On the Pork Rinds (multiple brands) it will say like 9 grams of protein but add a note"not a significant source of protein". A cup of milk or jumbo egg will have 9 grams of protein--that is significant amount. Why the above note. Are the proteins in the Rinds not broken down by the body or something?
Are you talking about gum labeled "sugar free"? Products labeled "sugar free" that don't have 25 percent fewer calories than the full-calorie product also must say "not a low-calorie food."
How does gum have calories? You chew it, you don't eat it. Are they talking about the gum generated spit? They should be more clear about that.
You don't taste something sweet in gum? That sweet stuff can be sugar. Sugar tends to dissolve in your mouth. You tend to swallow when chewing gum. That means you tend to swallow sugar when you chew gum. .... but that's just a wild guess
The FDA definition is a bit more complicated. But suffice to say, there are nutritive (good quality) and non-nutritive (poor quality) proteins. The proteins you find in milk and eggs are nutritive proteins, which have sufficient amino acids for digestion. The proteins found in pork rinds and gelatin, for example, are non-nutritive, which do not have sufficient amino acids for digestion. This is actually a big argument for people in the fitness industry because many of the protein bars include gelatin in their list of ingredients.
They are not as bad as tranfats, refined carbs or sugars for most people. In other words Pork Rinds are not as bad as potato chips (Lays, Baked Lays) or Doritos (loaded with refined carbs and trans fats).
I get what your saying, but isn't that like saying smoking a cigar or pipe isn't as bad smoking a cigarette. It still isn't good for you.
Personally, my rule of thumb is to not eat anything that can be used to make a piece of sporting equipment...
Exactly. They used to use pigskin but now they are either rubber, synthetic leather, or genuine leather.
Footballs used to be made of suede, thus the reason I said "can be used to make a piece of sporting equipment"... Oh well, the first rule of comedy is that if you have to explain the joke, it wasn't funny to begin with.
