Wayne Watson loved microwave popcorn so much he would eat at least two bags each night, breathing in the steam from the just-opened package, until doctors told him it may have made him sick.
Watson, whose case of “popcorn lung” is the sole reported case of the disease in a non-factory worker, said he is convinced his heavy consumption of popcorn caused his health problems.
Sounds familiar. I was treated for asthma for over 40 years. Turns out I don’t have asthma, I have food allergies. I can see where popcorn steam and the particles in it could cause a person problems if they followed the same regime that Watson has.
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