Source: consumerist.com
Go Easy On the Popcorn!
“A medium-sized popcorn and medium soda at the nation's largest movie chain pack the nutritional equivalent of three Quarter Pounders topped with 12 pats of butter.” That's according to a report released today by the advocacy group Center for Science in the Public Interest. (Surely they don't have the same fat content.)
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- Ben Picone thinks Go Easy On the Popcorn! is OMG
- Jiahui C. thinks Go Easy On the Popcorn! is OMG
- Ivan Lopez thinks Go Easy On the Popcorn! is Ew & OMG
- delicious kiwis thinks Go Easy On the Popcorn! is OMG & Ew
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Unless you're eating movie popcorn and a soda three times a day for your entire life, there's nothing to worry about. Sheez. Must have been a really slow news day.
- Amanda Little Go Easy On the Popcorn! and thinks it’s OMG
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Those quarter pounders look really good.
- melbourne thinks Go Easy On the Popcorn! is Ew
- J.Celestino thinks Go Easy On the Popcorn! is Ew
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good thing i don't go to the movies very often…
- Molly Carroll Go Easy On the Popcorn! and thinks it’s Ew & OMG
- Paola D Go Easy On the Popcorn! and thinks it’s OMG & Ew
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If popcorn and a drink are the nutritional equivalent of three quarter pounders and lots of butter, and popcorn is like a whole lot of nothing, really, that means three quarter pounders and lots of butter are like nothing really. That makes both of these diet foods. Awesome!
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Yes, but what about all those suspenseful moments in 2012?? What will I do if not shoveling popcorn in my gaping maw????
- Juan F. thinks Go Easy On the Popcorn! is Ew
- Angelica Mata thinks Go Easy On the Popcorn! is Ew
- Sara Nitz Go Easy On the Popcorn!
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But what if it's just a diet soda? It all balances out, right? Where is the information I want to hear, not the actual facts?
- Randolph Johnson thinks Go Easy On the Popcorn! is Ew
- Joe H thinks Go Easy On the Popcorn! is Ew
- Bree thinks Go Easy On the Popcorn! is WTF
- Conor H. thinks Go Easy On the Popcorn! is Ew & OMG
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this is why you sneak your own food in!
- Josh thinks Go Easy On the Popcorn! is Ew
- Chelsea G. thinks Go Easy On the Popcorn! is OMG
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So they're saying there's no nutritional value at all?
- Mock Turtle thinks Go Easy On the Popcorn! is OMG & Ew
- Angela M. thinks Go Easy On the Popcorn! is Ew
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- Bee thinks Go Easy On the Popcorn! is Ew
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