Just recently, I read about a "study" that has supposedly discovered that popcorn is much higher in antioxidants than fruits or vegetables. It doesn't even specify organic popcorn, which of course would be better than the conventional variety. Just how reputable is this source?!? I, personally, beg to differ... I mean, how can you possibly beat fresh, raw produce full of live enzymes and nutrients....and or course antioxidants? I am hoping the study is referring to plain popcorn, because when one adds toppings such as butter, caramel, or chocolate, that totally cancels out the benefits of popcorn. I can just imagine it...if those junk-food-a-holics hear about this questionable new finding, they will justify ordering a monster bucket of popcorn when they go to the movies by thinking to themselves, "Awesome, I'm eating healthy! There's tons of antioxidants in this popcorn!"
Want to know my theory? I believe that this information was released by the government in order to boost the sales of corn, which has received an increasingly bad rap because over 90% of it is genetically modified nowadays (with the exception of organic corn.) I, myself, have noticed that especially over the past year or so, more and more people wish to omit corn from their diets or refuse to buy any products that contain corn-derived ingredients.
I don't know about everyone else, but I'm still going with good ol' fruits and veggies.
