Archive for October, 2007

Microwave Popcorn

Dr. Mark Stengler offers this warning if you use microwave popcorn.

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Chemicals called perfluorochemicals (PFCs) are used in many commercially produced products including the bags used for microwave popcorn; they are a possible carcinogen.

Now even though there is only a small amount of PFCs transferred from the cookware to the food several hundred more go from the bag into the popcorn. Not all bags contain PFCs but there is no way to distinguish the bags that do from the bags that do not.

Dr. Stengler suggest until we have more information to either use a hot air popper or a pot on the top of the stove using some heart healthy olive or canola oil.