<p>it's 33% only if you drink the delicious water after you eat all the noodles. if not, it's way less.</p>
<p>It's actually 66% if you make a whole block of ramen and use the whole flavor packet, because one package contains 2 servings. I usually never use all of the seasoning, though...it doesn't need that much.</p>
<p>Some of the asian bran instant noodles go past 100% sodium!</p>
<p>Stop eating imitation crap! Go find your nearest real ramen restaurant NOW!</p>
<p>oh man im not even in college and i luv that stuff, ill like to throw left over meat in there and all kinds of nasty stuff, sounds nasty but its sooooo good!</p>
<p>sometimes I put leftover rice in the remaining warm salty liquid... YUM.</p>
<p>what brands of ramen do you guys eat?</p>
<p>Sapporo Ichiban, baby. Chicken flavor. No other ramen can touch that shizznit.</p>
<p>I'm being serious, though. Sometimes I think I could eat S. I. chicken flavored Ichiban the rest of my life. I would pee sodium, but that's the price I'd pay. ;)</p>
<p>"Sometimes I think I could eat S. I. chicken flavored Ichiban the rest of my life. I would pee sodium, but that's the price I'd pay."</p>
<p>But I don't of course. Eat that much ramen. I'd like to, though. Scratch the sodium consequence, though. If I ate as much ramen as I'd like, I'd probably be dead.</p>
<p>Has anyone else heard the story about the overstressed med students and macaroni and cheese? They came down with scurvy after subsisting on Easy Mac for quite a while. I don't know if that's an urban legend or not, but its not too difficult to imagine people getting sick from eating irresponsibly... :D</p>
<p>Everything you never wanted to know about Ramen
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramen%5B/url%5D">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramen</a></p>
<p>Health concerns</p>
<p>As a popular dish, ramen has often been criticized for its potential health risks. Some of these claims are justified, while others could be made against any diet which contains too much of a particular food.</p>
<p>A serving of ramen noodles is high in carbohydrates and low in fiber, vitamins and minerals, so eating a cup of instant ramen with only an egg as topping for every meal would not be a wise nutritional choice. A popular college urban legend involves a student who gives himself scurvy by eating nothing but ramen and coffee for an entire year. Adding a serving of boiled spinach or cabbage to ramen improves its nutritional value.</p>
<p>Ramen soup, especially that of instant ramen, contains a high amount of sodium, and monosodium glutamate (MSG) is added. Ramen noodles themselves contain very little sodium, so one can avoid drinking the soup if a low-sodium diet is recommended for health reasons. Many Japanese people also believe that ramen soup contains a high amount of fat and also that pre-fried fat from the noodles seeps into the soup. However, a typical serving of ramen, even with the soup, has less food energy than a fast-food menu consisting of a hamburger, soda, and fries.</p>
<p>Some brands of instant ramen use hydrogenated vegetable fat (i.e., trans fat), which is known to be harmful to the body.</p>
<p>The most recent controversy surrounds dioxin and other hormone-like substances that could theoretically be extracted from the packaging and glues used to pack the instant noodles. As hot water is added, it was reasoned that harmful substances could seep into the soup. After a series of studies were conducted, this concern was found to be baseless, unless the packaging was cooked in a pressure cooker for an extended period of time.</p>
<p>In the United States</p>
<p>"American" ramen comes in a variety of flavors and is usually very mild, as opposed to traditional, Asian ramen, which is generally spicy and flavored with vegetables. Examples of more Asian-exclusive flavors include nori, miso and bean-curd, although larger, more diverse markets in the US may have these flavors as well. Popular flavors include chicken, chicken vegetable, pork, beef, mushroom, shrimp, roast chicken, and roast pork.</p>
<p>American packaged ramen often contains an unusually high amount of MSG, and the noodles are often pre-fried in fat. A particular health concern is the amount of sodium in the flavoringone packet usually contains in excess of 60% of the US Recommended Dietary Allowance. The noodles themselves are not particularly high in sodium, so health conscious individuals can either avoid drinking the broth, or make a more diluted version by using less of the flavoring packet contents. Ramen is the food college students in the United States both love and hate because it is the cheapest, most easily prepared meal available to them, yet they often desire a more diverse diet.</p>