Sport Pork Rinds??

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A few months back I read an article in Men's Health that was about "Good snacks gone bad"... basically it took snacks like beef jerkey, coconut, etc. and explained why they are better than previously thought. One of the snacks it had listed was pork rinds...

Now granted, pork rinds are deep fried skin, but i read some nutrition facts about them, and i was quite surprised.

1 serving of seasoned pork rinds (42g) contains:
198 calories
9 grams fat (supposedly 43% is unsaturated, most of that is oleic, another 13% is stearic acid)
0 carbs
30 grams protein

I'm by no means a nutritionist and i'm not suggesting pork rinds as a healthy snack, I am actually just curious if there is something i'm missing?? In almost every other case, you're supposed to avoid fried foods, and the skin.
 
The protein in skin is collagene(sp)=worthless
 
what I see on pork rinds is, per 1 cup: 10g fat, about 45% of it is saturated, 19g of protein.

Men's Health is NOT that great of a magazine.
 
The ones i looked at had the nutrition facts above. I was a little surprised either way.

If what Markus says about collagene is true, its a garbage snack either way...
 
dcjoey said:
i've actually heard of (never seen) baked pork rinds that are much lower in fat. anyone had those before?
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I've never had them, but i've heard of them as well... less fat, not greasy...

again though, i'm more worried about the protein being "worthless" as Markus Leon had said... does anyone else know about this?
 
Markus...sweet avatar, the sounds rock!

anywho, I remember reading that article a while back, and the purpose of it if I recall correctly, was the best cheat snacks, if you must cheat. Arguably pork rinds would be better than something overly processed with trans fat, it's not the best snack obviously, but there are worse things out there.
 
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