# How Long Could I Live on Salsa and Cornchips? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 17, 2010, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-could-i-live-on-salsa-and-cornchips/529399 "2010-02-17T22:06:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2010, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-could-i-live-on-salsa-and-cornchips/529399/1 "2010-02-17T22:06:20Z")
Salsa and chips are my favorite snack food. I also find that they are very filling-sometimes I will skip dinner, after a bowl of chips and some salsa. Granted, corn hasn’t much protein, but salsa has freash tomatoes (Vitamin C). So, would I escape scurvey on such a diet? How long before I got some other deficiency disease? ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2010, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-could-i-live-on-salsa-and-cornchips/529399/2 "2010-02-17T22:17:48Z")
25+ years living on diet pepsi and junk food here, and I’m alright! However, this gut that suddenly showed up around age 38 has got to go. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2010, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-could-i-live-on-salsa-and-cornchips/529399/3 "2010-02-17T22:20:16Z")
Add bean dip and you will be doing much better on the protein front. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2010, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-could-i-live-on-salsa-and-cornchips/529399/4 "2010-02-17T22:21:20Z")
The biggest deficiencies look like protein and fat, off the top of my head. So throw in some nachos, too, occasionally. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2010, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-could-i-live-on-salsa-and-cornchips/529399/5 "2010-02-17T22:24:08Z")
Chips are deficient on fat? ---
**Author:** ![ministryman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@ministryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ministryman)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2010, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-could-i-live-on-salsa-and-cornchips/529399/6 "2010-02-17T22:31:50Z")
> [@ralph124c](#): > > Salsa and chips are my favorite snack food. I also find that they are very filling-sometimes I will skip dinner, after a bowl of chips and some salsa. > Granted, corn hasn’t much protein, but salsa has freash tomatoes (Vitamin C). > So, would I escape scurvey on such a diet? > How long before I got some other deficiency disease? The Sodium is what I would be afraid of… ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2010, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-could-i-live-on-salsa-and-cornchips/529399/7 "2010-02-17T23:05:43Z")
Make the chips yourself and you have the sodium problem in hand. Same same for the salsa and bean dip - home-made can be tweaked to get those elusive vitamins. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2010, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-could-i-live-on-salsa-and-cornchips/529399/8 "2010-02-17T23:09:46Z")
With no beer? You’d probably do yourself in inside of 2 hours. ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2010, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-could-i-live-on-salsa-and-cornchips/529399/9 "2010-02-17T23:16:53Z")
> [@Beware\_of\_Doug](#): > > With no beer? You’d probably do yourself in inside of 2 hours. I read this three times before recognizing that yes, you DID mean ‘do yourself in’ inside of 2 hours. Not, as I kept reading it, ‘Do yourself inside of 2 hours’. 'cause really, what kind of chips are those? And where do I get some?! ---
**Author:** ![luv2draw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/46a35a/32.png) [@luv2draw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/luv2draw)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2010, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-could-i-live-on-salsa-and-cornchips/529399/10 "2010-02-17T23:43:04Z")
Throw in avocado, onion and sour cream (with the aforementioned beans) and maybe some black olives while you’re at it for some more vitamins and yummy yummy. 😃 Just salsa and chips? Aren’t you a little constipated? ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-could-i-live-on-salsa-and-cornchips/529399/11 "2010-02-18T23:20:52Z")
I went nearly a week once eating nacho chips with cheese and salsa for supper and most lunches. I think I had cereal for breakfast, but I’m not sure - this was nearly a decade ago. I wasn’t in a good mood, and when I’m grumpy, that’s food that I enjoy, and it just became an easy habit! I’m also a very lazy cook. My husband (boyfriend at the time) finally broke the routine with a bacon cheeseburger. ---
**Author:** ![Jules\_Andre](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jules_andre/32/9334_2.png) [@Jules\_Andre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jules_Andre)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2010, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-could-i-live-on-salsa-and-cornchips/529399/12 "2010-02-19T06:52:17Z")
I got to post #9 before I had to go get some chips and salsa. How did everyone else do? ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2010, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-could-i-live-on-salsa-and-cornchips/529399/13 "2010-02-20T04:11:45Z")
Make sure to occasionally switch to the lime tortillas to prevent scurvy. 🙂