Health and Fitness Tip #42 - Popcorn is it Healthy?

Popcorn.....is it Healthy?

 

We all love popcorn! Its a always around. You can literally get it any where! Games, concerts, movie theatres, farmers markets, grocery store! And its easy to make. Pop it in the microwave and in 5 minutes you got popcorn!! Oh and the smell, well it gets you every time!!

So the question is....Is popcorn healthy!

And the answer is.....YES it CAN be!

Popcorn can be a healthy snack, BUT you can't buy it at the grocery store in bags to be popped in Microwave and you can't buy it at the games if you are looking for healthy! Those ones are added with preservatives, extra sugar and fats and will not satiated you!

However air-popped popcorn is GREAT!!! A single cup of air-popped corn has only 30 calories. A one ounce serving - 3 full cups - is still less than 100 calories. And, it has 3 grams of fiber to boot.

However, if you are like most people, when you eat popcorn it is NOT this way!  Its usually the movie theater popcorn that is soaked in TONS of fats and sodium and over 1000 calories. Or is the grocery story popcorn that is the ready made or the boxes of  just throw me in the microwave and pop me!

So why not ready made either? Because they have added ingredients to preserve them, WAY too much salt, unhealthy oils, and they add sugar!!!

So what should be in your popcorn? Olive Oil or Coconut Oil, Pink Himalayan Salt, and air popped popcorn!


So if you are going to eat popcorn make it at home. Buy a fun Cheap Air Popper and get creative with your popcorn. The Air-popper won't take long for your popcorn to pop, you will feel good about going back for seconds and its ALOT Cheaper!!
  

Remember popcorn CAN be a very healthy snack! It just comes down to the question are you WILLING to pop it yourself?