What is in the popcorn we eat?

Popcorn is supposed to be good for you, right? Well, not always.

Did you know that butter flavored microwave popcorn doesn’t get its flavor from real butter? The butter flavor comes from chemicals disguised as butter flavor.

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Diacetyl is the butter flavor agent used in microwave popcorn that was banned by some manufacturers due to its effect on the respiratory function and link to Alzheimer’s disease. However, some manufacturer’s still use it.

Beside this, there are chemicals coating the bag to keep it from catching fire during the popping. These chemicals produce PFOAs (Perfluorooctinoic acid), which is a likely carcinogen.

A better way to do popcorn is the clean eating way. Try this yummy recipe:

Ingredients:

1 tablespoon coconut oil
1/4 cup popcorn kernels
1 tablespoon nutritional yeast
1 tablespoon tamari

Directions:

Heat oil in a deep, wide sauté pan.
Add popcorn and cover.
Hold pot with potholders and shake every few seconds until kernels have popped.
Remove lid, add tamari and nutritional yeast, mix and transfer to serving bowl.

P.S.. Mix with some cinnamon or dark chocolate cacao morsels and you have a yummy treat for your next movie night

Leann Forst, MBA, CHC — Family Health & Cancer Coach

Leann is a Board Certified Holistic Health Practitioner, holding a Master’s degree from Drake University and a Bachelor of Science from Upper Iowa University. Leann is accredited by the American Association of Drugless Practitioners. And she is an award winning author of 2 books “How to Get Your Kids to Beg for Veggies” and “100 Ways to Lose Weight”.

Born and raised as an Iowa farm girl, she moved to Texas in 1998 where she lives with her husband and 2 kids.

As a wife of a brain cancer survivor, Leann has a special interest in anti-cancer nutrition and detoxification. She works with individuals and groups, and speaks regularly at hospitals, schools and organizations to teach people how to attain optimal health by getting to the root cause of chronic and inflammatory conditions, while using healing modalities such as essential oils. Click here to get Leann’s free report, “37 Cancer Facts You Should Know…But Probably Don’t”. And take Leann’s Nutrient Deficiency Quiz here.

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Resources:

CBS News, Aug. 2012

10 Absolutely Worst Foods to Eat, Maria Trimarchi

Recipe from Institute of Integrative Nutrition