Air Popped Popcorn

Air popped popcorn is one of the best diet snack foods to choose for overall crunch appeal. Its light, healthy and provides a high amount of fiber. You can pickup a air popper for about $10-15 at your local superstore or online. Bags of popcorn kernels are very inexpensive and will last you a while. For extra taste, add a few squirts of fat free butter spray and a pinch of seasoning salt.

Microwave vs. Air Popped Popcorn

Although air popped popcorn is much healthier for you, there are also a few choices if you don’t have access to an air popper and want to go the microwave route. Choose low-fat microwave popcorn with no more than a few grams of fat per serving.

Stay away from the fat and calorie packed flavored versions of microwave popcorn. These include kettle corn, movie theater butter and cheese flavored popcorn. These contain a very high amount of fat per serving and since there are 9 calories per gram of fat, the calories start adding up very fast.

For a ’sweet hit’ without breaking your diet, popcorn is a great diet snack food.