I will never eat Movie Popcorn Again
I know that everyone loves to go to the movies and eat popcorn. Not to alarm you but I feel it is my duty to share some surprising studies!
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That is so disturbing!
According to new studies done by CSPI (Center for Science in the Public Interest) “A medium-sized popcorn and medium soda at the nation’s largest movie chains pack the nutritional equivalent of three Quarter Pounders topped with 12 pats of butter”.
At first I assumed that the popcorn they were referring to was popped in butter – I was wrong. That study was referring to popcorn that was popped in oil. Can you imagine? Most people go out to dinner and then to a movie where they have a fun evening snack of a medium or large popcorn. That is scary to imagine how many calories and fat one would consume after a night of dinner out and a movie!!
Regal theaters were reported to sell medium sized popcorn tubs (about 20 cups), containing a whopping 1200 calories and 60 grams of saturated fat. Plus the sodium content is enough to make you blow up like a balloon – 980 milligrams! Then if you decide to add that chemical butter topping, you are ingesting 200 more calories and at least another 6-8 grams of saturated fat.
I am not trying to scare you I just want to make sure that we are all aware of what we are putting into our bodies. I am guilty of being the occasional popcorn buyer at the movies thinking that as long as I omitted the butter it couldn’t be too horrible. Well, now I know. I will continue to do like we did as a kid…air pop the popcorn at home ahead of time and season with olive oil, Celtic Sea Salt and Nutritional Yeast.
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