You know, at some point you've probably been told, like I was, that popcorn is a healthy, light snack, and that it can even help with weight loss. There's even an entire section in sprouts with healthy popcorn options. So let's take a look at what's really in a bowl of popcorn.

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First of all, it's made from corn, of course.

Now, corn is sadly one of the highest lectin-containing foods there are.

In fact, in my patients, 70% of my patients who have leaky gut have antibodies to the various proteins in corn.

70% and no, the lectins in corn can't be pressure cooked.

They're actually resistant to heat.

Now, I grew up in Omaha, Nebraska, which at the time I was living there, had the claim to fame as having the world's largest stockyards. Yes, I know,

it's a great claim to fame. Why did we have stockyards? Because Nebraska not only is the Corn husker state but we're also the beef state.

We fattened cows with corn. The stockyards were where we put the cows and fed them corn

to fatten them up so that they could reach market weight faster.

So take a tip from this Nebraska kid.

You use corn to fatten animals and we use corn to fatten you.

Don't do it.

Well, if you want to gain weight, then eat your corn and your popcorn.

Now, here's probably the worst part of corn.

95% of all corn grown in the United States is genetically modified.

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