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$Unique_ID{BRK01663}
$Pretitle{}
$Title{The Calorie Content of Popcorn}
$Subject{diet popcorn Community Social Problems problem Calorie Calories
dieting snack snacking over weight reduction diets dieter dieters dietary
popped corn snacks overweight reducing}
$Volume{Q-26}
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Copyright (c) 1991-92,1993 Tribune Media Services, Inc.
The Calorie Content of Popcorn
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QUESTION: My boyfriend is on the heavy side, but thinks dieting is for women.
He just eats everything in sight. When we go to the movies, he gets this huge
container of popcorn, and tells me that it has no calories. He sometimes eats
two! Can you tell us the truth about the calorie content of this common
snack?
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ANSWER: Well there is popcorn, and then there is popcorn. Popcorn prepared
fat free, in a hot air popper, contains about 35 calories per cup, not bad for
an evening's snacking. However, the preparation of popcorn in movie houses,
for the most part, uses hot oils in preparing their concoction, which jumps
the calorie count up to more than 50 calories a cup. A small container of
popcorn sold over most snack counters contains 6 cups, and you consume about
300 calories if you eat it plain. With a shot or two of that butter flavored
topping (it isn't real butter, you know), the calorie count zooms to about 650
calories. Now I don't know about your movie house, but I have seen some
containers that contain 10 or even 18 cups of flavored popcorn, for which the
calorie price is over 2000 calories. Surely he doesn't eat two of those! For
comparison you might wish to consider that many weight reduction diets provide
but 1000 calories for a whole day's meals. But those are contained in a well
balanced diet, not merely popcorn.
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The material contained here is "FOR INFORMATION ONLY" and should not replace
the counsel and advice of your personal physician. Promptly consulting your
doctor is the best path to a quick and successful resolution of any medical
problem.