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Popcorn is the latest and most unlikely food shown to have health-boosting properties.

Friday, August 21st, 2009

Popcorn is good for you, say scientists
Popcorn is the latest and most unlikely food shown to have health-boosting properties.
The traditional cinema snack contains “surprisingly large” amounts of healthy antioxidant plant chemicals called polyphenols, scientists have found.
Tests showed that the compounds account for 2.5 per cent of popcorn kernels by weight - higher levels than were [...]