What can you say about instant foods and canned meals?

hi manong^^;; our society is really getting busier everyday and people will no longer bother to prepare meals from fresh food but rely on these manufactured ones. I admit i am lazy to cook since i live alone and i have to one to share my meal with but surely i avoid pre-cooked ones. it's really unhealthy. i would rather have fruits with me to sustain my hunger but wouldn't choose such if i have other options. i do have some noodles at home but eat it rarely. oh sorry, the only instant i don't run out of is oats.

I myself is not a fan of instant food if it would be for a meal, maybe on a snack it could be. But I tried to avoid it for it lacks nutriens, sometimes what you just get is much more of a carbohydrate. But other people with a busy lifestyle would prefer such food.Aside from being easy to prepare it is cheaper than fast food.

I have heard a lot of bad stories beyond instant foods and canned meals. A lot of people claim instant foods as an easy way to have a problem with your health. While some claimed instant foods are not hazardous to our body. I notice that some scientific research has been conducted due to debate of this kind of food. But I don't follow the result that better. =) And about canned meals, if I way write my own point of view, I really suggest to buy the fresh one rather than a canned one. Can is made upon chemical process and (especially) liquid inside it can just react to form some other chemical compounds.

Hi manong, I don't use any processed foods really at all as I cook from fresh. The only canned things I keep in are tomato juice which I love in the summer but comes in no other form here than cans, and tinned tomatoes to add to sauces. They have started to sell the odd ready meal frozen at the supermarkets in town but they cost far more than making ones one for a fraction of the size of a homemade one which can be cooked in a larger quantity and frozen for another day as a homemande instant meal.

I avoid instant foods to the maximum.Instead i prefer relying on fruits and fruit juices to fill my stomach when hungry than going for instant foods.It is also true that instant foods and canned foods are beneficial when runs short of time to cook food due to hectic schedule,but nutrition wise it takes a back seat.The manufacturers may claim it contains so and so nutrients in so and so proportion each but again it lacks the fresh taste of home cooked food.It is always no from me for instant foods..

instant and canned goods are for me junk foods and they don't contribute to our health. however, we can not avoid eating it because sometime we are in a hurry, we just like the taste of it, or we have nothing to eat because they affordable. i think we should manage our time well so that we wont eat this kind of foods, this is also for our own benefits because we would be more health if we prepare the healthy meals for everyday.

i only really use canned tuna, but even then it's not that often. if i'm using something canned it's for being added to a salad, we don't go for canned meat like spam, cornbeef etc. the microwave meals, there's a few there but they are usually for lunch, when i can't be bothered doing anything about it. i manage to over cook them any way, but a lot of the quicker stuff is more a snack or quick lunch.

Yup, I usually take instant noodles and canned food when I'm too lazy to cook or I'm eating alone. These are easy to prepare, and I must say they taste quite good as well!

Most pre-prepared foods high in fat and sodium, MSG, and sugar. They tended below and nutrients and if you are lucky they are fortified to make up from the nutrients that are lost in processing and storage. And those well they frequently have chemicals added to improve shelf life, manufacturing processes, taste and texture. I am sure we prepared foods are okay once in a while but I think a lot of people depend on them for their main diet to their own detriment. If you can get fresh foods fresh from the farm or grower then you'll probably be better fed however this is not always possible and frozen and canned foods are good substitute if you choose wisely. I am sure if you read the label of those instant noodles you will find there is nothing much to them and they are full of chemicals. Human brains seem to be wired to like sugar and salt so manufacturers always include it in their products. We only need a fraction of the salt that most people consume in a day, and the majority of this excess salt comes from processed foods. I know when I cook I generally only add a pinch of salt. If I have to add any processed foods I find I do not need any salt at all. If I have to add canned foods, bacon or ham the dish seems to have lots of salt. I do not see anything wrong with using already prepared foods in your diet providing they are used judiciously and part of an overall mix when necessary.

I'll eat whatever. Why complain about food in your belly? You should be so lucky!

Noodles are good when your broke but they really dont fill you up you seem to be still hungry so I guess thats why they are cheap.I would prefer a well cooked meal as well even a good homemade potato soup or homemade chicken soup!!!!!!!!!!!!I can make the potato soup but i really dont know how to make the chicken soup do you?I heard its good when you are sick.

I stay away from fast foods. These are sometimes prepared with oils that was used over and over, which make it actually poisonous and carcinogenic and you also don't know precisely what is really included in the food you eat. Also with all the additives included in canned meals, it also becomes very unhealthy. With a typical first world fast food diet, when you die, you don't actually need to go to the morgue and be refrigerated for the first few days, because your body would be 'embalmed' with all the poisons stored in the body.

I do have canned foods and instant foods too. I use them in my emergency kit. They are really good things to have to prepare for a disaster like an earthquake. I do have them sometimes but they are really high in sodium. I too would just prepare my own meal rather than have it instantly made.

My parents when I was still a child does not allow me to eat instant foods and canned meals because it has preservatives and not healthy anymore. So, I put it in my mind since then.

Yuck. I don't like most packaged foods. Some dehydrated soups and soup bases are ok, and canned tomatoes and canned beans are great time savers, but other than that I stay away. I hate instant noodles. I would rather buy regular thin ones that only take a few minutes to cook.

Instant foods are not good for you and i stay away from them, I always cook my meals fresh with organic ingredients. I also stay away from fast food places.

Hi..I am a people who consume instant foods or canned fish.Honestly,I know that it's not good for helthy but I try to avoid it by minimalization to comsume it.But difficult to me if talk about instant noodles.So,I counterbalance with add the noodles some vagatbles or consume some food that contain anti oxidation.

HI Manong, I do eay instant noodle and canned foods sometimes,of course,not everyday. Maybe three times a month. Normally, I will buy Maggi instant noodle,Gulong luncheon meat,Ligo canned kernel corn and yeos baked beans.THose are mostly I bought every month during my grocery shopping. It is not good to eat instant noodle and canned foods everyday,but once awhile,it should be fine. Having instant foods at home will help us during the emergency period at home. Sometimes, when we really run out of food at home, it can be served as a food for our hunger.

Me too. Canned food or instant noodles are rich in sodium and low in nutrients. I dont really believe it even if it states in the bottle "fortified with vitamins." I always believe that if you really are after nutrition, it has to be real food and not processed. But you know... when i was a kid, i am addicted to instant noodles. I used to snack on them twice a day until my mom hid them from me.

I am also fun in eating instant goods espacially pancit canton, because it is delicious., but I can only say about instant goods are this are goods that you must cook while canned goods are ready to eat, but sometimes it must also cook.