What is the best instant noodle to eat that is available in the market. Meggie is popular but I think eating too much of it is not good for your health.

Sometimes I don't have time to cook or buy lunch and I like to eat noodles so I'm asking everyones opinion about this. Please state the brand and flavour of the instant noodle (the ones that can be cooked by boiling water). Oh, and it must be "halal food".

Thanks.

maggi noodle is fine, just don't make it your diet.

i have it once a while, at night that is.......... wee hours of the night where i need to do work and my body craves fuel.

and in fact, the "not-good" thing is not confined to maggi noodles alone. any brand of noodle for that matter, however IMO it's more towards the spice (you know, those powder /flavour packets) rather than the noodle itself.

none of the instant noodle is good.
make sweet potatoes part of your diet, can be cooked in 5 minutes, just boil and eat.

see this:
The Sweet Potato Is King
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take instant noodle for 2 or 3 times per week...coz wanna stay up till nite do work
find halal one but make sure dont eat often.. not good for u health

is there any instant noodle good for health? don't think so.. got instant noodle don't harm our body hard to find le..

This post has been edited by Grajindo: Jan 23 2007, 05:14 PM

they aren't exactly harmful either. they're only harmful when you take it too often.

as long as it's not your MAIN DIET then it should be fine.

I also think there wont be any instant noodle which would be 'good for health'. It wont contribute anything except fullness in stomach I think

Whatever is instant are definitely not good for health; even fastfood.

Thank you everyone for your reply. It was really helpful. I usually eat instant noodles (with eggs) two times a week. I guess I'll keep it that way. If there is a healthy one, then it would be nice. Anyway, which instant noodle is the best? I should also try what greyPJ mentioned above about sweet potatos.

I personally dun think there is instant food tat is gud 4 our health coz d ajinomoto n preserved stuff..

if u can avoid to eat instant noodle, should avoid... honestly, 2 times a week is consider as many leh^^

If compare with all the instant noodle in the market, maggie noodle still ok, but doesn't mean everyone can consume a lot..less harm but better at least

instant noodles is not good 4 health no matter wat

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There's your answer.

Try going for protein and healthy fat after 7pm because your body is particularly carb sensitive after that time and will tend to store carbs as fat more readily.

That's said, if you really have no other alternatives, just take it. Something is still better than nothing.

It has been my diet for almost 2 weeks...

too much work, lazy to go out for dinner.... didn't buy veggie to cook ... so Maggi/Indo/Korean mee for lunch,dinner and supper....

MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.. i am DAMN HEALTHY

by the time u reach 40. u'll have no hair at all.

The whole "you'll go bald eating instant noodles" is being blown out of purportion. Alot of people eat instant noodles on a regular basis and don't go bald. It CAN cause hairloss but it's not a 100% thing.

but the flavour bag in noodles packet can do lots of things to ur body

U could cook the noodle and not add the flavouring in... try to add other things if u're cooking dry noodle... try some chili sauce + soy sauce + a little bit of oil

but the noodle itself is also not good for health la..^^ but if don plus the season, sure better la..^^

This post has been edited by Grajindo: Jan 24 2007, 09:58 PM

i hardly eat
but sometimes i ate , i will get headache .....
but i often add a lot of vege if i do cook any instant noodle
unless i dont have any vege with me

These symptoms you guys describe may be attributed to the Chinese Food Syndrome. No kidding. It's a result of too much MSG.

Dunno.......but I can confidently say that its got not much bad stuff other than severely lacking nutrients. Its been part of my diet since i was a kid. I used to take 2 packets as a kid EVERY night. but of course sometimes buang in sayur or egg. Now in my final year in uni and still ok. Hehehe (touchwood)

darklight is right. Chinese cooking uses a lot of MSG since ages ago. Its a tapioca extract or something like that.

Same man, same. I used to love that shit when i was a kid. And when i say shit, i mean good shit. It still tastes awesome but it's not nutrient dense enough for my bodybuilding purposes yet i can't resist grabbing a packet or 2 sometimes.

My current favourite is the Mi Poh Goreng one. Mi Sedap is pretty good as well.

Korean is the largest consumer on this MSG mee... but if u take a look at them.. they are pretty good ba.. at least still got hair..

but i think it really will affect the internal body a lot.. but korean/japan mee is too tempting.. muahaha.. i'm goin to have 1 now..hehe

i think that none of the instant noodles are good for health, that's y i dont eat. but if you really want, there's one brand called 'Koka' it's dry instant noodles. it does not have MSG in it.

or if u want to eat noodles at home, you can buy mee, mee hoon etc in a package and make ur own soup. it's very easy.

Quite frankly if u know how they actually make instant noodles and the flavouring, u might not want to eat so much of it.

when there's word instant/fast confirm its not good for health..

try to change your diet with bread.. the gardenia choc bread one..cost u 50sen..

The noodle is OK but the main culprit is the MSG seasoning coming with it. I usually throw away the seasoning and make my own like hot pepper, sauce, ketchup etc.

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The lesser you put, the better. If you don't use it at all, it's the best.

The noodles should be fine if you "clean" them properly.

But the seasoning is so tasty!

Ha! Ha! I'm agreed ... tempting taste too.

But you have to give and take for your health.

Instant noodles contain boric acid that promotes cancer so, try not to eat too much of it.

This post has been edited by Greasy Sweet: Jan 27 2007, 01:58 PM

I agree. It is the MSG that make the seasoning so tasty...


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After eating the 'Xin' and 'Re' Instant Ramen, i never want to eat maggi anymore
haha....sedap

The Bak Kut Teh instant mee also nice but it's a little expensive. IIRC, it costs RM 3 to 4 per packet.

This post has been edited by David83: Jan 27 2007, 05:54 PM

Any websites or articles regarding the disadvantages of instant noodles?

i think noodles is not too good for everyday meal , it has less nutrious and other vitamin and mineral for our body , try to avoid maggi or junk food at least it can be consume once or twice a week , because i've had a friend who alway ate maggi for dinner and now he's seem to have a hair loss problem ,he consult the doctor and doctor said that maggi contain to many salty and it can cause bad health , but i dont know whether its true or not

There is no nutrition eating instant noodles cause it is mostly msg. We know that we cant avoid eating them cause the seasoning are tasty. Try to minimise eating it.

Pick up any cup noodle or instant noodle pack, look at the back. There's a nutritional value list, it has nutrients.

no instant noodle is bad!!
try bread...

Just like the rest of you i cant stop my cravings for instant noodle but whenever i cook i won't put the spices and i will use Marmite instead as it is more healthy this way.

Btw, my choice of instant noodle is Mamee.

I read in an article my a malaysian consumer association that msg from tapioca extract is not bad, only from petroleum that is bad. Nowadays dont see many areas planting this type of tapioca. Before along railways lines and empty areas are planted with this "plastic" tapioca. Coming and going near Ajinomoto factory used to have this "sour'" smell, now dont think so.

bread with cheese n fresh tomato is tasty, healthy, and easy to prepare..

instant noodle also not bad.. but after boiling the noodle, throw away the water and add some 'clean' hot water for the soup.. boil some veggie n mushroom also.. for eggs, boil the eggs until half cooked before breaking into the noodle

HOw u cook ur instant noodle with marmite? Share some recipes

MSG will caused cancer mer ? den KFC is no longer an option for me d...

I heard if you eat too much of instant noodle, it will make you harder to memorize things(Memory capabilities getting lower)....any truth to that?

This post has been edited by Imaizumi: Feb 2 2007, 09:42 AM

Eating msg does not make you loses hair and make you dumb. The japanese are the largest consumer of msg but their life expectancy is the highest.

Those who usually stay up late will whack instant noodle very often. I know because I'm one of them last time. Bad for health man, better go to bed early and wake up early the next day. Your body needs rest, caffeine will make your eyes open big, but your body is still weak.

Leave those work for next day to continue, no point staying up late night.

same here

but i'm avoiding it and starting to eat bread, oats, eggs, etc for more protein and a healthier diet!

This post has been edited by Hean: Feb 2 2007, 07:51 PM

but bread and oats gives more carbos...not protein

This post has been edited by jceh83: Feb 2 2007, 08:34 PM

err how can protein gives more carbos?

ops sorry noted...and edited

am eating maggi kari's soup tonight. no maggi, of course. just the seasoning

before you guys start making noise on how unhealthy it is, am having it with 100g of lean chicken cutlets and an egg. served with steamed broccoli on the side

Steam brocoli sial, my favourite. Sikit kasi boleh?

i had steamed brocolli for my dinner too. guess my diet menu is a bit boring...alwaz the same...

Boleh. Self-pickup

I should've sauteed it with some garlic and salt afterwards but the smell of kari was heavenly. I even put 1tbsp curry powder so that it'll be oomph.

All i had was tandoori chicken wit nan

u like spicy food a lot huh? I can't take spicy food. my friends laughed at me when I had KFC/McD with tomato sauce. sial.

met a unpolite big-sized guy today at college's cafeteria. OMG. the amount of rice he took is scary man. (can last me for 6-7 meals). it's as tall as mountain and there's barely any space to put his fried chicken and stir-fry cabbage. He's so irritating...like never taken any food for daysss..potong queue and can't even wait for his turn. feel like dragging him to FF and ask him to workout.

This post has been edited by shadowjass: Feb 2 2007, 09:29 PM

Brocoli rawks, I usually eat Brocoli together with Carrots.

The best vegetable ever.

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Added on February 2, 2007, 9:29 pmSelf-pickup leceh, pos laju ok? LMFAO!

Curry powder won't be fattening?

When I see the word 'Curry', I run. Those Nasi Kandar kari...

This post has been edited by zeist: Feb 2 2007, 09:29 PM

me too...brocolli + cabbage + carrots.

i don't think so. it's only curry powder...not those curry with santan.

Tease him. 'Hello, you eat so much, later no leng lui want you ler'.

Naw, curry powder with chicken broth is not as bad as curry powder with santan.

But am allowed to take santan in my diet. HAH

sometimes , leng lui doesnt fall for looks 1.. seriously...
btw.. reduce those harmful foods le

later i kena a nice slap from him...

leng luis only fall for $$... j/k
but I guess outlook and first impression is quite important...nowadays guys n guys are realistic...leng chais n leng luis get more 'special treatments'...agree?

But curry powder inside do have oil right?

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Added on February 3, 2007, 9:40 amBut most of them see look. This is not about being picky, if you choose to marry someone, you go and pick a ugly one? Of course get a cun one lare. Both males and females are the same. Who doesn't want to have the best?

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Added on February 3, 2007, 9:42 amShow him your muscles.



This post has been edited by zeist: Feb 3 2007, 09:42 AM

Welcome to Malaysia! We're rich in palm oil that we add them to everything - Milo, condensed milk and even curry powder! Ok maybe not the last one

They didnt claim to put oil in there but some spices are naturally rich in oil, am not sure which one. It's about 2g per tablespoon. 1tbsp of oil in your sayur = 14g

Ermm, I thought you should avoid any oily stuff in order to reduce weight?

Our body still need fat? Damn alot of fats already, LOL! I don't take any fat stuff, some of my food is abit oily (slightly abit oily if I tahpao from outside), so I just consider taking fat from there?

Anybody saw the Maggie ads (in flash form) at TheStar?

I feel it's a little over.

All Instant noodles are bad for health. They can cause cancer. It's not the noodle themselves, but the WAX coating they put on the noodles to prevent them from sticking together. If you have to eat Instant Noodles make sure you give 3 days break before you eat another packet to enable your body to get rid of the wax.

The wax to preserve the noodle and those seasoning (dry/soup) are bad for health/

Not just instant noodles. How about those hawker stalls?

Instant noodles memang bad for health.

Not only does it contribute to hair loss (for some people). someone once told me it makes us forgetful.

Better be safe than sorry. I didn't take any instant noodles during the SPM period.

It depends on what you eat.

Hawker stalls are even worse. You should see what they add in, before they put into the kuali.

Hawker stall noodles don't use wax. They use other type of preservative. Just as bad.

The best way is cook yourself.

Yea. Of if you're lazy, just make do with some sandwich. Quick and healthy.

oats. enough said. nurrrr

dun always eat instant noodle ... long time eat one time can geh . but dun always eat .... none of the instant noodle is good and good for heatly if eat long term la. maybe drink milo and bread or cereal oso a good idea for breakfast too . i used to be that way .

there is none that is good for health

I miss the days when I make a cup of milo and I dip in my favourite biscuits and eat them.

You didn't practise it now? How come? Stick too much on instant noodles?

This post has been edited by David83: Mar 11 2007, 11:46 AM

I just had that.

No lare, always forget.

I like this biscuit, it is round in shape, can be bought at pasar malam. You can also get them at Hypermarket at the selling Candy/Plum section.

Kindergarden kids love this biscuits alot, bring back alot of memories.

This post has been edited by zeist: Mar 11 2007, 03:05 PM

Eat also you can forget?

There're quite number of biscuits in round shape. Which one in particular?

That one eat for fun only what, is not like the 3 main meals.

I don't know how to describe. That's the only round shape biscuit I eat those days.

hehhe that taste great . i like a cup of milo with buscuit too...wont gain fat and heatly oso... better than instant noodle mee wurt . hehehe .. feel so good ~.~

IMHO milo is more evil than instant noodle.

well theres no good instant noodles cuz its all powdered.. the best way to make it.. just put an egg with it and heaps of vegetables and some meat.. at least u get the nutrients from those and abit carbo from the noodles... but just msg and flavouring from soup..

in respect to the topic:

...god. what were you expecting? organic instant noodles? maggi organic noodles, tomato flavour?

well , if long term u eat a instant noodle u will drop hair . but milo wont .

This post has been edited by Digitral: Mar 12 2007, 07:16 AM

drop hair is coz of MSG not the mee itself,