The girl explained that her brother participated in the famous Tik Tok challenge, “Korean Spicy Noodles”, which led to serious health problems that ended in his death.
And a member of the Egyptian Parliament, Walaa Al-Tamimi, had warned against the consumption of “noodles” because of their dangerous impact on the health of citizens, especially children, and had submitted an urgent request for information to the Ministries of Health and Commerce, in which it demanded that steps be taken to investigate the matter and to stop marketing the product in Egyptian markets.
For her part, Representative Reham Afifi, a member of the Senate, submitted a request to the President of the Senate, the Ministry of Health and the head of the Consumer Protection Agency, to discuss the dangers of eating instant noodles on the health of children and young people, and control measures for imported food products.
Regarding the dangers of relying on noodles as a staple meal, clinical nutrition consultant Emad El-Din Fahmy explains that there are many different names for instant noodles or noodles due to the different companies that produce them. .
Fahmy added to “Sky News Arabia” that this meal has been around since ancient times in China and Japan, but the difference is that the proportion of preservatives added to it in the past is almost non-existent, unlike now.
And the Therapeutic Nutrition Consultant listed the biggest issues with eating this meal:
The nutritional rule considers that any doctored natural food becomes more harmful, for example meat, when many ingredients are added to it to make burgers, becomes more harmful. Many processes that take place for foodstuffs cause them to yield more calories, which leads to weight gain without increasing nutritional value. The damage of noodles lies in the materials used for preservation, processing method, salting and others. The oils used in noodle production and frying are some of the cheapest and worst types of hydrogenated oils. Most businesses have a business purpose, and the predominant thought is to make a profit and not watch what benefits consumer health. The salting process uses what is called Chinese salt or monosodium glutamate. Numerous studies have confirmed that this substance causes health problems such as neuritis, headaches, vomiting, high blood pressure and obesity, in addition to its role in insulin resistance. Heat treatment causes the production of carcinogenic compounds. The method of preserving these meals inside a box or bag is by adding substances that lead to overactivity and increased thyroid activity. Some preservatives have an effect on the synthesis of female hormones, which makes the risk of consuming them higher for women. The materials used in the production of noodles become addictive over time and make those who eat it love its taste and hate homemade food.
Fahmy drew attention to another important aspect related to the harms of eating noodles and other fast foods:
Most people who eat noodles and other fast food are children and the elderly. It is best to avoid eating these foods, and I recommend that mothers take care to avoid these harmful meals for their children. What is certain is that excessive consumption of these foods is harmful to health and causes many health problems. The producing agencies obtain a license from their respective countries, but nobody specifies the maximum quantity allowed to be consumed, in particular for certain age groups. It is preferable to ration these foodstuffs, and that the competent authorities determine the quantities authorized to be consumed, and not to leave them unused, which is very important even if authorized materials are used.
Regarding the case of the young man, whose sister said he died after eating large amounts of spicy noodles, therapeutic nutrition consultant Murad Fahmy stressed that he cannot be certain whether eating one or more noodle meal leads to death, pointing to the need for a team of doctors, specialists and forensic and other experts to investigate the case and determine if eating noodles played a role in the deterioration the health of this young man or not.
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