Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Popcorn is GOOD!

I have always thought of popcorn as movie snacks that's high in fats and empty calories.

WRONG WRONG WRONG!

AN had been constipated since December. She'll poop every 3-4 days and very solid poops. Once in a while her poop will be mushy and so it's hard to say that she's constipated.

It pains us to see her cry each time she poops and along with poop, there'll be blood.

Unable to take it anymore, I took her to see the PD yesterday. As with past experiences, seeing a PD is as good going to the library and having the librarian refer you to the book shelf to get more information.

I was given 2 pieces of notes to study about constipation, which when I went home, found even more information on the internet that my 'handouts' did not tell me.

Was reading through this: http://www.keepkidshealthy.com/toddler/toddlerproblems/constipation.html
"Popcorn also has lots of fiber in it. Give enough grams of fiber.... ....."

What? Popcorn?

After doing more searching in the NET, I found some articles
http://www.fitnessandfreebies.com/food/articles/popcorn.html
http://www.tooter4kids.com/Popcorn/what_is_popcorn.htm
http://www.eatright.org/cps/rde/xchg/ada/hs.xsl/media_17000_ENU_HTML.htm
and many more.

So while shopping just now, I got a pack of popcorn upon mum's suggestion (to snack on as we shop) and AN LOVED it!

It was salty (unlike the caramelised ones in our movie theatres) and TASTY! This is the 4th time I had popcorn here since we came (the last 3 times with Mr Liow during movie time while my parents helped watch over AN).

A little too salty for AN in my opinion but since popcorn is this amazing, I'm going to get those from supermarket and pop them on my own!

3 cheers for fibre in popcorn!


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