Is eating popcorn good for your health?

Popcorn is a common snack inside the cinema, some people go to the movies like to eat popcorn, while watching movies while eating popcorn, children also like to eat popcorn, but some people feel that eating popcorn will affect the health of the body, not good for the body, because popcorn is a puffed up food, containing high sugar, eat popcorn, what are the hazards of eating popcorn?

1, the hazards of eating popcorn

China's street stalls more than the use of cast-iron popcorn machine processing, the production of cottage version of the popcorn there are certain safety hazards.

The popcorn machine must be sealed when it is heated in order to generate high air pressure inside. When heating the popcorn machine, some of the lead inside the popcorn machine will spill out in large quantities in the form of lead vapor and lead fumes, directly contaminating the food, and when the pressure is quickly reduced, the lead is more likely to be adsorbed by the loose popcorn.

This lead, if it enters the body with the popcorn, can damage a person's nervous system and digestive system. Especially children's lead detoxification function is weak, often eat popcorn with high lead content is very easy to chronic lead poisoning, resulting in loss of appetite, diarrhea, irritability, purple gums and slow growth and development.

2, wary of taste too fragrant popcorn

Some street vendors in order to save money with aluminum frying popcorn, will use hydrogenated vegetable oils made of vegetable cream instead of butter, but also added a variety of flavors and colors.

When the popcorn is heated in a microwave oven, the flavor emitted contains a substance known as diacetyl, a small amount of which is not harmful to the human body, but if it is often exposed to excessive amounts of such substances will certainly bring health hazards.

Related experts remind consumers that when using microwave ovens to heat popcorn in the home, it is important to stay away from the heating area for at least two meters, and after the heating is complete, it is best to open the bag and place it in a ventilated area to emit odors before eating.

When popcorn is processed, some vendors add a lot of margarine in order to make it more flavorful. Director Ju Juan said the trouble with margarine is that it contains trans-fatty acids, which can lead to obesity and jeopardize cardiovascular health.

2, buy popcorn skills

Choose popcorn can be selected from the following aspects: quality popcorn particles full, sweet taste, its quality is largely affected by the use of butter and other ingredients, low-quality popcorn sweetness is not uniform, the particles of thin, but also because of the production of skimpy on the use of ingredients in the taste of Great discount, from the color can also be seen, high-quality popcorn has a butter light champagne color, while the poor quality is presented in the white of the rice itself.

3, eat popcorn reminders

Street converter-type popcorn pot is relatively outdated, the pot contains lead, in the high-pressure heating, popcorn popping pot within a certain amount of lead will be melted, a portion of the lead will be turned into steam and lead smoke, contaminated raw materials. Especially in the final "burst" moment, lead is more likely to adsorb loose rice flowers. Lead is absorbed by the body, will harm the nervous, hematopoietic and digestive systems. Chronic lead poisoning is very likely to occur, and can lead to children's appetite, diarrhea, irritability, purple gums, decreased resistance, slow growth and development. In addition, some popcorn is also added a lot of saccharin, which is also not beneficial to the body. Therefore, parents do not let children often eat such popcorn.

Now the popcorn in the processing, in order to make the taste of popcorn more attractive, adding a lot of margarine, individual flavors of popcorn will also add some flavor; in order to make the popcorn more beautiful, but also to the inside of the coloring, to give him a beautiful coat.

However, this margarine brings us excess energy and trans fatty acids, extra energy will make obesity closer to us, trans fatty acids will reduce the body's high-density lipoprotein, increase LDL, increase the risk of cardiovascular disease, and too much intake of artificial coloring may trigger the development of children with ADHD.

Of course, as long as you pay attention to the degree of control, additives can still bring us a lot of flavor and fun.

And with advances in technology, popcorn makers have improved dramatically. Now stainless steel popcorn machine gradually replaced the past use of converter-type machine; a few years ago the popularity of aluminum popcorn machine, with people's awareness of the hazards of aluminum utensils, has also been slowly replaced by stainless steel popcorn machine, pollution in the production process has gradually disappeared.

Many high-grade popcorn, the use of coconut oil palm oil and other non-trans fat processing to make popcorn, plus corn itself is rich in nutrients, you can make popcorn delicious and nutritious at the same time, so it can also be very healthy!

Popcorn is corn processed, but also a common snack, many people are particularly fond of eating popcorn. Popcorn is very sweet, eat up do not want to stop, regular production and processing out of the popcorn can be eaten in moderation, yo! But popcorn can not eat more, eat more easy to make people fat, small children to eat less popcorn, too fragrant popcorn do not eat!