DONT EAT THE POPCORN, lol

**PRO®** · 11-19-2009, 03:40 PM

On the early show this morning, they had a segment about popcorn at the movies. Movie theaters use coconut oil to pop their popcorn which is supposedly 5x worse than lard. A combo at Regal Movie Theaters consisting of a medium popcorn and a medium soda amounts to 1,610 calories and 60g of fat...3 days worth of saturated fat.

1,610 calories is the equivalent of:

"six scrambled eggs with cheddar cheese, four bacon strips, and four sausage links"

or

36 strips of bacon and 8 pats of butter

or

3 quarter pounders and 12 pats of butter.

and thats without the self serve butter added in.

when you put the butter in, every pump is 120 calories. (if you watch the video, listen to the dudes laugh when she says that, lmao

)

full article here:
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Wellnes...ory?id=9119503

vid for those who dont want to/cant read
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsX0RQrOHNQ

if you wanna lose weight, DONT EAT THE POPCORN

**punkr6** · 11-19-2009, 03:41 PM

damn, i eat that combo 2-3 times a week...

**Paul** · 11-19-2009, 03:58 PM

grabs popcorn :couch:

**xxbckiexx** · 11-19-2009, 04:01 PM

delicious, i love movie popcorn. this article can claim unhealthy all it wants, and it can speak to my 6 pack of abs, unclogged arteries and overall chizzled features while it does it.

**S2KJD** · 11-19-2009, 04:11 PM

^lol! +rep

**blaknoize** · 11-19-2009, 06:16 PM

Elisabeth Leamy looks sexy

**smoknlegend** · 11-19-2009, 06:18 PM

**Greddypacked** · 11-19-2009, 06:50 PM

I really dont think it's 1600 calories. I used to eat that alot and it never effected me lol and I never felt bloated after that. If I eat alot I can usually tell when im full and that many calories would make you feel like a stuffed turkey.

**PRO®** · 11-19-2009, 07:01 PM

Originally Posted by Greddypacked

I really dont think it's 1600 calories. I used to eat that alot and it never effected me lol and I never felt bloated after that. If I eat alot I can usually tell when im full and that many calories would make you feel like a stuffed turkey.

ummm....you are joking right?

visual for you:

a cup of raisins, and a cup of chopped cucumbers:

which one has more calories? the raisins. how much more? 37 times more...14 calories opposed to 520 calories.

**Greddypacked** · 11-19-2009, 07:04 PM

Originally Posted by PRO®

ummm....you are joking right?

visual for you:

a cup of raisins, and a cup of chopped cucumbers:

which one has more calories? the raisins. how much more? 37 times more...14 calories opposed to 520 calories.

Dude im not joking. I used to eat Large popcorn w/ butter all the times at the movies and it didnt feel like that many calories. I do workout and have a built body but NO THIS NEVER MADE ME FEEL BLOATED from a bag of f>cking popcorn

.

**PRO®** · 11-19-2009, 07:14 PM

Originally Posted by Greddypacked

Dude im not joking. I used to eat Large popcorn w/ butter all the times at the movies and it didnt feel like that many calories. I do workout and have a built body but NO THIS NEVER MADE ME FEEL BLOATED from a bag of f>cking popcorn

.

lol, yea its called calorie dense.

what i was saying in the aforementioned post was the calorie amount≠feeling full, lol.

**Ziptied** · 11-19-2009, 07:25 PM

All at a cost of 13 dollars.

**smoknlegend** · 11-19-2009, 07:47 PM

Actually now that i think about it, if i ate even some popcorn at the movies, my stomach often feels like shit later on in the day and i get queezy. Guess i now know what its from thanks for pointing this out.

**j0nbunklah0m** · 11-19-2009, 07:55 PM

Originally Posted by PRO®

lol, yea its called calorie dense.

what i was saying in the aforementioned post was the calorie amount≠feeling full, lol.

exactly. most people dont understand that

**FlipKing** · 11-19-2009, 07:56 PM

Lol, dont eat popcorn b-c of the roaches and rats at theatres. Lol, I used to work at one.

**roxie911** · 11-19-2009, 07:57 PM

I like movie popcorn

**DB4LYFE ™** · 11-19-2009, 08:02 PM

new moon tonight with the g/f manduh !!!

i eat popcurn..

~DB4LYFE

**PRO®** · 11-19-2009, 08:06 PM

Originally Posted by DB4LYFE ™

new moon tonight with the g/f manduh !!!

i eat popcurn..

~DB4LYFE

dont do it!, lol

**roxie911** · 11-19-2009, 08:06 PM

Originally Posted by DB4LYFE ™

new moon tonight with the g/f manduh !!!

i eat popcurn..

~DB4LYFE

YOU GOT TICKETS?!??!??!!

DAMN YOU!!

**MR2DR** · 11-19-2009, 08:28 PM

Originally Posted by Ziptied

All at a cost of 13 dollars.

seriously.

**DB4LYFE ™** · 11-19-2009, 08:50 PM

Originally Posted by roxie911

YOU GOT TICKETS?!??!??!!

DAMN YOU!!

~DB4LYFE

**cjhutch** · 11-19-2009, 08:53 PM

If they are citing the coconut oil as the problem then the article is useless. You cannot simply judge it on the amount of saturated fat. it's the forms of saturated fat and the very low percentage of unsaturated fat that tells the real story. Coconut oil is one of the healthiest means of cooking in fat. Coconut is one of the most nutritious foods in the world. Coconut water is a natural isotonic beverage. Think nature's version of Gatorade without all the sugar and artificial colors.

Read this for a little more information.
http://www.organicfacts.net/organic-...conut-oil.html

**PRO®** · 11-19-2009, 09:13 PM

Originally Posted by cjhutch

If they are citing the coconut oil as the problem then the article is useless. You cannot simply judge it on the amount of saturated fat. it's the forms of saturated fat and the very low percentage of unsaturated fat that tells the real story. Coconut oil is one of the healthiest means of cooking in fat. Coconut is one of the most nutritious foods in the world. Coconut water is a natural isotonic beverage. Think nature's version of Gatorade without all the sugar and artificial colors.

Read this for a little more information.
http://www.organicfacts.net/organic-...conut-oil.html

although that site was nice, i dont see anything about consuming a 60g+ serving size of saturated fat, whether it be hdl or ldl, lol.

http://www.gnc.com/product/index.jsp...lickid=prod_cs <---serving size of coconut oil tablets: 3.5g saturated fat..........

Originally Posted by cjhutch

If they are citing the coconut oil as the problem then the article is useless. You cannot simply judge it on the amount of saturated fat.

Originally Posted by PRO®

if you wanna lose weight, DONT EAT THE POPCORN

and 1,610 calories....well yea.

**cjhutch** · 11-19-2009, 11:25 PM

^I'm just trying to figure out where it all is coming from. They mentioned the coconut oil and then compared it with canola oil from other theaters. When most people read the article they are going to think that the coconut oil is the culprit. I think it has more to do with the trans fat filled fake butter stuff they pour all over it combined with that large soda.

**AnthonyF** · 11-20-2009, 09:27 AM

Hmmmm I love bacon.

-Ant.

**ItsBlack** · 11-20-2009, 09:33 AM

I'll just do sit ups when I get home from the movies.. but nothing will stop me from that delicious Movie Theater Popcorn! Hell, I buy packs that say "movie butter" hoping to get the same taste, but I never do

**ISAtlanta300** · 11-20-2009, 01:13 PM

Hmmmm popcorn....

**Skorcher** · 11-20-2009, 01:15 PM

Originally Posted by ItsBlack

I'll just do sit ups when I get home from the movies.. but nothing will stop me from that delicious Movie Theater Popcorn! Hell, I buy packs that say "movie butter" hoping to get the same taste, but I never do

Q4T, nothing made at home ever lives up to actual movie theater popcorn.

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