Great things about superfoods
Sounds difficult to believe, but it’s true. So say doctors who have just added popcorn the superfoods list. Popcorn is naturally full of loads of antioxidants – just as many as some veggies and fruits we could name. The ingredients in popcorn are called polyphenols and are also naturally loaded with foods like blueberries and kale. In a project which is designed to reproduce the digestive process, they showed that air popped corn kernels, in addition to their waxy outer hull, have 2% polyphenols. Two tablespoons of corn kernels pops up to about an ounce of popcorn, which provides you 500mg of polyphenols. Fascinating that like so many other good-for-you-foods, many of the health advantages of popcorn come from the outer hulls, not the inner fluffy stuff.
American diet consists of enough fruits to produce 255 mg of polyphenols a day. Vegetables give us another 218 per day. A serving of air popped popcorn would offer 13% of the average daily intake, higher than anyone had thought. And it tastes good too. Needless to say no one is suggesting that popcorn replace vegetables and fruits as part of healthful eating, far from it. These foods are still the best choice because of their high fiber, ample vitamins and nutrients, along with their water content.
These are typically essential to staying healthy, and have things that popcorn, despite being a great, wholesome snack, just can’t give us.Also essential to understand – air popped is what we’re talking about here, not the movie theater, soaking in butter and salt kind many of us indulge in. Microwave popcorn has double the calories of air popped… so not a bad option, but not altogether a healthy one either. With about 43% of microwave varieties being fat you can see why – popping in your own oil adds 28% fat content… better, but not by much.What’s more, a single serving of light and tasty air popped popcorn will give you over 70% of your daily intake for whole grains. The average person only gets about half a serving of these grains on a daily basis, so popcorn can be quite a tremendous asset together with other more conventional items on the superfoods list.
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