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<\/a>A study recently released by the University of Scranton in the United States revealed that popcorn is a food very rich in antioxidants.<\/p>\nAntioxidants are substances capable of delaying or preventing damage caused to cells by free radicals, substances that form in our body as a result of stress, pollution, excessive consumption of processed foods, among other factors.<\/p>\n
Just to give you an idea, 1 serving of 33g popcorn can contain up to 300mg of antioxidants, almost twice as much as fruit,<\/span><\/p>\n which carry 160mg of the substance in 80g portions.<\/p>\n It is rich in fiber, a serving of popcorn can offer more than 70% of the daily consumption of whole grains recommended by doctors and nutritionists. An example is that 1 serving of popcorn has five times more fiber than the same amount of lettuce. It is the crunchy shell of popcorn that has a high concentration of fiber \u2013 a cup of the food contains 12% of a person's daily needs, benefiting the digestive system and regularizing intestinal function.<\/p>\n A study recently released by the University of Scranton in the United States revealed that popcorn is a food very rich in antioxidants. Antioxidants are substances capable of delaying or preventing damage caused to cells by free radicals, substances that form in our body as a result of stress, pollution, excessive consumption of processed foods,\u2026 Read More \u00bbPopcorn for health!<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2495,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sem-categoria"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pratocheio.org.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2375","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pratocheio.org.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pratocheio.org.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pratocheio.org.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pratocheio.org.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2375"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pratocheio.org.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2375\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pratocheio.org.br\/en\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pratocheio.org.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pratocheio.org.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pratocheio.org.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a>The recommendation is to consume 1 and a half cups (tea) of popcorn per day, but avoid microwave popcorn, excess margarine\/butter\/oil and salt are harmful to your health\u2026be very careful!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"