Instant noodles: Heart disease in a cup?
lohud.com 2014/08/21
...The study, published in The Journal of Nutrition, found that eating instant noodles two or more times a week was associated with cardiometabolic syndrome, a disorder that can raise the risk of cardiovascular disease and diabetes...
...Mary Gocke, director of nutrition at the Blum Center for Health in Rye Brook: The preservatives in most containers of instant noodles -- combined with their packaging, usually in styrofoam cups -- creates a 'perfect storm' that can have a serious impact on the body, says Gocke, a registered dietitian. "Besides being carcinogens, they're neurotoxic, and on top of that they're endocrine disruptors"...more...