micro-wave..
• Philippines
14 Jun 07
that's nice, at least you eat a safe noodles..thanks for the response friend and have geat day..
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• United States
14 Jun 07
Where is the proof on that? I think it's just another one of those internet/text message mythes that people keep falling for. It happened to a friend of my cousins that knows someone that that really happened to. Myth BUSTED lol.
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• Philippines
14 Jun 07
i agree with you. this is just one of those chain letters or text messages being circulated to mislead people. i checked this issue online and came up with this link as my support. http://www.breakthechain.org/exclusives/noodles.html
• Philippines
15 Jun 07
maybe, because i realized that how BFAD approved those instant foods wherein can cause bad to our health..thanks for the response friend..have a great day..
@DJ9020 (1596)
• United States
14 Jun 07
According to Snopes.com this is an urban legend that has been around since 2000, and has since been debunked. Don't believe everything you hear, see, or read on the internet! Even this reply (lol).
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• Philippines
14 Jun 07
hahaha..your funny friend..thanks anyway and have a great day..
@ryanphil01 (4182)
• Philippines
14 Jun 07
I made a research on the truth and validity of the text message you and others have been receiving. This has been going on for years now. Here is what i found out: This warning is a part of CHAIN LETTER TEXT whose originator was not mentioned. It started around in 2000, but the rumor has existed for decades. May i refer you to http://www.breakthechain.... and please read more on this before you should have published your discussion. Accordingly, there were no scientific bases for this warning. An anonymously authored and haphazardly forwarded e-mail warning like this should never replace legitimate medical resources and your physician for health advice. Break this Chain. It's up to the readers how they take this finding. Thank you.
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• Philippines
14 Jun 07
the correct website is: http://www.breakthechain.org/exclusives/noodles.html
@maddysmommy (16230)
• United States
14 Jun 07
thank you for sharing that ryanphil, much appreciated!
@maddysmommy (16230)
• United States
14 Jun 07
That is true.
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@fredgame (1260)
• China
22 Aug 07
yes, this has been the second time i heard this alert. in fact it has also been said that there are many cancer cases resulting from the consumption of instant noodles.
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• Philippines
22 Aug 07
same here, i also heard that here with one of the discussions of the member here..it's been quite alarming with such kind of issue..but we need to do is to have a healthy food always, specially while giving foods to our children..in such way, we don't let to feed them a non-healthy foods and we make sure that we don't feed them a wrong food..
@KrauseHome (36448)
• United States
21 Aug 07
I just have wondered though if these are really this Bad, then why are the Health Food Critics not making a Big stink about this to where people might want to think twice about eating them. Sounds like something I think people need to research more indeed.
@vanities (11395)
• Davao, Philippines
16 Jun 07
i havent read that before, but i have told by a friend anything that is instant especially food have some chemical composition in it...luckily im not fond of eating those..since it contains of so much sodium which is bad for our health ..thanks anyway..
• Philippines
16 Jun 07
your welcome vanities..it's just i wanted to share what i had recieved in text..have a great day..
@shorva (923)
• Philippines
16 Jun 07
Is that true? Because my husband eats those instant noodles that comes in a cup almost everyday. Now I'm gonna have to make him stop eating it, but he loves it. I like noodles too, but I don't eat it as often as he does. I guess we have to get rid of it in our grocery list now. Thanks for the info.
• Philippines
16 Jun 07
i think it's only chain text but also we need to be careful what have we eaten specially those with instant foods..take care always and have a great weekend..
@lols189 (4742)
19 Aug 07
thanks for sharing this information with everyone cherriemae as it is interesting for us to know. i used to eat instant noodles before but have not had them for the past year as i dont really like them. it is useful information though
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• Philippines
20 Aug 07
your welcome, but i think it's not that really true, that message was only send to me via text messaging..but we need to be more picky when it comes to our food..we need to eat healthy foods and what we are shared to our children..thanks for the reply
@xParanoiax (6987)
• United States
16 Jun 07
Guess that's why I never liked the texture or flavor..*shrugs* ^_^ No worries, I only eat regular non-instant noodles..without the wax. Just flour, eggs, and the other stuff in noodles.
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• Philippines
16 Jun 07
it's good to eat healthy foods than instant foods..thanks for the response friend and have a nice weekend..
@tombiz (2036)
• Philippines
15 Jun 07
I already something like this (wax coating in noodles) a long time ago and I believe it is true. Unfortunately, it's not just noodles that are using this coating wax but also other instant packaged foods avaialble in the aisles of our supermarkets. Well, we should always be careful with what we eat and not to overdo any type of foods. Eat fresh foods to detoxify the risidues from these packaged convenient foods.
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• Philippines
16 Jun 07
yes, i agree that we need to be careful on what we eat..thanks for the response and have a great weekend..
• Philippines
16 Jun 07
thank you for sharing that to me..anyways, i was fond before in eating noodles, the time of college life but grew tired of it..i just eat some today..and my kids...i should stop that once and for all..
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• Philippines
16 Jun 07
i just wanted to share the text but i don't say that it's true because as we can see to the label of the noodles that it was approved by the DOH..maybe it's just a chain text, but still we need to be careful..thanks for the response and have a great weekend..
@nonew3 (1941)
• United States
14 Jun 07
That is really scary. I have never heard of this before. But, of course, I really generally stay away from instant foods. Still, that is good to know.
• Philippines
15 Jun 07
thanks for the response friend..its' good to know this kind of alert..have a great day..
@Sir_bobby88 (8231)
• Singapore
14 Jun 07
Yea this is true but i eat noodles frequently yea .... and there are so many instant stuff in the market nowadays and we people getting lazier yea ... But seriously i will try to avoid it at times yea
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• Philippines
14 Jun 07
thanks for dropping by friend...have a great day..
@mimpi1911 (25464)
• India
14 Jun 07
that's scary!! i have heard this previously aswell. i am just crazy abot noodles but i think, i need to stop eating it since we donot prepare noodle strands at home. thanx for sharing cherrie.
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• Philippines
15 Jun 07
yes, i agree..these instant noodles contains ingredients that somehow could do harm in our health..thanks for the response friend..have a great day..
@Shaun72 (15959)
• Palatka, Florida
14 Jun 07
I'm not a big noodle eater unless I eat spegitti but this still sounds pretty scary though.
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• Philippines
15 Jun 07
yes, it's really scary..thanks for the response friend...have a great day..
@cdparazo (5765)
• Philippines
14 Jun 07
I am one of those people that don't eat noddles even if there are a lot of them lying around. LOL! I also make sure that my children only gets to eat them at most 2x a week. Sometimes months would pass without me ever eating noodles. I know a lot of people like and mind you, I find them yummy too but I can't help thinking that my arteries would start to constrict every time I get to eat them or that the cancer cells in my body would start to multiply exponentially. LOL! Makes me pretty guilty and uncomfortable actually so I just avoid them as much as I can.
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• Philippines
15 Jun 07
don't worry girl..the effect will not take that fast..lol thanks for the response..have a great day..
@maddysmommy (16230)
• United States
14 Jun 07
Hmmm we eat instant noodles all the time if we just want a light meal. My son loves the ramon/ramen ones too, hmm not sure whether to believe that, I'll have to look into it, thanks for alerting us though!
• Philippines
15 Jun 07
it's quite alarming but maybe it's only a chain text..thanks for the response and have a great day..
@ellie26 (4139)
• Malaysia
14 Jun 07
Hello cherriemae. I didnt know about this. I am not really fond of eating instant noodles but my husband is. I think this type of noodles should be banned from the market. More and more people are eating instant noodles because they have no time to prepare good food. Students eat instant noodles more often. This is not a good sign.
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• Philippines
15 Jun 07
i know it's not good sign..but how can we stop it when lots of instant noodles are being sold..and it's easy to prepare..anyways, thanks for the response friend..have a great day..