Fritos chili cheese flavored chips encapsulate the worst health risks out of the entire line of snacks, with a walloping 11 grams of fat and over a tenth of one's salt intake per snack bag. If you want to avoid an overabundance of sodium and fat for the day, steer clear of this nutritional nightmare.
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Are chips worse than fries?
Acrylamide is a chemical created in certain foods that are cooked at high temperatures. Because chips are sliced so thin and fried so hot, they're even heavier in acrylamide than French fries (which, sadly, 7 out of 9 experts warn against).
In 2021-2022, Lay's was by far the most popular potato chip brand in America. It represented over 41% of the market for potato chips. Ruffles and Pringles, with respective market shares of 18% and 13%, were the next two leading competitors.
Nancy Copperman, director of public health initiatives at North Shore - LIJ Health System in Great Neck, N.Y., says that both potato chips and Pringles aren't exactly healthy, but Pringles contain 2.5 times more saturated fat per serving, a worse type of fat.
Yes, Doritos are a salt bomb, and we are not talking about those that dissolve in our baths. What we mean is that this snack has a super high content of sodium per serving size. One serving of Nacho Cheese Doritos (11 chips) can have up to 210 mg of sodium! And that's just per the suggested serving size.
The unhealthiest item on their menu is chicken pot pie. It contains 790 calories, 46 grams of fat, 37 grams of saturated fat, 95 milligrams of cholesterol, and 2,120 milligrams of sodium.
Chips are fine to eat when consumed in moderation, but watch out for high sodium content and trans fats. Note serving sizes before digging into a bag of chips. Kale chips and popcorn are great alternatives to make at home. Crunchy fruit, vegetables, and nuts are other chip alternatives.
One serving is 1 ounce or 18 chips. But even eating one serving of potato chips a day is a lot. Alexis Parcells, MD, a board-certified plastic surgeon and owner of Parcells Plastic Surgery says that you should really be limiting your potato chip consumption to no more than the palm of your hand.
Pringles are not baked. They are fried. And they're fried in a specially made apparatus. Each dough-val is placed inside a mold called "a saddle," and then run through hot frying oil, giving the crisps their distinct, stackable shape and golden-brown hue.
Have high calorie density - this means that the amount of calories you are getting from an ounce is high (0.16 cal/oz). Very low in vitamins and minerals (0.5%/cal) - a good source of Potassium. Contain a high amount of risky components that may include saturated fat, sodium and sugars (0.04%/oz).
