Compared to the amount of calories in a potato chip, and what they do to the potatoes to make it…. They’re pretty damn close.
Are they better than nothing? Sure. But not something you can survive on for even a few weeks.
In any case I was speaking to saltines being mostly flour. (There might be some additives, possibly a leavening agent. There’s also water to make the dough but that baked out.)
If the reason for the restrictive diet is an upset stomach, saltines are going to be less offensive to that stomach than potatoe chips.
Compared to the amount of calories in a potato chip, and what they do to the potatoes to make it…. They’re pretty damn close.
Are they better than nothing? Sure. But not something you can survive on for even a few weeks.
In any case I was speaking to saltines being mostly flour. (There might be some additives, possibly a leavening agent. There’s also water to make the dough but that baked out.)
If the reason for the restrictive diet is an upset stomach, saltines are going to be less offensive to that stomach than potatoe chips.