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Instant noodles. They’re quick, dirt cheap, and keep you full until the next paycheck. But what happens when you eat it every day? A Taiwanese student ate instant noodles for almost every meal, and didn’t know what was happening to his stomach until it was too late. Let’s get into it.

Sources:

[The Taiwanese Teenager]
https://tw.appledaily.com/headline/20160728/QDIDBN3TD3KEITGFWJKGGQJL2Y/
https://www.nst.com.my/world/2018/10/422584/boy-who-ate-instant-noodles-every-day-years-dies-stomach-cancer

[Fake News Claims]
https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2019/12/fake-news-teenager-does-not-die-of-stomach-cancer-after-eating-instant-noodles-every-day.html
https://www.edgeprop.my/content/1436019/taiwan-teenager-who-ate-instant-noodles-every-day-years-dies-stomach-cancer-says-report
https://www.todayonline.com/world/boy-who-ate-instant-noodles-every-day-years-dies-stomach-cancer
https://worldofbuzz.com/18yo-student-dies-from-stomach-cancer-after-eating-instant-noodles-night/
https://www.nst.com.my/world/2018/10/422584/boy-who-ate-instant-noodles-every-day-years-dies-stomach-cancer

[Possible Culprits]
• Wax
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/instant-noodles-wax/

• MSG
https://epochtimes.today/this-is-what-happens-to-your-body-when-you-eat-ramen-instant-noodles/
https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/foods-with-msg#8.-Instant-noodle-products
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4870486/

• TBHQ
https://youtu.be/j946UtWtc-4
https://www.cspinet.org/eating-healthy/chemical-cuisine#letter_T
https://www.healthline.com/health/food-nutrition/potential-tbhq-dangers#possible-dangers
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17266519/
https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfCFR/CFRSearch.cfm?fr=172.185

• Sodium
https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/salt-and-sodium/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3485508/
https://www.britannica.com/science/mucosal-barrier

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