On: Eating microwave popcorn increases the level of PF...

[riffraff]

> people who ate microwave popcorn every day over the course of a year had levels of PFAS that were up to 63% higher than average.

You're probably fine if you have microwave popcorn once a fortnight, tho as other said you can use a pan or pot just fine.

[redox99 → riffraff]

Eating microwave popcorn every single day seems kind of insane lol

[autoexec → redox99]

I've gone through periods where I'd bring it into work for lunches. Fast, cheap, and filling. Every single day does seem a bit extreme though.

[mrguyorama → redox99]

I did it because I was doing stuff that caused me to get "the munchies" every night and a 440 calorie bag of popcorn was better for my health than an entire family sized bag of chips every night.

[dools → redox99]

Until you realise that it's probably kids coming home from school and microwaving popcorn while both of their parents are at work still.

[dawidpotocki → dools]

Until you realise that someone has to buy the popcorn, i.e. the parents.

[dools → dawidpotocki]

Right … but it’s not unreasonable to buy your kid microwave popcorn unless you know it’s harmful which one would assume is not the case since you can get it in the supermarket. So like, the people who were included in the study were obviously consuming the popcorn in the absence of the study.

[dawidpotocki → dools]

It's not reasonable to buy 7 packs a week though.

Supermarkets sell a lot of unhealthy food which will give you terrible results if you eat them everyday, so I don't think that's a good argument.