Can popcorn be considered a vegetable in a well-balanced diet?

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[applegrove]

1. LOL! The transfats in the microwave kind are the absolute worst for you.

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6. I was thinking more of Fiddle Faddle or Crunch and Munch.

No oily stuff for me.
I know that salt would not be good for me.

[Marie Marie]

2. Works for me but then I consider chocolate my favorite vegetable.

Cocoa BEAN or PopCORN. See how that works?

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. Maybe.........IF you don't drench it in some fatty liquid!

[fizzgig]

4. i consider it to be

[Kali]

5. no

but it is a whole grain snack and not too bad for you if you don't use too much oil/butter

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7. See #6 above.

Thanks.

[tonekat]

8. It is High Fiber

So it's got that going for it....

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11. Yes, as i have found out! nt

[laundry_queen]

9. in every diet I've ever been on

corn was considered a grain or a starch.

So sorry to be the bearer of bad news.

[pinboy3niner]

10. Only if it has Movie Theater Butter...

...to cancel out the bad stuff.

[Stuart G]

12. Real Popcorn Story...Yes, Indeed..

True story..absolutely true..
.I love popcorn.

I ate a lot of it, from 1968 - 1990/91 ( and I ate it every day cause I thought it was healthy..you know..corn and corn oil}???
what could be wrong with that???????????????????

Not sure when I stopped. I was told it was the absolutely worst thing to eat, saturated fat and all..Because that is how I made it..
........aAre you ready?..........corn oil...........yes indeed..so, I would pour the oil into a pot, heat it to a boil, then pour in the popcorn and let it pop..then add salt..there it is...and it tastes so gooooooooooooooooooooood.....!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

..and guess what I found out???too late....arteries clogged. (you know, around the heart)
.danger..danger..danger...

They cut open my chest, 1995, and re arranged the arteries. you don't want that..do you????

..it was not nice?, and was not fun.....no more popcorn..

get the idea????

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13. You've got that right - I don't want to have my chest cut open!

I've already got 5 stents in there, and a lot of meds to keep the veins and arteries clear.
Know I shouldn't eat it, but------ I'm weak.

[Stuart G]

14. 5 stents????lots of meds????...warning, danger, danger.danger..

Guess what...I am weak and want my popcorn...TOO, BUT............
Fuck POPCORN...........

So I want it...SO WHAT????

I don't eat it...no more chest cuts...got the idea...??
Chest Cuts and laying in a hospital for days, with tubes and wires.. ain't no fun..it hurt, they stick stuff in you everywhere..
no.....no.....no...no.....no more popcorn for me...
You do what you want....ok..
Do you want a chest cut, long cut... I don't...

Fuck Popcorn..and what I have read about movie theater popcorn..is............
movie theater popcorn is worser still....

I am the pres of the SACC...........or the Society Against Chest Cuts...get the picture???

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15. Thank you, Stuart, for the moment of truth.

The head knows what is the right thing to eat; the body is weak.
I've spent thousands of $ over the years at a resident diet & fitness center.
I know the rules; I have been a scofflaw, and it shows.
I probably need to go on the Bill Clinton diet.