Christine Tjia

A brief chat with some frens ended up some cooking tips here and there. One of them regards instant noodles health hazards which dates back to year 2000 but the rumour has existed for decades.

Turns out that the normal way I cook the noodles are wrong. I luv everything in one shot - boil the water, throw in the noodles, powders and other ingredients and voila! meal is done in minutes.

That is WRONG! I can see some of my "auntie" frens nodding fervently.

This is because the boiling water will change the structure of the MSG molecules, which turns it into toxic substances. Additionally, it takes 4-5 days for our body to get rid of the wax.

The correct method would be:

1. Boil the noodles first and throw away the water (which contains wax) once the noodles is done.
2. Cook the noodles again in fresh new boiling water and turn the fire off.

3. Only when the fire is off, throw in the powder.

Troublesome, eh? But my "auntie" frens insists that good health doesn't come easy. So, be it that you are a believer of the abv or not, there is no harm in trying.

For me, it's just another piece of additional info since I hv get rid of instant noodles out of my system for quite a while now.

Okay, okay, there is still that few times that I fail to resist the temptation, especially the Korean hot ones though, hehe!

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