Can't Eat Popcorn? Hulless Popcorn Is Your Solution

For many people, popcorn is a delicacy that cannot be enjoyed. Whether you suffer from digestive problems such as Crohn's disease, diverticulitis or Irritable Bowl Syndrome, or dental restrictions like dentures, orthodontics or other fragile dental work, popcorn is an enemy.

For people who love popcorn and have these problems, you're missing your favorite, healthy snack. Here is a solution: "hulless" popcorn from Munchie Gifts.

Technically, "hulless" popcorn doesn't exist. All popcorn kernels have a hull (the skin that holds the kernel together), and without it popping corn would not exist either. The hulless variety is a special breed that has the smallest, thinnest, most fragile hull of all the varieties of popcorn.

"Our most popular variety is called Baby White Rice because it looks like rice," says Diane Jariga, manager of Munchie Gifts. "This variety of hulless popcorn has kernels that are miniature and white and it's healthier and easier on the colon than regular popcorn. For people in the U.S. who have digestive problems (which there are a lot of), it's a great snack."

Hulless popcorn has much smaller kernels compared to regular popcorn which may provide smaller pieces, but they are easier to digest and won't get stuck in your teeth like the hard, stiff hulls of regular popcorn. The hull is destroyed during the popping process so all that's left is the center of crunchy goodness.

Concerned with dental work? The hulless variety won't cause breakage in orthodonture, become lodged in a denture bridge or break teeth, as some "old maids" are known to do.

Compared to other snack foods, popcorn is healthy, nutritious and low in calories.
It has a high quality carbohydrate that's high in fiber. This means it takes longer to chew and makes you feel full longer. Air-popped popcorn provides only 30 calories per cup. When popped in oil (such as coconut oil, which is widely used in popcorn machines), it contains only 55 calories. Even with butter, it's only 90 to 120 calories per cup.

Baby White Rice and many other varieties are available in a sample size as well as 4-pound and 25-pound bags. Go to www.MunchieGifts.com, to try this tasty and healthy treat.

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