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Title correction: the author ate three servings of instant cup ramen per day, and nothing else.

One of the mentioned products was Shin Ramyun, which according to its website[0] has 510 calories per package (of which ~65% is carbs). Times three is only about 1500 calories a day[1], which will make any adult feel lethargic and cranky.

The thing about cup ramen is that it's a base, a starting point, a Minimum Viable Noodles. You want to be adding stuff to it -- for example mixing in some eggs, or cheap veggies (bean sprouts), or meat (left-over ground beef works well).

Perhaps the next article will be how they ate nothing but sandwiches (= 2 slices of bread) and felt tired.

[0] https://nongshimusa.com/homev2/our-products/shin-brand/shin-...

[1] The author writes "I actually ended up losing four pounds (despite the alarming amount of carbs and calories I was consuming)", which makes me think they're bad at reading nutrition labels and biology.



Um, that’s not accurate. The article mentioned that the person added tofu and green onions for example


Plus there was no mention of the lack of protein. That alone will cause the fatigue.




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