[Amezarak]

I’m skeptical that thinly sliced potatoes crisped in olive oil are bad for you.

I don’t believe unsweetened yogurt is bad either, although some people would say so because of the saturated fat content. Certainly very few people are going to eat any real amount of unsweetened yogurt, except perhaps as a dip.

[tptacek]

I mean, at the point where you're arguing that fried potato chips are healthy, I think we've kind of established the poles of the argument and can leave it there.

[Amezarak]

I think if you don’t feel the need to explain, then you’re probably right.

Is it better if I drizzled the same amount of olive oil, on a baked potato instead? Is this about the potential problems of heating oils or something else? Are you just one of the people who believe carbohydrates are the cause of the obesity epidemic? And therefore chips are bad because of the carb content while unsweetened yogurt would be fine?

[aw1621107]

> Is it better if I drizzled the same amount of olive oil, on a baked potato instead?

"Drizzled" might be a bit difficult to do for the amount of olive oil you'd need. For example, the USDA FNDDS database says 100g of plain potato chips has ~34g of fat and ~54g of carbs [0]. 100g of a plain baked potato (with presumably nothing added), on the other hand, has approximately no fat and ~21g of carbs [1], though to be fair 100g is probably not what you're eating; the database lists a medium baked potato as 285g and a large at 400g.

[0]: https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/food-details/2709422/nutrients

[1]: https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/food-details/2709383/nutrients

[Amezarak]

Something doesn’t add up here, oil doesn’t add any carbs, just fat. Water weight maybe in the potatoes?

[aw1621107]

Yes, there's a large difference in water weight. That database says 100g of potato chips has 1.86g of water, while 100g of baked potatoes has ~75g of water.