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"controversial"? Where? On the looneytoon, no-education, make-it-up-as-we-go-along, nutrition boards?
Commercial pickles aren't fermented. Therefore, they contain no bacteria. Fermented pickles will have a cloudy brine. It's a lactobacillus bacteria, the same bacteria that makes active culture yogurt good for you. So no, there's no controversy, at least not between people who actually matter.
Pickles can be a great snack food for dieting, but it depends on the type of the pickle.
Dill pickles, gherkins, cornichons and the like are more or less just vinegar-y cucumbers, and have almost zero calories. They can be high in sodium, but that is their only downside.
Bread and butter or sweet pickles are often sweetened with sugar, so can contain a deceptively large amount of calories.
Bottom line? Read the nutrition label, and make an informed decision based on that.
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