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Popcorn calories are high

Popcorn fat, sugar more, is considered high-calorie food, especially fat in the proportion of saturated fat is very high, coupled with high-temperature heating of water-soluble vitamins destroyed, and may even produce a number of carcinogens, and therefore is not considered healthy food.

Extended information:

Popcorn's main raw material is corn, sugar and oil, the finished product of the popcorn is about 50% to 70% of the carbohydrates (including starch in corn), 20% to 70% of the popcorn, and 20% of the popcorn, and the starch in the corn. and the ingredient sugar), 20% to 30% is fat, and about 3% to 9% is protein.

Popcorn is not essential, and common popcorn is not known to be much healthier, so it is not recommended in principle. Also the ingredient diacetyl in popcorn, while safe for normal use, does have cases of lung damage in cases of prolonged inhalation (e.g., popcorn factory workers or popcorn addicts).

Reference:

People's Daily Online - Nutritionist Gu Zhongyi: Uncovering eleven things you don't know about popcorn