Thursday, November 26, 2009

Snacks at the Cinema: worse than fast food


The worst habit during the movies is to cruch popcorn and to consume sugary soft drinks.
The warning comes from a new laboratory analysis, realized by the "Centre for Science in the Public Interest", and it explains how this food and drink's couple could be more dangerous than a whole lunch on the fast food.

According to the nutritionist, one medium bag of popcorn and a soft drink have the same caloric intake of 3 cheeseburgers with 12 pats of butter.
This test takes by comparison the meals offered by three big cinema's chain among U.S.A. and Canada.

The "$12 popcorn combo" served at Regal, the largest movie theatre in the US, totalized 1600 calories and 60 grams of saturated fats. This kind of fats could cause cancer, cardiovascular diseases and could raise the cholesterol's level in the blood. The above size of saturated fats is pair to the people's needs for 3 days.
The "large popcorn" sold at Cineplex, a big cinema's chain in Canada, reaches 1.100 calories and 5 grams of saturated fats, while the AMC's "large popped snacks" contains 'only' 940 calories and 38 grams of saturated fats, but the last one is cooked with coconut oil, the worst thing ever, which has about 90 per cent of saturated fats.

But don't despair! There are some advice to go to the cinema, remaining healthy.
First of all, it is better to skip the "Value Combo" because the only thing that you could gain by this packing is more fat on your waistline. It's advisable to order the smallest size possible.
Remember that popcorn is considered "whole grain" and it contains many beneficial nutriments like B vitamins and fiber. It's one of the healthiest snack available at the cinema, but without sugar, caramel or butter.
Then, if you need to crunch something during the movie remember to bring with you the most useful chewing gum. In this way you won't have time to take anything else.
At the end, if you are truly hungry, you could try to eat small fruit or muesli snack and to drink juice or water.

It is important to take care about own health, without to overemphasize with fat meal, because now you know the ending of your life's movie!

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