Sweet potatoes vs. potatoes: Which are really healthier?

Wetcoaster

http://www.precisionnutrition.com/sweet-potatoes-vs-po


tatoes-infographic

faberallison

Why choose? Both are delicious

jgnatca

I agree with the infographic. I have both in the house.

RodaRose

Both work well with butter.

KendraMonster

both are about the same, however each provide some different nutrients. I use both in my household.

lulalacroix

I had one of each yesterday and eat one white potato with eggs almost every day. Yum!

lemurcat12

Sabine started a similar discussion a while back: http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10310465/interesting-discussion-on-white-potatoes-versus-sweet-potatoes

As I said then, I like and eat both.

finneyjason218

girlinahat

two different plants. It's like trying to compare apples and oranges.


potatoes are good for you. Sweet potatoes are god for you. In a contest of oven-baked slathered in melting butter, the white potato wins hands down.

MelaniaTrump

Don't sweet potatoes taste better? More flavor?

CassidyScaglione

It depends what macros your pushing for. National Geographic did a story a few years back that had a blurb about potato varietals... You should google it... You'd be shocked how limited our selection is vs. South America, where the majority of these are grown... And the farmers who grow them eat mostly potatoes, and get all of their nutrition from them, because it turns out that the composition of nutrients in each kind are hugely different! That's off topic, but the story kind of turned me into a potato nerd, and I've never fully recovered.

ValerieMartini2Olives

finneyjason218 wrote: »

lemurcat12

JanetYellen wrote: »

Don't sweet potatoes taste better? More flavor?

Seriously? You are posing a question of taste as if it were a fact question? Why?

lemurcat12

CassidyScaglione wrote: »

It depends what macros your pushing for. National Geographic did a story a few years back that had a blurb about potato varietals... You should google it... You'd be shocked how limited our selection is vs. South America, where the majority of these are grown... And the farmers who grow them eat mostly potatoes, and get all of their nutrition from them, because it turns out that the composition of nutrients in each kind are hugely different! That's off topic, but the story kind of turned me into a potato nerd, and I've never fully recovered.

Found it: http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2011/07/food-ark/potato-variety

Looks very interesting, thanks for tipping me off to it.

juggernaut1974

finneyjason218 wrote: »

QFT

BenOsen3

I prefer sweets but like both and have much more to be concerned about.