Ally and I went to see The Hunger Games on Saturday. We each polished off a big popcorn (no butter) and called it lunch. Today I saw this:
Researchers at the University of Scranton (Pa.) ran a lab analysis on the content in several types and brands of popcorn and found that the crunchy hull is rich in polyphenols — antioxidants that prevent damage to cells. Polyphenols also may have disease-fighting properties.
"The hull is where the most nutritional goodies (polyphenols) are — not the white fluffy part," says chemistry professor Joe Vinson, senior author of the study, which was partially funded by a popcorn company.
Fruits and vegetables also contain polyphenols, along with vitamins and minerals not found in popcorn, he says. "I don't want people to think they can just eat popcorn to get all the polyphenols they need. I don't want them to think of popcorn as an alternative to fruits and vegetables."
Oh, and we liked the movie. They did a good job preserving the story as written in the book.
I just read the book this weekend and now I want to see the movie!
ReplyDeleteI didn't read the book and haven't seen the movie, but I did eat some air-pop today! :)
ReplyDeleteI agree that the movie followed the book as closely as possible. Sue bought the next installments as audio books for us to listen as we jaunt around in our camping van.
ReplyDeleteThanks to Sue we found that one can air pop regular popcorn in a plain ol' brown paper bag and thus avoid the nastiness from the microwave bags. Of course I'm trying to get back on my no grains eating but the popcorn certainly was satisfying.
Jan
I agree that the movie followed the book as closely as possible. Sue bought the next installments as audio books for us to listen as we jaunt around in our camping van.
ReplyDeleteThanks to Sue we found that one can air pop regular popcorn in a plain ol' brown paper bag and thus avoid the nastiness from the microwave bags. Of course I'm trying to get back on my no grains eating but the popcorn certainly was satisfying.
Jan