¶ … activities which are more popular or enjoyable than sitting down to watch a movie with a steaming bag of freshly popped microwave popcorn. The smell and taste of microwave popcorn both invoke strong sensory cues often associated with the pleasant experience of cinema viewer-ship. It is not often that we stop to consider the content of these convenient single-serve bags, either nutritionally or chemically. However, new evidence is emerging all the time to suggest that there are significant and alarming health imperatives to begin examining our popcorn more closely. As the discussion here will show, popcorn as a snack-food is fairly innocuous and, in fact, if served properly, can be an excellent low-calorie source of carbohydrates. However, when combined with the synthetic substances, the additives and the packaging compounds used in a bag of microwave popcorn, popcorn can present its consumer with severe health risks.
This is particularly troubling because of the severity of these health risks and the degree to which microwave popcorn consumption so thoroughly penetrates consumer buying habits today. As the text by Noble & Noble (2011) indicate, Americans collectively purchase roughly 3 billion bags of microwave popcorn annually. And until recently, this was not a trend which invited any great concern. However, "a few years ago, popcorn factory workers became concerned with a condition known as 'popcorn lung' caused by an airborne butter flavoring chemical called diacetyl. This was a fatal condition for factory workers, causing thickening and scarring of the lungs. It wasn't considered a big problem for those of us who aren't exposed to it at such high levels; however there was a story of a man who ate 2 bags of microwave popcorn a day who developed popcorn lung." (Noble & Noble, p. 1)
The concern over diacetyl has prompted a substantial consumer backlash against microwave popcorn, especially in the shadow of mounting evidence that long-term consumption of microwave popcorn might result in similar ill-effects. According to the article by Sagon (2012), the popularity of microwave popcorn is a significant road-block to intervening with its consumption even as it proves to be a significant health risk. According to Sagon, the primary cause for the health concerns associated with microwave popcorn actually stems from the use of certain chemicals in the...
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