That's really interesting. The sweet potato chips I can't stop eating are also high fat and sodium. I just assumed with Fritos that it was some kind of addictive additive not listed in the ingredients, like something in the corn itself or in the oil. But BE's were always my weak "leg of the stool", too.

: This struck me. Why Fritos? I have
: the same reaction
: I went and looked at the ingredients.

: Corn, corn oil and salt.

: a small package is 28 grams or 1
: ounce

: We usually think of a small *serving*
: of carbs as around 3 ounces of
: something
: So if we were using Fritos as our
: meal carb, we would get 30 grams
: of fat and
: 521 grams of sodium.

: I think it is the density of fat and
: sodium combined. But this is
: touching something in me.

: So I went and looked up the
: relationship between sodium and
: beta-endorphin. High sodium =
: release of beta-endorphin in some
: people.

: Whew, think about that one for a
: while. Look for more from me.

: Kathleen