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Are you a movie addict---romance , action, comedy or what have you?
So what food do you usually take with you to enjoy the movies? Or do you care at all?
Just the same , here are some tips on what's not to bring to the movies...enjoy people!
5. Worst Movie Snack: Buttered popcorn (medium: 10-12 cups)
600 calories , 39 g fat (12 g saturated), 1,120 mg sodium
Popcorn can be a great, fiber-rich snack, as long as you
stay away from the dreaded butter pump. Besides tripling the calories of
a page of popcorn, many movie theater “butters” are teeming with trans
fat. (Check out the Fattiest Foods in America.) Instead, seek flavor
from the spice mixes many theaters carry now. Or grab a pretzel: As long
as you’re not dipping it into molten cheese, a large soft pretzel makes
a reasonable movie theater snack. Be really good and ask them to skip
the salt—mustard packs plenty of sodium as it is.
Eat This Instead!
Soft pretzel with mustard
290 calories, 0 g fat
, 850 mg sodium
4. Worst Chocolate Candies: M&M’s (1 bag)
240 calories
, 10 g fat (6 g saturated), 31 g sugars
They may seem harmless and fun in their tiny candy-coated vessels, but a few generous handful of M&M’s can wipe out a meal’s worth of calories before you know it. Pick Junior Mints instead. Minty candies tend to be the best of the chocolate choices. Just be sure to split the box with your friend.
Eat This Instead!
Junior Mints (1/2 box)
170 calories , 3 g fat (2.5 g saturated), 32 g sugars
3. Worst Licorice-Type Candy: Twizzlers (1 package)
480 calories, 2 g fat , 64 g sugars
Ignore the “low fat” claims on the side of the package—these are nothing more than ropes of high-fructose corn syrup. Opt for real licorice in the Good & Plenty box. Many cultures have viewed licorice as a healing herb for centuries, with anti-inflammatory properties. But we’re just thankful they have less sugar and fewer calories than traditional chewy fruit candies.
Eat This Instead!
Good & Plenty (33 pieces)
130 calories, 0 g fat , 21 g sugars
2. Worst Chocolate Bar: Hershey’s Milk Chocolate Bar
210 calories , 13 g fat (8 g saturated), 24 g sugars
If you’re going to eat pure chocolate, you’re better off picking up a bar with at least 65% cacao. That way, you lower you sugar intake while maximizing antioxidants. Since most movie theaters don’t offer the dark stuff, opt for a Kit Kat bar instead. Break it up and dole out the pieces to your friends. (Just because there are four in a package doesn’t mean you need to eat them all yourself).
Eat This Instead!
Kit Kat Bar
200 calories, 11 g fat (7 g saturated) , 20 g sugars
1. Worst Chewy Fruit Candy: Dots (22 pieces)
260 calories , 0 g fat , 42 g sugars
They stick to your teeth just like they stick to your
waistline. You’re better off going for nearly any other gummy product
besides Dots. In the world of pure sugar candies, few are better than
the fish from Sweden.
Eat This Instead!
Swedish Fish (2 oz)
200 calories
, 0 g fat
, 28 g sugars
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