Let's say you're craving something salty and crunchy for a snack. You're at the supermarket, walking down the snack food aisle, staring at all the endless varieties of chips and other snacky items. You narrow it down to three items that look relatively harmless: tortilla chips, baked potato chips and multigrain chips. But how do you know which will best satisfy your craving without throwing your diet all out of whack?
If you ended up with the multigrain chips, congratulations! Because they contain whole grains, they're higher in healthy B vitamins, and they also have about 3 grams of fiber per serving, which will fill you up faster than the alternatives.
But don't despair if you chose the baked potato chips as your snack food. Since they're baked instead of fried, they contain about 20 fewer calories and 6 fewer grams of fat per serving than regular chips. That said, they don't have much other nutritional value.
If the tortilla chips were calling your name, you'll want to rethink your choice next time. Though they have fewer calories than other crunchy snack choices (at 140 calories per serving), they also have about 7 grams of fat per serving. If you stick to just one serving—7 to 10 chips—that's okay. But any more than that could send your healthy eating plan into enemy territory.
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