Not The Way We Eat It

Two reports at Science Daily hype the benefits of popcorn and pizza two of our favorite foods. What both reports highlight is that its all the extras that we add that negate the health benefits. Oprah, with the help of Dr. Oz, tested her overweight teen audience guests on healthy eating habits. Multigrain doesn't mean whole grain and processed healthier alternative foods aren't necessarily better than our favorite nonprocessed food (between pork bacon or turkey bacon - choose the pork bacon). We have to watch calories, servings per items and doing the math while avoiding sodium and sugars. None which is what we want to do but have to do to stay healthy and be well.

The popcorn revelations were reported at the 238th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS) in the most boring of talking heads report by Dr. Joe Vincent, a professor of chemistry from the University of Scranton. The word popcorn is more exciting than their press briefing but all fourteen minutes and thirty seconds are included here.

What the heads say is that the amounts of "popcorn and many popular breakfast cereals contain "surprisingly large" amounts of healthful antioxidant substances called "polyphenols." So if you can forgo the extra sweetner, cheese, salt and other extras the more you eat the healthier you can be or feel. Maybe, just maybe you can get some extra protection against the come flu and or other nasties. Just make it plain - eat your large amounts without the extras.