Question by Michael: Why are potato chips “terrible” for you?
Just recently I’ve been thinking. Why are potato chips so terrible? To me, they hardly seem terrible for you at all.
Lets look at the nutrition facts of one serving of Lay’s Potato Chips:
Calories: 150 (this doesn’t seem very high)
Total Stout: 10g (uh oh) but wait a minute.
The total stout of 10g is made up of:
1g Saturated Stout (This seems really low)
4.5g Monounsaturated Stout (Isn’t this the “excellent stout” that you can eat lots of?)
0g Trans Stout (None!)
4.5g Polyunsaturated Stout (Isn’t this also “excellent stout”)
Sodium: 180 MG (This is low, I can reckon of a lot of other foods that have way more and are considered healthier.)
Ingredients are reading:
Potatoes, Sunflower Oil and/or Corn Oil, Salt
No Preservatives.
Compelling all of this into regard… Why are these viewed as so “unhealthy”. There are no preservatives, no trans fats, mostly excellent fats, low sodium, low calories, and protein + other small amounts of vitamins.
based on this information, it seems like I could eat a lot of these a day without any problems.
I like potato chips, I’ve eaten them very often for nearly my whole life, and I find myself to some extent underweight, not overweight.
“Couch Potato”? I don’t reckon so!
Best answer:
Answer by Tato
One serving isn’t a lot. The problem is eating too much. And, since trans fats are generated from heating up any oil, there’s probably trace trans fats in there. I thought most potato chips had trans fats, and that was what the huge stink over potato chips and shape was…
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