Are gherkins fatterning? / myLot

Spain

March 7, 2008 4:19am CST

My friend is eating them all the time and she asked me yesterda if they were fatterning and I honestly didnt know? I suppose they shouldnt be as they are mostly water based but does anybody know?

2 responses

barbiegirl13

@barbiegirl13 (1587)

• United States

7 Mar 08

If you are talking about sweet pickles, no they are not fattening. Although I know they have a lot of sodium in them which will make you retain excess water which can appear to be like weight gain.

gbilios

@gbilios (1)

• Australia

13 Feb 11

sodium is good for runners so the body can retain water when running in the heat..this allows the body to release unwanted toxins.

Marie Anne

@Ldyjarhead (10233)

• United States

7 Mar 08

I doubt the pickle itself has many calories since it's basically a small cucumber in a pickle brine and cucumbers have very few calories. Like the first response said, you might need to watch the sodium. The nutrition information should be right on the jar.