I am a lot more skeptical than most people who call themselves Skeptics; I am skeptical about more than Bigfoot and religion, I am even skeptical that (a) all Democratic politicians are pro-science while Republicans are not and (b) either of their voters are genetically super smart just by filling out a voter registration form. Skeptics can't violate those pet positions or a few others - James Randi learned that when he dared to ask if numerical models about global warming were accurate. There's skepticism, and then there is people not buying tickets to your conference if you ask the wrong questions, and you had better know the difference.

What I am never skeptical about are noodles. I love them and I am willing to believe any claim about them, as long as it says they are awesome.  I could eat them every day and I likely would if my pesky wife did not sometimes try to sabotage our diets by introducing meat without being mixed into a noodle dish or - *horrors* - vegetables, on occasion.

Writing at Field of Science, Elizabeth Preston notifies me of what may be a Perfect Storm of noodle awesomeness - a noodle with no calories. 

Now, she tries to confuse us with some Zen business about 'What do you call a food with no food in it?' but you can keep your word puzzles,  Eisai, you had me at 0. These miracle shirataki noodles are made from the root of the konjac plant and it reads zeroes on the nutrition information box so it must be true.  My confirmation bias needs have been met.

But there is a catch,  Preston notes anyway.  These glucomannan all-fiber noodles (enjoy them with a cup of coffee!) are not actually insoluble so zero calories is just allowed as a claim because anything under 5 can be zero - that is what got buttered-flavored Pam cooking spray in cultural trouble, fat people were coating meals in it and only later discovering zero is still some.  And when processed by our friendly gut bacteria Shirataki noodles lead to...methane.

Hilarity for the kids.  For the wife, not so much.

Hey, this is not academic, Preston did self-experimentation, so go read her article to see how it all worked out.