I wonder what it says about me that I will still eat cheap ramen even though I know for a fact that it contains monosodium glutamate and a ridiculously high amount of just regular old sodium.
The bowl is just sitting there on the floor looking at me. An oily film forms on the top and the rest of the chemically manufactured "beef flavor" sifts to the bottom with chunks of over-saturated noodle, while the rest sinks to the bottom of my stomach.
I think that bowl is clearly trying to say:
"you are sitting on your fat ass on the couch eating lukewarm chicken nuggets and straight up MSG in a pathetic attempt to feed yourself. If this were the wild, natural selection would surely have culled you by now."
Oh boy don't I feel great. I think I might have to give up ramen except for those certain drunken occasions in which the Normal crushing guilt and self-loathing I feel for eating it is virtually eliminated by the desire to ingest mass quantities of salt.
You could say the same for save-a-lot Mac 'n' cheese, but in reality I think the amount of times I have puked it has ruined it for me rather than the nutritional content.
I think what frightens me is to think that we all know that this stuff is horrible for our bodies and doesn't even taste that great and makes us feel bloated and queasy most of the time but we just don't care. That or we sort of care and are too lazy and apathetic to change the way we eat. It's all about convenience! Why cook a healthy meal when I can just heat up some water and dump in some dried noodles and powdered sauce?
Well, anyway. Enjoy your ramen.
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