Re: Fwd: Popcorn (was Re: Stopping an addiction)

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Popcorn is not a trigger food for me. If I do eat it, I eat about 3/4

bag and I'm good for months. I agree it is a good stuff-face-now food.

But not if it's a trigger for you, of course.

> >

> > > On Mon, 15 Dec 2003 15:51:33 -0800 (PST) ruth martin

> > > <ginjoint2000@y...> writes:

> > > > What's wrong with popcorn????

> > > > ruth

> > >

> > > The primary thing is that it is a simple carb. It ups the blood

> > sugar

> > > and then it drops pretty fast. There is nothing wrong with

> > popcorn

> > > occasionally but for some of us it is easily addictable.

> >

> > I'm struggling with the popcorn issue too. I'm not sure I find it

> > as addicting as some people do, and I like it for the times when

you

> > just want to stuff your face with a volume of something crunchy

and

> > salty but fairly low calorie. I'm really confused about the

> > nutritional aspects of it. It's definitely low in calories, it's

> > very low in sugar, fairly high in fiber. It's got a high glycemic

> > index but a low glycemic load. (See

http://www.mendosa.com/common%

> > 5Ffoods.htm) And it's cheap and easy!

> >

> > So how bad or good is it? Different people seem to have different

> > answers. The whole question of " addictive " is such a mix of

> > physiological and psychological and emotional factors that it's

> > probably different for everybody. Fay Bayuk seemed to do really

> > well when she came off it. I'm not sure if my resistance to

giving

> > up popcorn is being stubborn on intellectual grounds, or the power

> > of addiction! It's a puzzle.

> >

> > Celia

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