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- Megan, selected from Intent.com
- February 25, 2012
- 4:32 pm
- 390 comments
By Yumi Sakugawa, Intent.com
Recent studies have shown that eating a medium-sized bag of buttered popcorn with soda at the movies is pretty bad for you. Just how bad exactly? According to an article published by the Center for Science in the Public Interest, “You MAY be eating three McDonald’s Quarter Pounders with 12 pats of butter while watching a movie–that food is nutritionally comparable to what you’d find in a medium popcorn and soda combo at Regal, the country’s biggest movie theater chain: 1,610 calories and three days’ worth–60 grams–of saturated fat.”
Yikes.
What about microwavable popcorn? Not the best alternative. According to this Care2 article, the chemical coating found in microwavable popcorn bags breaks down into a substance called perfluorooctanoic (PFOA), which has been labeled by the Environmental Protection Agency as a “likely carcinogen.”
What should we do when we want to watch a movie and get our munchie fix without setting ourselves up for future obesity or heart failures? We’re not saying you should give up popcorn and movies forever–but we do suggest considering these five healthier alternatives to popcorn the next time you are vegging in front of the big screen.
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390 comments
+ add your ownI don't buy popcorn at the movies because it's like a 2000% mark-up! Pop my store bought corn in a glass container in Microwave, use some light Season Salt, and put it in little bag in my BIG purse! Sorry guys, not bein cheap, just trying to make ends meet. I also cut up apple into small pieces dab them in peanut butter in a plastic baggie and enjoy the movie! That's one of the reasons drive-in movies were so great in the 50's and 60's. Could take all your own goodies, and the kids could fall asleep in the back seat, or better yet - the family station wagon. Happy Mother's Day to y'all.
I love popcorn, but I make it the old fashioned way and put some different tasty toppings on it. I eat it at LEAST once a week. Depending on the night and movie on TV I may make it more. I cannot snack on tomatoes while watching an action film.
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Another great alternative to popcorn is Mini Pops: a great snack made from popped sorghum grain. Mini Pops taste just like popcorn, except they are smaller, crunchier, and more nutritious (more protein, more calcium, more iron, less fat, no saturated fat). Also they are totally corn free and gluten free.
You can order on their website:
http://www.myminipops.com/
Great ideas and alternatives, thanks.
We don't go to the movies. We would rather be comfortable in our own home. It's not crowded, and we can put on our P.J.s if we want to!!!
We rent a couple of DVD's on Saturday (It is our "Date night"). We like chips and dip, grapes, apple slices with peanut butter, or microwave popcorn.
I don't go to the movies much as I find it easier and cheaper to wait for anything I want to come out on DVD. When it does, my favorite snack is to get some frozen edemame, nuke them, and then season them with a little salt and pepper.
This article is unintentionally hilarious.
Okay, excuse me, but, if you are at the movies, what other choices do we have? I'm sorry but none of these other choices are available at my local movie theater, and if they were to catch us bringing those in, we are likely to get kicked out by the movie nazis for breaking the rules about not bringing anything in...
When we are at home, we don't have access to movie popcorn. I make my own guacamole, with baked chips, thank you.
Sorry, nothing fulfills my popcorn craving but popcorn. But, I have two microwave poppers that do not have the chemicals. I buy white hull-less popcorn in the grocery store and you can add as much or little butter and salt as you wish.
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