Healthy Popcorn vs. Movie Theater Popcorn

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Popcorn Fact # 1

Has 31 calories Iron Dietary fiber

Popcorn fact # 2

Movie theater popcorn has saturated fats and lots of calories

They don’t even use real butter!!

Popcorn Fact # 3

Healthy popcorn has vitamins B1 and B2

Air Popped, White Popcorn is healthy

http://quitehealthy.com/nutrition-facts/popcorn/198061.html

This is important to us because…

Nutrition habits are very important

If you get the right habits young you won’t have a “problem” when you are older

DON’T EAT!!

Healthy Popcorn

Portion SizesDairy

1 ½ oz. hard cheese – three dice

Vegetable Sweet

baked potato – computer mouse

Grain 1 cup

popcorn- baseball

Meat 3 oz.

cooked chicken – deck of cards

Fruit 1 cup

strawberries

– baseball (12 berries)

Fats and Oils 5 olives –

poker chip

Sweet Treats

1 oz. chocolate – pack of dental floss

Mixed Dishes Lo mein –

baseball Mac and

cheese - baseball

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http://www.webmd.com/diet/healthtool-portion-size-plate

The Food Pyramid

From left to right: Grains - 6 servings

a day Vegetables - 5

servings a day Fruits – 3 servings a

day Fats and Oils Dairy – 3 servings a

day Meat and Beans – 2

servings a day

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7 Healthy Snacks

Tropical Fruit Parfait Frozen Yogurt (it’s

only healthy if YOU make it!) An apple Strawberries

Nuts

Air-Popped, White Popcorn

Homemade Smoothieshttp://www.wholeliving.com/photogallery/healthy-snack-recipes http://www.thepowerpointtem

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http://www.livestrong.com/article/76922-calories-nutrition-air-popped/

http://www.lifehack.org/articles/lifehack/kitchen-hack-3-easy-steps-to-create-healthy-frozen-yogurt.html

http://www.whyguides.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/strawberries1.jpg

http://www.soya.be/recipes/smoothie-recipes.php

ReferencesWebMDPhysorgInteresting Facts About PopcornHealthy Air Popper Snack