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by Scroll_Swe 61 days ago
Nuts have good fats and are somewhat okay in a VERY moderate amount.

But they have a crazy amount of calories. Nuts are not a thing to snack on, if you eat more than one handful, but it is easy to eat an entire bag and at that point just eat chips.

"A small 1.5-ounce serving often contains 240–300 calories, while larger bags (e.g., 100g) can range from 570 to 750 calories."

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> at that point just eat chips.

Calories are not created equal.

The seed oils in chips are a blinding differentiator alone.

Other contaminants often make chips a much worse choice.

Unless, this being an international forum, you meant “hand cut potato”, not potato crisps - those are a little harder to compare.

In terms of weight, yes it is calories in calories out. Anything else is fat cope.

And I mean potato chips as in crisps. I mean like Lays.

> Anything else is fat cope.

What if I look like Michael Phelps?

> In terms of weight

Haven’t you ever wondered what the swelling is above the eyes, and in the head in general, of the people on shows like “My 600 Lbs Life”?

I’ll give a hint: it’s not fat. The head doesn’t really store fat like that. It has to be something else.

The “something else” is my concern, here.