If we talk about ramen, then we will have one thing in our mind that is traditional pasta from Japan. Ramen is one of traditional pasta from Japan, the other one is udon. Usually, ramen served in almost all of Japanese restaurant, even we can find ramen served along with sushi or sashimi.
Ramen is very famous, both in Japan and around the world, because ramen become one of Japan’s icons. But, do you guys know that ramen came from China? Yes, ramen came from China and it was scattered through East Asia. So that’s why, if you happen to visit those countries, you will meet noodles with similar name. In China it’s called la mian, in Japan it’s called ramen, in South Korea it’s called ramyeon.
Is it good for our health? Actually ramen is one of the healthy food that, maybe, some of us still don’t know. Actually, ramen made from ingredients that is really health for our body, as long as we’re not consume the instant one. So, let’s find out what are the health benefits of ramen.
Actually, ramen is one of delicious, healthy food. Because ramen made from ingredients that contain lot of good materials for our healthiness. Main ingredients that you used to make ramen is flour or raw noodles, soba, chicken broth, garlic, radish. And the optional ingredients are meat and egg yolk. Do you want to know what is the ingredients of ramen and its health benefits for our body? Let’s find out!
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As we already know, all kind of noodles are made from flour. Flour contained carbohydrate and proteins that needed for our body. Both carbohydrate and proteins have responsibility on fuel energy so that we can do our daily activities. There are 3 kinds of flour based on protein that contained in it, those are high-protein, middle-protein, and low-protein. As for noodle, usually they used high-protein flour.
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Another healthy ingredients that we can find on ramen is chicken broth. Chicken broth is delicious and has a lot of benefits for our body healthiness. It is rich of proteins, which is one of energy sources for our body. Aldo, it contains lot of calcium, which is good for our bones. Another health benefits of consuming chicken broth is it can improve our blood circulation, anti-inflammatory, and also boost our immune system. one of the best health benefits of eating ramen noodles.
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Another healthy ingredients of ramen is buckwheat, a whole grain that used as main ingredient of soba. Buckwheat play important roles for our body healthiness because it contains lot of good materials for our body. Let’s find out more about buckwheat! Also read: Health Benefits of Buckwheat Tea
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Another ingredient of ramen is garlic, which is really good for our body healthiness and beauty. Let’s find out some of it! Also read: Benefits of Garlic for Your Healthy Heart
Indeed, there are many health benefits of eating ramen noodles, the japanese traditional food.
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If we eat ramen, then usually we will meet white, round-shape thing in it. That vegetable is radish. Actually, it’s okay not to put it on ramen because its only a topping. But usually you will find it on your ramen if you visit Japanese restaurant. Health Benefits of Radish
Radish contains a lot of good materials for our body. Here are some good materials that you will find in radish:
Because it contains lot of good materials for our body, of course it has health benefits for our body. One of which is cure liver disease. Liver responsibility to our body is to filter poison and throw it away. So, if we suffer from liver disease, another organs will be affected.
Another health benefits of radish is to cure cancer. Vitamin C, folic acid, and anthocyanins will help protecting our body from free radical and help anti-cancer treatment’s activity.
Actually, there are still a lot of health benefits that radish brings to our body, from protect us from small disease until protect from deathly disease. Also, radish has responsibility to cure pimple and keep our skin healthy. So, if you want to keep your body healthy, consume food that contains in it.
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Just like radish, meat is not the main ingredients. It’s okay to put meat in your ramen but it’s okay not to put it in. Usually, they put beef or pork in ramen. Any kind of meat is good for our body because it contains proteins in it. It’s good, only if we consume it in just enough amount. Don’t forget that meat also contains bad fat in it.
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Just like meat and radish, egg yolk also a choice. It’s not the main ingredients but it’s just a topping, but we can find ramen with egg yolk as its topping easily. Egg yolk contains minerals, choline, and iron that needed for our body. But for you who don’t like raw food, don’t order ramen with egg yolk as its topping. Why? Because they serve it raw or half cooked. If you can’t eat raw or half cooked food, it’s not a good choice for you.
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Conclusion & Suggestion
Ramen is a healthy food that made from healthy ingredients. So, if you want to consume ramen, no need to worry that ramen is not a healthy food. Well, maybe some of you will think that they will add MSG or stuff that can make it less healthy. To make sure, you can visit Japanese restaurant that sell ramen only. Usually you can see the process of making ramen by yourself so you can make sure that ramen you will eat is healthy.
And please take a note that “ramen is a healthy food” is valid only for the real ramen, not the instant one. In supermarket and convenience store, you will find some instant ramen. Although those are ramen, but they are factory-made. If you look at its ingredients, you will find some kind of chemical thing that will affect your body. So, “ramen is a healthy food” is valid only for the real ramen that you will meet only at restaurant. So, stay healthy!
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