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Ramen is now used as a currency in American prisons, replacing cigarettes as the main commodity traded within prisoners. Instant Ramen has also been used to combat world hunger because the noodles are fried in palm oil, an oil high in fat which keeps people full for longer

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Although ramen is great for a quick meal, there have been studies that show that it is linked to heart diseases due to the high amounts of carbohydrates, sodium, and saturated fat in ramen.

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Since its creation, instant ramen has become one of the most popular foods in the world. It is very cheap and easy to make, which makes it accessible to a wide range of people

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Ramen is just wheat noodles in broth with meat or tofu on top

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Due to travel and trade, Chinese chefs brought an early version of ramen to Japan in the 1880s

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After the creation of noodles, different ways of making noodles were discovered. In the Yuan Dynasty (1271–1368 C.E.) people found out how to dry noodles

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Noodles are created in the later half of the Han Dynasty (206 B.C.E.–220 C.E.) in China after large scale wheat grinding became accessible

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Instant ramen was created by a businessman named Momofuku Ando in 1958. Ando sought to create an easy and faster version of the noodles that he saw people wait in long lines to get during WW2

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