Popcorn-The Healthy Snack

by Andrew

You don’t have to feel guilty about eating popcorn in front of the T.V. because popcorn can be a healthy snack. Popcorn has good fiber and has only up to 31-35 calories in a cup. Because it’s high in fiber it’s a good snack that will fill you up and keep you from eating too much of it or eating other snacks also. Air popped popcorn is the healthiest because it’s made of no fats like oil, but you have to be careful when you by bags of pre-popped popcorn because they are often made with lots of oil and butter.

When is popcorn not a healthy snack? When it’s popped in oil, covered with lots of butter and salt. Movie theater popcorn can be a very unhealthy snack (but tastes good) when you get the jumbo bucket and squirt lots of butter on it. If you’re going to eat popcorn at the movies, leave off the butter and extra salt. You can buy microwave popcorn that has fewer calories and less fat so that would be a better choice than regular microwave popcorn.

Popcorn has been around for a long time, 4,000 years. It was found in a bat cave where scientists were looking for new species of bats and found the first ears of corn. The Aztec found out how to pop popcorn by throwing a popcorn kernel into the fire and it would pop into the air. Popcorn will continue to be around and as long as you make good choices about the type of popcorn you eat, it will continue to be healthy snack.