Bryan_Mills2020 t1_jcki25i wrote on March 17, 2023 at 2:26 PM

Reply to comment by SuccessfulManifests in LPT What is the greatest cause of weight gain? Excess sugar or salt? by SuccessfulManifests

Cut back on carbs like pasta, bread, breakfast cereal, desserts, etc. -- anything with lots of sugar and/or processed flour. Eat more of the good fat like animal fat, olive oil, coconut oil, butter, gee, cocoa butter, Macadamia nuts, walnuts, pecans.

SuccessfulManifests OP t1_jckk3in wrote on March 17, 2023 at 2:40 PM

Would you say that popcorn has a lot of excess carbs?

PerniciousPuppy t1_jcn0osy wrote on March 18, 2023 at 12:34 AM

Yes and no. It's a special case. A third cup of corn kernels would be less than a full cob, which if eaten as corn, would be just a fairly empty calorie side dish and leave you still hungry.

As popcorn, it takes up much more volume in your stomach, and can give you a feeling of being full with far less calories and carbs than similar snacks such as potato or corn chips.

In short, it's one of the healthier snacks, but still need to watch for excessive fats from popping, if you didn't pop it yourself.

Bryan_Mills2020 t1_jcouzes wrote on March 18, 2023 at 12:45 PM

Use real butter on your popcorn. You cannot get fat from eating dietary fat.