Are pretzels healthy?

[jdinatale]

I am dying for another type of snack besides peanuts, and fruit and stuff. I need something new. Are pretzels bad?

[polinutrigirl]

NO. Refined carbs, no fat/protein.

[xamadeix]

no salt whole wheat pretzels are not bad but it would be a pretty uneven food for a bodybuilding diet..i mean theres no protein in them.

[InclineVet]

save it for a cheat meal

[in10city]

I am dying for another type of snack besides peanuts, and fruit and stuff. I need something new. Are pretzels bad?

While they are not the best, they are also not the worst choice either - as long as they aren't the kind dipped or coated in crap.

That said, I don't shy away from having a few - not a bagful or handfulls though. Don't look at it as an all-or-nothing food. Have a few pretzels AND something else.

[The Solution]

try some unsalted almonds! taste delicious and hard to put down IMO.. go for about 1/4 cup of almonds and u get 17g of fat 7g of protein and about 4-5g of carbs.. a great lil snack to go along with a good protein source and a piece of fruit or veggies

[Skull Crusher Chris]

Here is a good whole wheat pretzels recipie that I have used before...

Ingredients:

* 1 tbsp. yeast
* 1/2 c. warm water
* 1 tsp. honey
* 1 1/3 c. Whole Wheat flour
* 1 tsp. salt

Directions:

1. Preheat the oven to 325 degrees Fahrenheit (165 degrees Celsius).

2. Put the yeast in a small bowl with the water and honey. Stir a little, then let the mixture sit for 5 minutes.

3. Mix the flour and salt together in a medium-size bowl.

4. After the 5 minutes is up, check on the yeast mixture. It should be bigger than before and a little bubbly. Add this mixture to the flour and salt mixture.

5. Stir everything together. Use a spoon to start. Finish with your hands. The dough is ready when it's still a little crumbly and flaky.

6. Sprinkle flour on a cutting board. Put the dough on the cutting board and knead it like you are playing with clay. Knead it into one big ball.

7. Break off a piece of dough that's about the size of a big gumball or superball. Use your hands to roll it into a skinny snake.

8. Twist the snake into a medium-size pretzel shape, and put it on a baking sheet that has been sprayed with nonstick spray. Do this with all the dough, making 12 pretzels.

9. Bake your pretzels for 10 minutes. Let them cool and take a bite!

Serves: 12

Nutritional analysis (per serving):

56 calories

1 g protein

0 g fat

12 g carbohydrate

0 g fiber

0 mg cholesterol

192 mg sodium

[moodz]

I've seen some whole wheat pretzels once.. Look around!

[johnnyironboard]

Are pretzels bad?

they are bad.

flour and sugar = white death.

[NeonQwerty]

At their very best, pretzels are equivalent to bread.

[johnsbod]

I am dying for another type of snack besides peanuts, and fruit and stuff. I need something new. Are pretzels bad?

What about some homemade protein bars?

[Sockomalo]

These pretzels are making me thirsty!

[Skull Crusher Chris]

These pretzels are making me thirsty!

LOL, Seinfeld FTW!!!

[Dr. Horse]

they are bad.

flour and sugar = white death.

You forgot the winking smiley.

[jdinatale]

how do the whole weat pretzels homemade taste? Seems good to me.

[skinnyboipgh]

Here is a good whole wheat pretzels recipie that I have used before...

Ingredients:

* 1 tbsp. yeast
* 1/2 c. warm water
* 1 tsp. honey
* 1 1/3 c. Whole Wheat flour
* 1 tsp. salt

Directions:

1. Preheat the oven to 325 degrees Fahrenheit (165 degrees Celsius).

2. Put the yeast in a small bowl with the water and honey. Stir a little, then let the mixture sit for 5 minutes.

3. Mix the flour and salt together in a medium-size bowl.

4. After the 5 minutes is up, check on the yeast mixture. It should be bigger than before and a little bubbly. Add this mixture to the flour and salt mixture.

5. Stir everything together. Use a spoon to start. Finish with your hands. The dough is ready when it's still a little crumbly and flaky.

6. Sprinkle flour on a cutting board. Put the dough on the cutting board and knead it like you are playing with clay. Knead it into one big ball.

7. Break off a piece of dough that's about the size of a big gumball or superball. Use your hands to roll it into a skinny snake.

8. Twist the snake into a medium-size pretzel shape, and put it on a baking sheet that has been sprayed with nonstick spray. Do this with all the dough, making 12 pretzels.

9. Bake your pretzels for 10 minutes. Let them cool and take a bite!

Serves: 12

Nutritional analysis (per serving):

56 calories

1 g protein

0 g fat

12 g carbohydrate

0 g fiber

0 mg cholesterol

192 mg sodium

Nice simple recipe! Reps on recharge.

[slaydox]

Here is a good whole wheat pretzels recipie that I have used before...

Ingredients:

* 1 tbsp. yeast
* 1/2 c. warm water
* 1 tsp. honey
* 1 1/3 c. Whole Wheat flour
* 1 tsp. salt

Directions:

1. Preheat the oven to 325 degrees Fahrenheit (165 degrees Celsius).

2. Put the yeast in a small bowl with the water and honey. Stir a little, then let the mixture sit for 5 minutes.

3. Mix the flour and salt together in a medium-size bowl.

4. After the 5 minutes is up, check on the yeast mixture. It should be bigger than before and a little bubbly. Add this mixture to the flour and salt mixture.

5. Stir everything together. Use a spoon to start. Finish with your hands. The dough is ready when it's still a little crumbly and flaky.

6. Sprinkle flour on a cutting board. Put the dough on the cutting board and knead it like you are playing with clay. Knead it into one big ball.

7. Break off a piece of dough that's about the size of a big gumball or superball. Use your hands to roll it into a skinny snake.

8. Twist the snake into a medium-size pretzel shape, and put it on a baking sheet that has been sprayed with nonstick spray. Do this with all the dough, making 12 pretzels.

9. Bake your pretzels for 10 minutes. Let them cool and take a bite!

Serves: 12

Nutritional analysis (per serving):

56 calories

1 g protein

0 g fat

12 g carbohydrate

0 g fiber

0 mg cholesterol

192 mg sodium

Reps when i can rep you again!!!

[Oddball8945]

pretzels are fine, just watch the ingredients. Make sure there arent to many added sugars or tranfats, a few pretzels as a snack are fine. Who cares if there refined a little bit, theres quite a few decent pretzels out on the market made from oats or whole grain flours and even rye. But theres nothing wrong with a pretzel made from regular flour, as long as there isnt a ton of added sugars and unhealthy fats.

oh and one more thing, for that pretzel recipie, make sure the water is warm. Not cold or hot other wise you will kill the yeast and it may effect the finished product. Also since your useing whole wheat flour , ide let the pretzel rise a bit before the oven

[johnnyironboard]

You forgot the winking smiley.