Gbex says: My latest discovery is more horrible than any horror movie...
We would want to be the last ones to ruin movie night, but chowing down on a medium popcorn and soda is the calorie equivalent to three McDonald's quarter-pounders and 12 pats of butter. And it gets worse: About 90% of this 1,600 calorie bomb comes from fat.
We know that moovie popcorn is bad for the health buffs. But it's even worse than we thought.
Mainly, the blame lies with the coconut oil used to pop the corn that really packs on the pounds. The two worst offenders are the movie theaters though they switch to the healthier canola oil, so their salty snack comes in slightly better at under 1,000 calories for a medium popcorn, yet it's not exactly a diet food.
And all this is before you pour on the butter-flavored topping. Not to mention sodium levels that are off the charts. Those super-sized candy boxes are pretty bad too, adding up to around 500 calories for your favorite sugary snack. (And soda — simply extra empty calories in extra-large cups.)
This study is a follow-up to the original report that exposed the shocking truth about popcorn back in 1994.
In response, some movie theaters offered — gasp — an air popped alternative.
Guess how well that went over. So successful, the study had to be done again 15 years later.
The critics may whine, but the people have spoken: Feedbags with extra butter and salt, please.
We would want to be the last ones to ruin movie night, but chowing down on a medium popcorn and soda is the calorie equivalent to three McDonald's quarter-pounders and 12 pats of butter. And it gets worse: About 90% of this 1,600 calorie bomb comes from fat.
We know that moovie popcorn is bad for the health buffs. But it's even worse than we thought.
Mainly, the blame lies with the coconut oil used to pop the corn that really packs on the pounds. The two worst offenders are the movie theaters though they switch to the healthier canola oil, so their salty snack comes in slightly better at under 1,000 calories for a medium popcorn, yet it's not exactly a diet food.
And all this is before you pour on the butter-flavored topping. Not to mention sodium levels that are off the charts. Those super-sized candy boxes are pretty bad too, adding up to around 500 calories for your favorite sugary snack. (And soda — simply extra empty calories in extra-large cups.)
This study is a follow-up to the original report that exposed the shocking truth about popcorn back in 1994.
In response, some movie theaters offered — gasp — an air popped alternative.
Guess how well that went over. So successful, the study had to be done again 15 years later.
The critics may whine, but the people have spoken: Feedbags with extra butter and salt, please.
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