Location: St Mary's University College, Twickenham
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are ALL crisps bad for you?
i like to consider that i have a pretty healthy diet, but i having one particular dietry vice: crisps. i know that most crisps are pretty high in saturated fat, but i have discovered kettle chips. i looked at the nutritional anlaysis on the back of the packet and they have a very low saturated fat content compared to other crisps because they are cooked in pure vegetable oil. i know that crisps apart from the high fat content aren't great anyway (high in salt etc) , but considering these kettle chips are high only in unsaturated fat (and can be an okay source of vit E and potassium), would others agree that are an okay thing to eat sometimes????
I take it you are on the other side of the pond, since in the US the crisps are chips (and the chips are fries). I don't know how the ingredients might different, but here the issue is more that crisps are full of transfats . . . and the vegetable oil would not make a difference there, I don't think. (Is the vegetable oil listed as hydrogenated or partially hydrogenated?)
If you would like to try some healthy "chips" try Baked Lays. They a large variety of in Canada - Doritos, Tostitos, Original Flavor and I think Sour Cream and Onion. Pretzels are also a good healthy snack - I buy Organic ones that have wholewheat flour. Popcorn is also healthy - good fibre and high in iron.
Hey tdot I am Canaidian as well from Toronto. I love snacking on Quaker Rice mini's. They come in so many different flavors and they are low cal/fat/carbs. I actually like them better than chips, and so do my kids!!!
I love crisps too - Walkers' Smokey Bacon!!! ah...heaven in a bag.
I wouldn't say you should eat them all the time, but if your diet is clean 90% of your meals then I think its okay to have a small bag once in a while.
I eat a bag a week and I hardly think its harmful considering all the healthful stuff I eat for the remaining 99.999% of the time.
Last edited by veggie girl; 01-12-2005 at 03:06 PM.
Location: St Mary's University College, Twickenham
Posts: 655
Re: are ALL crisps bad for you?
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Originally Posted by tdot
It's all great and good to eat healthy, but you must splurge and enjoy yourself from time to time.
i agree otherwise you just get fustrated, that causes you stress and stress is bad for you. its think its easy to get over obbsessed with being super healthy ALL the time.
