Eating instant noodles regularly is not good for women’s health, according to the results of a study published in the medical journal the Journal of Nutrition. Those who eat it at least twice a week increase the risk of high bad cholesterol, diabetes and high blood pressure by 68%.
Researchers at Harvard University studied the results of a survey by the Korean National Institute of Nutrition carried out between 2007 and 2009. This dietary study was carried out on 10,771 adults, just over half of whom were women in Korea. from the South, a large consumer of already prepared freeze-dried noodles.
The metabolic syndrome refers to all the physiological signs: low level of “good” cholesterol, obesity, accumulation of fat on the body. stomach, high blood pressure, blood sugar disorders (diabetes, prediabetes), high triglyceride levels. These symptoms can cause diabetes, cardiovascular problems, or stroke.
Men can eat instant noodles without consequences for their health
Even though Korean women mainly eat the traditional eating pattern of rice, fish, vegetables, fruits and potatoes, their consumption of prepared noodles increases their metabolic risk.
“The consumption of instant noodles is linked to an increase in the prevalence of metabolic syndrome in women, regardless of their dominant diet, “write these researchers at Harvard University. However, this diet did not change the metabolic syndrome in men.
“Eating noodles once or twice a month is okay, but several times a week it’s problematic,” said Frank Hu, senior author, Harvard professor of nutrition and epidemiology, as quoted by The New York Times. . “It is also possible that women are more sensitive to the effects of carbohydrates, fats and salt than men” he concludes.
