Substituting a 1.5 - ounce bag of potato chips for 1.5 ouncesof whole - wheat pretzels plus one small apple adds almost 7 grams of fiber to the daily diet for the samenumberof calories.
When you are tempted to turn down carbohydrate food on your diet, remember this: ounce per ounce, carbohydrates and proteins supply the samenumberof calories (4 calories per gram), whereas fats supply twice as many (9 calories per gram).