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Saturated fat is not the problem. Fat with carbohydrates in the same meal is.

The problem with ramen is the amount of carbs and little nutrition which only spikes your insulin and makes you hungry 2 hours later if your metabolism is not great, not saturated fat in a vacuum. I wish popular knowledge about food had moved on from the misguided research of Ancel Keys already.

We're talking about budgets here. Not health. I think everyone knows that pre-packaged ramen noodles aren't the healthiest thing for you but they aren't any worse than half the other takeout crap you can eat. At least they are low in calories and cheap.

I've been seeing "air dried" noodles recently, which have way less sat fat -- still tons of salt, but these have been my go to.