Sometimes when we want a snack, we
long for something that we can just pop
into our mouth, one at a time. This is
especially true when you are watching a
movie or sitting around chatting with
friends. Air popped plain popcorn to the
rescue!
Eating air
popped plain popcorn for a snack is a
healthy choice that will give you the
opportunity to munch on something
during a movie, or just because. With air
popped plain popcorn, you can eat quite
a bit of it at a time, as well.
A serving of air popped plain popcorn is
considered to be around three cups. The
three cups of air popped plain popcorn
will only be around 93 calorie and one
gram of fat. But it also provides you
with fiber, and believe it or not, protein.
One serving of popcorn will give you
about 3.5 grams of fiber and 3 grams of
protein. And since it is plain, you don’t
have to worry about the salt content.
That’s the beauty in keeping it plain –
you lose all the unhealthy properties that
people add to their popcorn.
Popcorn is one of nature’s perfectly
healthy snacks. It’s what we do to it that
renders it unhealthy. Adding a bunch of
butter and/or salt will make it unhealthy
and will hurt your diet goals. But just
eating air popped plain popcorn will
help you stay on track and feel satisfied
at the same time.
If you find you are turning your nose up
to air popped plain popcorn, just be
aware that it is because you have trained
your taste buds to prefer it dripping in
butter and laced with lots of salt. You
can also un-train your taste buds. Just eat
air popped plain popcorn a few times,
and before you know it, you will be
craving it!
