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Can dogs eat popcorn?

Plain, air-popped popcorn is safe for dogs to eat in small quantities. Buttered popcorn or popcorn with other toppings is not safe for your dog on a regular basis, although eating a few dropped pieces here and there probably won't hurt them.

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Nothing brings more joy to most dogs than helping you clean up after movie night. Popcorn always finds its way into couch cushions and onto the floor, where our dogs are happy to “hoover” them up. The question most of us forget to ask ourselves, however, is can dogs eat popcorn?

Can Dogs Have Popcorn?

Popcorn itself is not bad for dogs. Popped corn kernels actually contain several minerals important to canine nutrition, like magnesium, manganese, phosphorous, and zinc, along with fiber and trace amounts of vitamins. The stuff that makes popcorn taste delicious to humans, however, is a different story. The majority of us prefer our popcorn dripping with butter and loaded with salt, even though we know it is not good for us. The same goes for dogs. Butter, oils, salt, and the other toppings on popcorn can lead to intestinal upset in dogs, and the fats in oil and butter also contribute to obesity and obesity-related health problems.

Golden Retriever puppies eating from the same bowl outdoors.

There is an alternative. Plain, air-popped popcorn makes a nice, occasional treat for your dog. But kernels can get stuck in dogs’ teeth and pose a choking hazard, so it is probably a good idea to keep whole or only partially popped kernels away from curious dogs.

Is Eating Popcorn Safe for Dogs?

Yes and no. Plain, air-popped popcorn is safe for dogs to eat in small quantities. Buttered popcorn or popcorn with other toppings is not safe for your dog on a regular basis, although eating a few dropped pieces here and there probably won’t hurt them. As with any treat, too much popcorn is not good for your dog, and it is important to keep treats down to approximately 10% or less of a dog’s daily caloric intake.

Learn more about human foods dogs can and can’t eat.

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Is cinnamon good for the liver?

consumerlab.com - Cinnamon and Liver Damage - ConsumerLab.com

Answer:

While a very small amount of cinnamon from time-to- time is safe, a teaspoon a day of cassia cinnamon (the most common form) can be dangerous to the liver. This is because cassia cinnamon naturally contains a significant amount of coumarin, a liver toxin and potential carcinogen. The upper daily limit for coumarin intake is 7 mg for an adult. ConsumerLab.com's tests of popular brands of cinnamon showed that a single teaspoon (about 2.5 grams) of cassia cinnamon contained 8.5 mg to 15.5 mg of coumarin, depending on the brand. That is, all were above the daily limit for coumarin if using a full teaspoon -- and some had more than double the limit. Being labeled as "organic" didn't matter. Be aware that cassia cinnamon is often just labeled as "cinnamon" but its species names include Cinnamomum cassia or aromaticum [Chinese], Cinnamomum burmannii [Indonesian], and Cinnamomum loureirii [Saigon or Vietnamese — also spelled loureiroi]. Another form of cinnamon, Ceylon cinnamon, is naturally much lower in coumarin—in fact, ConsumerLab could not even detect coumarin in one product — and the limit of detection was less than 0.001 mg per teaspoon. Ceylon cinnamon is also known as "true" cinnamon and the species name is Cinnamomum verum or Cinnamomum zeylanicum. It should be much safer for the daily use you describe. Not all Ceylon cinnamons, however, are what they claim: ConsumerLab's test showed one brand of Ceylon cinnamon to contain just as much coumarin as expected from cassia cinnamon, suggesting that it was mislabeled. See the amounts of coumarin that ConsumerLab found in cinnamon products in its Cinnamon Supplements and Spices Review, which also identifies its Top Picks and provides extensive information about the health effects (such as blood sugar control), dosage, and safety of cinnamon.

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