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What do people think of potatoes?
I was discussing this with my friend of mine. I think everyone can agree that a whole foods organic diet is healthy. I feel that potatoes do provide fiber and nutrients, but my friend sees they can cause glycemic spikes and can lead to diabetes if overdone. I feel potatoes are a better choice than the refined potatoe chips. Dr. McDougall does a no fat, plant based diet and has patients have lost weight and reveresed heart disease. He is for potatoes in the diet. I used to follow a nearly no fat vegan diet, but now recogonize the importance of essential fatty acids.
What do people think of potatoes?
I was discussing this with my friend of mine. I think everyone can agree that a whole foods organic diet is healthy. I feel that potatoes do provide fiber and nutrients, but my friend sees they can cause glycemic spikes and can lead to diabetes if overdone. I feel potatoes are a better choice than the refined potatoe chips. Dr. McDougall does a no fat, plant based diet and has patients have lost weight and reveresed heart disease. He is for potatoes in the diet. I used to follow a nearly no fat vegan diet, but now recogonize the importance of essential fatty acids.
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Re: Potatoes
Sat, July 30, 2005 - 4:51 PMI think I also responded to this in another tribe, but what the heck. I prefer sweet potatoes. They don't have quite the same glycemic spike and they are more nutritious too. Potatoes in general though rock for their high potassium. -
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Re: Potatoes
Sat, July 30, 2005 - 5:05 PMi agree with erin, go sweet! but i try and stay away from potatoes as i am in the process of losing a lot of weight with a strict balanced diet. i would just rather have grains than potatoes. plus i think that when people eat potatoes they eat too much or too many. a serving size of a potato is 1/2 of a small potato. now who eats just 1/2?? if you do decide to have potatoes in your diet, make sure they are organic and eat the skins cause thats where the fiber is!
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Re: Potatoes
Sat, July 30, 2005 - 6:05 PMThe glycemic index for baked potatoes is around 121 which is very high, and is higher that most, but not all of forms sugar. Anything above 80 is considered very high. The best thing is to avoid potatoes and eat them last to slow down when eating other items.
I have been following a book called Defeating Diabetes by Brenda Davis & Tom Barnard, which is mostly biased towards plant based diets, but didn't follow the glycemic index so closely, and the authors didn't get into the glycemic index, instead suggested that one should eat about 35g of fiber. They also mostly argued that people with diabetes should avoid consuming more that 8g of saturated fat, and avoid trans-fats all together. This is just a gloss over the description of the book but gives you a pretty good idea of how it works
My success has been pretty good, but not perfect, as I am not always compliant with my diet. My blood sugars has improved, and my cholesterol has gone down.
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Re: Potatoes
Sat, March 24, 2007 - 2:01 AMPotatoes are good. A big heavy bag of them is inexpensive. I simply boil 2 or 3 potatoes until they are soft, then just sprinkle some seasoning salt on them before eating. I don't really prefer potatoes, but I for some reason like that earthy vegtable feel from eating them with the skins on and such. Mashed potatoes, that is some fine eating.
