My doctor thinks that popcorn is the root of most digestive problems including diaticulitis (spelling) and irritable bowel syndrome. my family and i are big popcorn eaters, and we usually all 3 share a bag at least 2 or 3 times a week. My doctor does not want me eating popcorn due the above reasons, but not my band. I was wondering if you eat popcorn and whether or not your doctor said you were able.

Nana - I totally agree with you. That is my main reason for going to a movie - the popcorn!! I just had surgery, and my parents are here to look after my son. I thought me and my husband could go out to a movie - but it would be like torture, me sitting there smelling all that popcorn and not being able to have it!! So we didn't go.

Linda

Lucy, what's this about a guy dying from microwave popcorn? Can you give me the details, please?

Linda

After reading about the guy who died from cancer caused by microwave popcorn, it sounds even less appealing to me...

not trying to be difficult or anything, but i would love to see how they ever were able to prove that his cancer was caused by microwave popcorn. i'm sure it may have been theorized, but, that seems like an awful far fetched assumption. do you have details, or perhaps a site that i can go to read about it...i am interested.

-by the way, i know that this is a self-deprecating way to think, but everything causes cancer...right down to the alluminum in our deoderant. i truly believe this.

..by the way, my doctor really leaves it up to us, but he strongly discourages it.

my family eates popcorn almost every night. i finally ate some last night. i had no problem getting it down, but after the second handful i wasn't interested in eating anymore.

i was curious about his theory because my son is 6 and has already had to undergo minor colon surgery which did not correct his problem. i'm trying to wean him off of the popcorn now as i would hate to know that i was contributing to his problem.

I've never been a big fan of popcorn, the home microwave popcorn isn't good enough to me.. it's alright, but I LOVE movie theatre popcorn. Since banding, we've gone to the movies twice and I get a small bag (for myself mwhaha) instead of the big tub. But I don't eat it at home.. it's too much work (picking all the kernels out afterward) for something that is only so-so.

I too think the popcorn is half the movie experience!!

I have cut down on the amount of popcorn I eat, as well as the amount of everything I eat---but I do still eat it.

If a person ate nothing but microwave popcorn with all the additives, and perservatives, I can see where it would not be a healthy lifestyle. But in small amounts scattered around in a normal diet, I can't imagine it causing me to die of cancer. As has been pointed out, everything we do is leading to us dying! Every breath we take!

Now I do not especially want to rush that along! So attempt to make more healthy choices than not. But still have some popcorn now and then!! I do go with the o trans fats, small bags, the popcorn itself is a whole grain---does that gain it any points?!

My band Dr. never warned against it, and it is not on my list of foods to exercise extreme caution with.

I just know I could never work in a movie theater with the smell of that buttery popcorn all the time------mmmmm

Kat

I've never been a big popcorn eater, it's just been something that I have a little bit of once in a while. There was one time as a teenager that I had a few kernals become imbeded under my gum line and I had to have a dentist cut it out :omg: I really haven't had the desire to eat popcorn since.

Lucy, what's this about a guy dying from microwave popcorn? Can you give me the details, please?

Linda

It was from inhaling the fumes of the popcorn, not from eating it. He was making about 3 bags of popcorn a day, which is rather excessive. And I don't think he's died yet. Here's an article about the dangers of inhaling the fumes of the additives in popcorn.

Popcorn workers cope with lung disease - More health news - MSNBC.com

Just to clarify, the additive in microwave popcorn does not cause cancer; it causes lung disease. Here's the story of the man in Colorado who developed lung disease from inhaling the fumes for 10 years. His condition has been improving since he stopped cooking popcorn in the microwave every day. NY Times Advertisement

Lung disease, cancer, neither are a very good option. I'm sure you if you google microwave popcorn and lung disease or cancer you will find what I am talking about. No, it's not the popcorn that caused the problem, it was the bag. And, sure, everything causes cancer and I could walk outside and get hit by a bus tomorrow and die, but if I can choose to avoid problems in my life I will. I mean, that's the main reason why I got this band in the first place.

It's one of those "if you could bring 10 food items to a deserted island" foods on my list.

wow, well, i think i will go back to the traditional route of popping my popcorn. or i will just use orville redenb..as they have stopped using the chemical.

lucy, you are correct, if you know something harms you, then why continue to do it, well, i knew that being fat harms me, but for some reason i was unable to stop eating foods that i knew were bad for me. oh the psychology!!!

i try to cut things, and i will cut down on microwave popcorn now that i have read that article, but there are so many things, chlorine in the Water, gamma rays, etc. i want to be one of those people that can move out in the middle of nowhere and live from the vegetables in my garden and the cow in my pasture, but i can't. i am not a believer in free will myself, our choices are limited.

i will cut where i can, and i will cut this..

I heard about the lung disease thing on the radio a week or so ago.

They said the fumes from popping popcorn in the microwave may cause lung disease.

How many foods have we gone back and forth with these things? Remember egg beaters was bad, then good, then bad, then good. Sweet-n-low was bad, then good, then bad, then good.

Etc.

I'm so glad someone asked about popcorn. I have been wanting some but was not sure if it would be a good idea or not. I am not on "real" food yet so I won't be trying it for a few weeks, but I sure would love some every now and again.

i love popcorn!

the minibags are kind of a staple in my pantry!

never asked the doc tho...