# Suggest some lo-cal junk food

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 12, 2005, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-some-lo-cal-junk-food/316776 "2005-08-12T20:29:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2005, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-some-lo-cal-junk-food/316776/41 "2005-08-16T02:50:06Z")

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'shrooms.

White button 'shrooms are cheaper than candy bars. (They meet your criteria, having little nutritive value.)

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**Author:** ![andrewdt85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/71e660/32.png) [@andrewdt85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andrewdt85)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2005, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-some-lo-cal-junk-food/316776/42 "2005-08-16T03:06:32Z")

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Smartfood brand Cheddar Popcorn

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**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2005, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-some-lo-cal-junk-food/316776/43 "2005-08-16T04:09:18Z")

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> [@Plan B](#):
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> I like almonds for convenience and being lo carb. Also, almost any kind of fruit.

Except that they are extremely, extremely high in calories (2,100 per 2 cups). Which makes them a bad choice for the calorie-counting OP.

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**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2005, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-some-lo-cal-junk-food/316776/44 "2005-08-16T04:11:39Z")

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Er, almonds that is. Fruit is almost always low in calories if its fresh and not canned.

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**Author:** ![Chotii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@Chotii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chotii)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2005, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-some-lo-cal-junk-food/316776/45 "2005-08-16T05:19:06Z")

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Regarding Splenda (and other artificial sweeteners): I’ve heard that they trigger the same insulin reaction that real sugars do, so that while they do not provide calories, they do have an effect on body chemistry which may be nearly as bad as if sugar had been consumed.

There are non-refined-sugar sweeteners that don’t do this (such as stevia), but they’re not found in commercial products and IMO don’t taste very good anyway.

My favorite low calorie crunchy thing is…ice. Man, I can eat it all day. I’ll pay for it later with my teeth. :rolleyes:

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