Comment on Is eating potato chips better than nothing in terms of pure nutrition and wholesomeness?
FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 9 months ago
As others mentioned- saltines.
They’re basically flour and salt. Also, I recommend getting some kind of juice and mixing it with something like sprite or 7 up.
They’re empty calories, mind, but your body is okay with empty calories for a bit. It’s much more important to avoid crash diets and such. Though junk food is only more healthy than absolute starvation
Coreidan@lemmy.world 9 months ago
There isn’t any flour in potato chips. They aren’t empty calories either. There is an enormous amount of nutrients in potatoes, far from being empty calories.
The reason potato chips are bad for you isn’t the potato. It’s the oil they are cooked in and the amount of salt.
FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Compared to the amount of calories in a potato chip, and what they do to the potatoes to make it…. They’re pretty damn close.
Are they better than nothing? Sure. But not something you can survive on for even a few weeks.