Potato Chips: Are They Really that Bad for You?
I've been eating potato chips for years and am still within my ideal body weight. Although I don't eat it everyday, when I do, I probably would consume the entire bag in just two days. What does this mean? Probably just that I can take a lot more fat in my systems than other people. But what about the people who don't have such a digestive system? Well, eating potato chips and other "junk foods" will certainly not affect you that much as long as you don't over consume.
Let's take a look at potato chips. They're fried or baked and often contain high contents of fat and are very tasty. Other "junk foods"? Pretty much the same thing: tasty and high contents of fat (and usually sugar). So, obviously, the biggest problem is the high fat content. However, despite what all the media tells you, this "high fat content" won't affect you that much. In fact, fat is necessary for you to be healthy.
Fat helps the body absorb vitamins and minerals as well as help maintain your body shape, produce healthy skin and keeps you warm. The brain must also need fat to continue function; in fact, people who don't consume fat are much more at risk to Alzheimers. Of course, they also come in a variety, some of which are better for you than others. For example, trans-fat, called trans because of their shape) are very difficult to use to help the body while unsaturated fat is much easier to use.
What does all of this mean? Eating potato chips or junk foods is not quite as bad as people say as long as you know where to look. Refer to the Nutrition Facts and check the type of fat it contains. Always look for 0% trans-fat because those are actually very bad for you; however, the other fats are safer to consume as long as you maintain a healthy diet for everything else. Always eat a balanced diet that includes all the necessary foods from the food pyramid as found here.
In conclusion, don't be afraid to eat what you want! Just don't over do it and exercise often to maintain your health. Don't always listen to what the media says nor anyone else (except your doctor of course) and find what is balanced for you and keep that.
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I believe potato chips without all the processing is a lot better for you than many.
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2506013/are_potato_chips_really_that_bad_for.html?cat=68
Wow, from the comments it is rather obvious that most people have no idea about how the body works. Not enough fat in the body will cause more health problems than too much fat.
In fact, people who are naturally more fatty have a higher survival rate.
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That article is ridiculous your brain does not run on fat. Your brain runs on glucose (sugar) which is why human beings are genetically predisposed to crave it. The same could be said for fat but not in the fashion that the article would have you believe. It is true we need fat but not for running our brains.
The real question is why someone would ever defend a product that has been the catalyst for the concentration of potatoes as a species to be controlled by 2 corporations (McDonalds, Frito Lay).
To assume a potato chip is harmless because of limited trans fat is so nearsighted that maybe who wrote that article should consider researching the history of the potato, and I hope your Irish.
No, driving demand down for these products is the only way to deconcentrate this madness before it becomes too out of hand. Right now!-- there are scientists looking for ways to genetically modify super crops to PHASE OUT many of the variations of the crops we already have. The corporations furt
I wish I had not seen this, because I just got a craving for potato chips and too late to go walking to the nearest open store. Has been a long time since I read a potato chip label. Having super high cholesterol I put myself on a zero cholesterol diet, and I am quite sure that potato chips were allowed. I do not believe junk foods are all that bad. (btw, you are a bad writer, in the good sense of the word : >) Any excess, becomes a vice and any food eaten in moderation is not bad for you.