If you’re bored at home, the pantry may call your name from the other room. “Eat me!” the salty snacks and jars of peanut butter call out. “We’re delicious!” echo the boxes of Kraft mac and cheese and sleeves of cookies.
While it is possible to put a sensible meal together with the canned vegetables, soups and organic sauces in your pantry, there is one food experts warn you should definitely avoid at all costs.
It might not surprise you, but the nutrition experts we spoke to couldn’t say it loud enough. They practically needed a microphone. Step. Away. From. The. Potato. Chips.
Here’s everything you need to know about the downside of snacking on these high-sodium, high-fat foods at home:
Potato Chips
“Potato chips are also generally made from refined carbohydrates that have been fried,” nutritionist Lisa Richards, CNC, author of The Candida Diet tells us.
“This adds excess carbs, fat, and sodium into your diet,” she warns. Well, it was the news we thought we might hear… but certainly didn’t want to.
“I love a crunch, too, but chips are often calorie bombs where people consume well over one serving,” celebrity health and wellness expert Joey Thurman, CES, CPT, FNS, of kuudose agrees.
“They have little nutritional value, and are loaded with seed oils!” Yikes!
