Popcorn itself is harmless to human body. In the old popcorn machine, with the constant heating of the outside, the air pressure in the pot keeps increasing, which causes most of the water in the corn grains to turn into steam and expand with the softened rice grains. After more than ten minutes, with a loud noise, the corn kernels that burst at the right time turned into popcorn.

Popcorn is more easily absorbed by human body than corn kernels.

In the process of raw material expansion, starch gelatinizes quickly and its absorbency increases. Under the action of enzymes, it will soften and be more easily absorbed by the human body. In addition, protein denatures to form a porous structure, which improves the digestibility and utilization rate of protein.

As we all know, the raw materials for making popcorn are directly processed from whole grains, which completely retain the cellulose, minerals and vitamins on the surface of the raw materials, and in the processing process, the original hard glutinous rice grains are turned into soft popcorn, which makes the coarse grains more detailed and endows them with magical color, fragrance and taste.

In fact, the unhealthy factor of popcorn is because of this. ...

You must have seen this old method of popping popcorn!

The early frying pan was relatively backward, and the pot contained lead. At the last moment of explosion, lead is more easily adsorbed on loose popcorn, which is harmful to people's nerves, hematopoiesis and digestive system. Lead to slow growth and development of children. In addition, we like to add a lot of saccharin to it, which is not good for human body.

Nowadays, popcorn is basically simply heated and exploded, replacing the previous "explosion converter", avoiding the intake of lead before, and losing the bitter and sweet saccharin before.

Unfortunately, in order to make the taste of popcorn more attractive, merchants now add a lot of margarine and add various flavors and pigments according to customers' tastes. Meet the needs of most people and put on beautiful coats.

What effects will long-term intake bring to the human body?

Margarine brings us extra energy and trans fatty acids, which increases the risk of obesity. Excessive intake of trans fatty acids will reduce high-density lipoprotein and increase low-density lipoprotein, which will induce cardiovascular diseases. Excessive intake of artificial pigments will lead to the loss of zinc in children, causing ADHD, growth retardation and mental retardation in children.

If we don't pursue the color, fragrance and gorgeous coat of popcorn, popcorn can also be very healthy!