Comments on: Obesity, Up Close: The Making of Pork Rinds

By: spiced pork rinds

spiced pork rinds — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 06:08:58 +0000

Low carb works well for me and yes spicy pork rinds is what I love, especially the homemade barbecue chicharrones as they are known. The only issue is the preservatives, artificial flavors if you go for the big stores. I usually get them at the smaller traditional stores, usually those having a family history in making such foods.

By: low-fat-diet-recipes

low-fat-diet-recipes — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:43:45 +0000

Hello, good and explanatory article. I want to add a few mentions. If you have tight cholesterol, then you may wonder, will a low fat diet lower cholesterol? This is a serious inquiry, because it is a best known fact that the most efficient way to lower cholesterol is over diet. Certainly one component of a diet for lowering cholesterol will take on exists low in fat. Only this is unique part of the history. It is master to clear that it is the concentrated fats that you want to reject it from the foods you feed.

By: Richard

Richard — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 04:48:04 +0000

If you are really interested in reviewing a food such as pork rinds and not just finding a generic statement in a book and posting a video take a look at the following link in Men’s Health Magazine. I like pork rinds and have just started eating microwave pork rinds because of the taste and not because of the significant reduction in fat. The article will surprise you since the claim is made that pork rinds actually have some health benefits when compared to other snacks. http://www.menshealth.com/mhlists/healthy_snacks/

Enjoy the article and keep eating pork rinds!

By: Dody

Dody — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 18:51:55 +0000

@Susannah…
While I am not diabetic,…I’ve been able to lose 50+ pounds on a low-carb lifestyle. I say “lifestyle” and not “diet”….as I will be following this eating style more-or-less for the rest of my life. I also am soooo happy to be able to have something like pork rinds for a salty-cruncy snack (when the “snacky” urge hits). And they are wonderful to use for cooking (crushed-up as a substitute for white flour). I Love my pork rinds!!!!

By: Gerardo

Gerardo — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 18:36:54 +0000

Though now that I read Susannah’s post, I feel less guilty. Scratch my last post, I may stand corrected about the horrifically unhealthy food part.

By: Gerardo

Gerardo — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 18:35:23 +0000

Mmmm… Pork rinds! An example of a horrifically unhealthy food I can’t resist.

By: Christina Viering

Christina Viering — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 03:05:12 +0000

Good points Susannah.

By: Susannah

Susannah — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 22:13:41 +0000

I’m diabetic, diet-and-meds controlled, no insulin. I’m on a low-carb diet, which keeps my blood sugars normal. A bit of extra carbs sends me off track for days.

Fried pork rinds is the only fast snack food I am allowed. It is high-protein, with some fat. No carbs. I may eat them several times a week, and find them very satisfying.

This keeps my weight under control, as well as my diabetes.

Carbs, such as you would get in “healthy” low-fat chips and breads, for us diabetics, are poison; they raise blood sugars, and often are the culprits in weight gain.

Fat in the diet doesn’t translate to fat on the hips; calories do.

By: corey

corey — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 21:52:49 +0000

whatever, pork rinds are delicious and i’d rather celebrate the whole animal than waste it.

ignoring health cocerns, of course

i just felt the “and we’re using the word ‘food’ liberally” was a bit much, in this age of conservation and not wasting anything…

By: Blue

Blue — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 20:41:42 +0000

The vid says “invalid parameters”. what to do