When Multigrain Means.....Nothing

Excellent points once again! Thank you for bringing up the points about high glycemic foods-so important!

Lizzie Lario

I love your blog...such useful tips and points that people don't normally think of! I am on a gluten-free diet, so these wouldn't work for me anyways, but I eat Tostitos as a salty treat :)

You should try Soy Joy bars and tell me what you think!

Jackie

Can't wait to hear about your visit to the factory. Controversy can be a good thing...especially here where people are really learning about what they eat and what they consider to be healthy food.

Don't get confused with the words "organic" unless it has the USDA seal of approval for certified organic! We must be label readers. Thanks for educating the masses! :-)

Karen

I think it's sad that companies try to trick consumers that are too busy to read the labels or don't have the education to understand the labels.

Like you said, these are better than Dorito's, but are still a processed food. If I wanted a tortilla chip, I'd rather go and enjoy them at an authentic Mexican restaurant rather than eating packaged junk.

Candice

Great points, I wish everyone knew these things. So many college kids know so little about nutrition that when they see claims like this they think they are healthy, or super foods. The labeling in the processed food industry gets me frustrated quite often. Thanks for setting this one straight.

Kylie Wolf

I love tortilla chips and I am very grateful for your information. Let's hope someone can find a truly healthy one!

marilyn

Thanks once again for reviewing a food I asked about! I am sad about the find though, I have eaten these alot and I will be cutting way down! I used to make nachos with them so I was probably getting way to much junk food out of it! Thanks, Kim

Kim

I like Multigrain Tostitos but, like you said, don't think they differ much from the normal ones. Either way, whenever I'm eating Mexican I always go for lots of salsa on a few chips! It's just part of the experience.

The Tipper

There's no way to know for sure, but most corn-based snacks are made with genetically-modified corn. The food giants want you to think that there's nothing wrong with GM food, but GM crops are banned in all western European nations, due to health concerns.

Food companies are fighting against mandatory labeling of GM foods because they know the public doesn't want them. Buyer Beware!!!

Learn the truth about GM crops here:

http://www.responsibletechnology.org/GMFree/Home/index.cfm

stan

Hey, Snack Girl,

Love your blog but want to comment on a recurring issue that could be slightly misleading. The first has to do with sodium. In spite of what the WHO, ADA, NIH, ADA (not a nonprofit group, by the way) and highly agendized orgs such as CSPI say, to date there is no definitive proof pf a connection between sodium intake and disease in healthy people. None. The science simply isn't there. In fact, the majority of science investigating such connections shows no clinical effect or the opposite. Even the most quoted studies. My favorite example is the DASH II. If anyone bothers to read the actual results and compare them to the conclusion, they'll find the DASH II contradicts its own findings! I am not connected to the salt industry, I'm just an old bench scientist-turned-nutrition journalist who has followed this canard for years. Don't take my word for it, read the science! You'll find of the well-conducted and controlled studies that do not start out with the assumption of a connection (and most of those that do) a connection to establish a link fails. Studies such as DASH II and INTERSALT are often misquoted, by the way. One key is the term "significant" difference. It means something very different in science. If your boss gives you a "significant" raise, you pop the champagne. But in studies, a significant difference is merely one that can be measured as having been just north of coincidence. What you need to look for is "clinical significance," that which is long-term and will impact health.

My second comment is on use of the glycemic index. I just think you need to throw a reminder in there that the GI was established as a tool for PEOPLE WITH DIABETES, not a weight-loss device. My favorite example: Greasy deep-friend potato chips have a lower glycemic index than a resistant starch-, mineral, vitamin c- and potassium-packed boiled potato that provides super-high satiety and glycogenic carbs that are less likely to be converted to fat.

Just some casual feedback from a fan. Thanks,

David
David Feder, RD
Senior Nutrition Editor
FIRST for Women magazine

David Feder

"you are eating a food that is one digestive step away from sugar" -awesome statement, really resonated with me! Its hard to believe something that tastes so different has a very similar effect on the organism as sugar!

GirlinTheRaw