Ramen Noodles and Peanuts
In case anyone missed me, I spent the past two months eating a lot of ramen noodles. And, yes, I watched the video created by Dr. Braden Kuo of Massachusetts General Hospital, which points out how slowly processed ramen noodles digest once they hit the stomach. For those hearing about this video for the first time, Dr. Kuo recorded the digestive process with a camera called a “smart pill” that he asked test subjects to swallow. The camera, which is the size of a large multivitamin, then recorded the digestion of processed ramen noodles along side unprocessed fresh ramen noodles. The processed noodles remained mostly intact after two hours, according to the research. Since the video went “viral,” it naturally drew considerable response with comments from the absurd to flippant. Plenty said they would stop eating ramen noodles altogeth...