Soups – canned convenience

A warm bowl of soup can be a nice compliment to a meal, a meal itself, and an easy, quick, and convenient option. Warm it up and ready to go. It is also relatively cheap. However, the concept of instant might not be the most nutritionally sound selection. For example, studies have found that instant noodles remain intact in the stomach up to two hours post consumption. That is a lot longer than homemade noodles digest. The stomach is not meant to hold food that long.

The reality is that instant and canned soups are filled with additives. One …read more