I think popcorn is fine and healthy. I eat skinny pop and it is very good. I also eat whole foods low salt popcorn which is very good and still salty. Try them or air pop your own and add some salt. Don't use butter. Research shows popcorn to be a very healthy snack.

I always air pop my popcorn, but I can eat it with or without butter and still love it. Every site I look at though says it is really high in carbs....I guess I will just have to enjoy it less often.

I believe popcorn is something you can enjoy everyday. It's filled with great fiber and is very good for you. I enjoy it several times a week and I'm 5 pounds from my goal.

Hello..I am tracking carbs,,80 or less, am doing my own low carbing. and for salty snack is pork rinds..its salty and crunchy..but low in carb. Hope this helps and Good luck with your efforts.

Liliann

Also rice cakes the big ones. You can have one for 8 carbs. The thing you want to look at is the amount of fiber that the food has in it. Take the fiber and subtract it from the carbs and that is your net carb. Your body digests the fiber later in your system while the sugars get digested or processed almost immediately.

Popcorn while it does have a lot of carbs also has fiber. If you are wanting something salty like that popcorn is much better for you than fried potato chips or something like that.

hi what about salted nuts. Just choose the dry roasted. That's what I eat when I crave salty snacks. I am currently low carb.

My doctor advised a limit of 80 carb gms. a day, along with 75 to 100 gms. of protein.

While there is no reason why you can't eat a little popcorn, try to limit the quantity so that your daily carb gms. don't exceed 80.

I agree that Atkins is too extreme. He advocated 20 or fewer carb gms. and lots of fat in the initial "induction" phase. Doesn't sound healthy to me! But 80 gms. of carb is very "doable", especially if you don't use any carbs for breakfast. Eat an omelet or some cheese. Then you still have room in your carb allowance for some popcorn! Good luck!

Thank you for all of the good advice. I had limited options at a luncheon today, and ended up eating more carbs than I would have liked. I am only on day three of this way of eating, but am hoping to get better at it!

I use a paper lunch bag and pop the corn in the microwave. No salt, no fat.

air popped popcorn with a squirt of lemon juice and sea salt... yummy and healthy,
the lemon gives what juiciness of butter and goes tastey with the salt

I have a thyroid disorder and was told that it isnt the carbs per say but the gluten that is a problem so popcorn is ok.