Re: Surgery Scar + Crazy Pork Rind question

[Guest guest]

> Also, I crave potato chips sometime and know that pork rinds are

> supposed to contain protein vs. being all carbohydrates. I have a

> small bag every once in a while and feel guilty for doing it. Do

> they really contain any worthwhile protein or should I just have a

> bag of chips??

It's not a matter of them having protein, it's a matter of them NOT having

carbs. We have a hard time getting rid of the " fatty food is bad " dieting

notion we had before -- pork rinds are not any fattier than fried potato

chips, but the point is that potatoes are pure carbs, and we will gain with

them, whereas pork rinds are just protein, no carbs (because they are meat,

not starch), so they won't sabotage our weight loss. Most of us don't absorb

fat well, but we assimilate carbs right to our waistlines.

Stick with the pork rinds, and stay away from the chips -- believe me! I was

eating chips and crackers for a while -- because they are carbs, they

disappear in the pouch in no time, so you're never full, and while you can

only eat a few ounces of dense protein foods, you can eat a whole bag of

chips or a whole box of crackers and never really get filled up with

anything except useless calories. I still have to fight off the carb

cravings from junk like that.

But I have to hide the pork rinds from my 16-year-old, or I don't get any!

LOL!

~~ Lyn G

[Guest guest]

OK, I've never had pork rinds, but I'm willing to try them. I need

something to keep me away from Goldfish, my latest junk food-of-the-

day. Can you recommend a good brand, and what section of the store

would I find them? BTW, I know some people also like beef jerky, but

the ones I've tried are yucky...too salty or whatever.

Thanks,

in NJ

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> Stick with the pork rinds, and stay away from the chips -- believe

me! I was eating chips and crackers for a while -- because they are

carbs, they disappear in the pouch in no time, so you're never full,

and while you can only eat a few ounces of dense protein foods, you

can eat a whole bag of chips or a whole box of crackers and never

really get filled up with anything except useless calories.

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