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15. Popcorn

Most people think of popcorn as a salty, buttery, and generally unhealthy snack food. However, if you save the buttery version for extra-special movie nights, popcorn is quite healthy as a daytime snack because it’s a whole-grain food.

Air-popped popcorn is extremely high in fiber in comparison to its calorie count. It takes three cups of popcorn to reach about four grams of fiber, but that same three cups has only 93 calories. Popcorn also offers iron, copper, magnesium, potassium, various V vitamins, zinc, and even some antioxidants.

two little girls enjoying a bowl of popcorn

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