📍FACT: Popcorn 🍿 is the number one whole-grain in the American diet. Whole grains are health and prevent diabetes, heart disease and strokes. But…
📍SAD FACT: Most popcorn eaten is buttered🧈 or salted🧂
📍SADDER: Microwave🍿 can cause lung 🫁 scarring if hot fumes inhaled.
📍SAD FACT: Most popcorn eaten is buttered🧈 or salted🧂
📍SADDER: Microwave🍿 can cause lung 🫁 scarring if hot fumes inhaled.
2) That bag of microwave popcorn may smell good, but it's best to let the bag cool before you open it.
“Popcorn lung” is an irreversible scarring of the smallest airways in the lungs…
cspinet.org/tip/do-you-ris…
“Popcorn lung” is an irreversible scarring of the smallest airways in the lungs…
cspinet.org/tip/do-you-ris…
3) It’s caused by inhaling vapors of a buttery-tasting chemical that some manufacturers used to add to microwave 🍿. Diacetyl is a natural compound found in cheese, butter, yogurt, & wine. It’s not harmful when swallowed, but it can damage the lungs if large amounts are inhaled.
4) Nearly all “popcorn lung” victims worked in popcorn or flavoring manufacturing facilities, where they breathed in the chemical every day. The most severe cases needed lung transplants.
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