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We all know what the evil foods are. Stuff like candy, salty snacks, mayo, sour cream, soda. But there are some so-called "unhealthy" foods that just might be good for you.
According to Men's Health mag, foods like sour cream, chocolate, and booze can actually be good for you. We know that chocolate contains a lot of stuff that can be healthy (especially dark chocolate, the more cocoa the better) and we know that red wine has important antioxidants. But what about stuff like pork rinds and sour cream? Well, pork rinds have zero carbs, tons of protein, and while they have around 9 grams of fat per serving, that's still less than potato chips. And sour cream? While the percentage of fat per serving is high, the total isn't, and most have less fat than you'll get drinking an 8 ounce glass of 2% milk.
Of course, no one's saying to base your eating habits and all your meals around pork rinds and sour cream, but it's probably best not to eliminate so-called "bad" foods from your diet and to keep an open mind about your diet and how to eat things in moderation.
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10-02-2006 @12:33AM joe said... What's with all the grammar and spelling errors? Some of you need to go back to grade school. That's horrible!
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10-02-2006 @12:34AM Sherri said... I have always loved pork rinds. But since I have been dieting I thought it would'nt be good for me to eat them. How about being a diabetic? Can I still eat them and chance it?
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10-02-2006 @1:11AM C.Bowins said... I have been eating pork rinds since I was a young girl. Loved them. Now years later my husband has diabetes and I have talked him into eating them because of the low carbs. He actually likes them now.
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10-02-2006 @12:59AM Adrienne said... Disgusting. There are so many other things out there that not only "aren't bad for you" but actually have nutritional value.. other than just protein. I can hear cardiologists everywhere laughing their behinds off, sitting back for the next decade or two just waiting for all the angioplasties they'll be doing on all of these fad Atkins diet people. We've known for years that saturated fat is terrible for you. What's next? Promoting trans fats?
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10-02-2006 @1:08AM Adrienne said... And whatever happened to good old-fashioned healthy foods & exercise? Simple equation: burn off more than you're putting in.. duh. And love & appreciate your body enough to want to feed it nothing but the best!
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10-02-2006 @1:20AM AuroraInBlue said... Are you people all insane? Do you realize you are actually eating someone else's SKIN. That is nauseating to even consider. It has been proven that pigs have shown intelligence roughly the same level as shown by a three year old child. Think about that as you grind up their skin in your mouth. Why not just fry up some toddler skin? Yummy.
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10-02-2006 @4:46AM Heather said... I don't care how "OK" they are for you, they still smell aweful and there is no way in hell they are getting through my lips!!
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10-02-2006 @2:32AM almostpunk said... they may TRY to singe off all of the hairs, but it doesnt always happen.
i will never forget being ten years old, happily crunching away on my pork rinds with my dad, and feeling something poky in my mouth.
ill never ever forget pulling out the poky thing and realizing it was a HAIR!!!! from the flippin' pig!
most disgusting experience of my life....stopped eating them at that moment and never looked back.
-shudder-
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10-02-2006 @3:16AM Julia Lloyd said... I am so grateful to find out about pork rinds. I am going to add them to my diet.
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10-02-2006 @3:59AM RALPH RAPHAEL said... GIMMEE SOME SKIN!SOME PIG SKIN THAT IS BABEE-I DONT WANT TO GET UNDER YOUR SKIN--I WANT TO EAT IT----THE BIG BAD WOLF KNEW WHAT HE WAS DOING
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10-02-2006 @4:22AM terry tibbe said... HEY!!!!! you forgot about the "HOG LIP'S" they are good for you also
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10-02-2006 @4:58AM Ina Loss said... Actually the pork skin was rendered for the fat or lard that was saved to cook with and the pork rinds were a by product that was discovered. Many of our foods were dicovered this way because nothing was wasted on the farm. I can remember when there weren't any supermarkets.
A farm girl
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10-02-2006 @12:18PM MJ said... whoa there are some people really hating on the pig..There are some nasty things your eating thats good to you so...dont eat eat it but to compare it to toddler??? skin???? Issues~ FREE country. Lets take a moment to breathe...Now,PIG OFF...........
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10-08-2006 @12:51PM Pablo said... Before eating the pork rind, I have time for my 7 minutes exercise, that is 40 leg raises, 30 sit-ups, 25 bicycle kicks, stiff leg touching floor with knuckles 25 times, 40 push-ups and rope jumping for about one minute. That's a good work-out in 7 minutes. Try it!
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10-14-2006 @2:07PM Joyce Wilson said... Just a note to ivyliege & diamondodge. To the first - please watch the yo-yo dieting. It is very hard on the heart. I know, because it killed my husband. To the second - I don't believe rendered down pig skin is as nasty as chicken skin. I eat the pig skin, but not the chicken.
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10-23-2006 @3:17PM Robert in Pompano Beach said... Here we go again, in defense of the Adkins diet.I've been on the Adkins diet for over 3 years (lost over 50 lbs. in first 6 months) and intend to stay on the diet for life! Love to crunch on pork rinds because
they taste great. There are so few crunchy delicious things I can snack on and eat that are carb free, makes pork rinds my favorite snack.
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10-23-2006 @4:45PM michael said... YYYUUUUUUUUCCCKKK!!!!!!
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10-23-2006 @9:35PM David said... I love pork rinds but cant stand how people listen to stuff like this with half an ear.
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10-23-2006 @10:40PM BlowZone said... Saying something is good or bad for you doesn't make it so. It helps if you actually know anything about how the human body works. Pork rinds would be ok in moderation IF they weren't fryed in hydrogenated oil (or any oil that spoils with heat, like vegetable oil). And yes, they can be terribly bad for you if you are salt sensitive or have clogging arteries, since they are made from (and with) saturated fat. On the Atkins diet eating the natural form of pork rinds (not fryed in Hydrogenated oil, and no additives) would be ok because on that diet you are using them to assist in keeping you in ketosis. During ketosis you probably will not get any form of heart or artery disease from eating pig in any form. For anyone eating lots of carbs and eating pig rinds, you will get accelerated athrosclerosis. And everyone eating them will be at risk for certain disease processes if the rinds contain the kind of "food" additives that they usually contain. Read the ingredients, and buyer beware.
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10-24-2006 @1:47PM thegoze said... you idiots. most of you can't spell for sh*t. in addtion, WHAT MAKES YOU THINK IT'S MORE GROSS TO EAT THE SKIN OF THE PIG THAN IT IS TO EAT THE MEAT? i think it's disgusting to think that one could kill a pig simply for it's loin and then throw out the rest. there are some real nuts on this website.
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