Baked potatoes

landshark28
landshark28 Posts: 9 Member
edited November 18 in Food and Nutrition
Are baked potatoes a bad carb on a cut?

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  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    I personally don't see any whole food as "bad" food...that's ridiculous.
  • deannalfisher
    deannalfisher Posts: 5,600 Member
    mmmm baked potatoes!
  • RamboKitty87
    RamboKitty87 Posts: 272 Member
    A baked potato ( no butter ), fish in butter sauce (boil in a bag) and veggies is pretty much what I live on most days and its low calorie also :)
  • dcombsRN
    dcombsRN Posts: 5 Member
    A baked potato has 37 grams of carbs, with 3.8 grams of dietary fiber which can be subtracted from the total carb count (net carbs). For a low carb diet, 50 grams of carb and under per day is the recommendation (Atkins has specific ranges). It really depends on your diet. If you were doing a low carb diet such as Atkins, you can see that even following a higher range (Phase 2 and up), if you are to have 50 grams of carbs a day a baked potato would leave you with around 17 carbs for the day.
  • cityruss
    cityruss Posts: 2,493 Member
    It's neither good nor bad. Just like most other things.

    It's just a food source that contains calories and macronutrients. Just like all other foods.

    The context and the dosage is what makes it good or bad. Just like everything.
  • dcombsRN
    dcombsRN Posts: 5 Member
    edited April 2017
    As I said, it depends on a person's specific diet plan.

    If I was doing dietary education for a patient with an A1C of 10 or so, I would definitely advise avoiding potatoes in favour of other veggies.
  • ahamm002
    ahamm002 Posts: 1,690 Member
    In Ireland people practically lived off of potatoes for a long time. Potatoes have lots of health benefits and are definitely not bad. But they are "semi-high calorie," so take that into account.
  • BaddS4
    BaddS4 Posts: 302 Member
    I tend to have sweet potato instead of a regular potato.. It's a better carb.. ;)
  • cityruss
    cityruss Posts: 2,493 Member
    BaddS4 wrote: »
    I tend to have sweet potato instead of a regular potato.. It's a better carb.. ;)

    In what way is it a 'better carb'?
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    BaddS4 wrote: »
    I tend to have sweet potato instead of a regular potato.. It's a better carb.. ;)

    how so?

    carbs = carbs
  • JJS1979
    JJS1979 Posts: 177 Member
    BaddS4 wrote: »
    I tend to have sweet potato instead of a regular potato.. It's a better carb.. ;)

    They have a very similar macro profile so I would eat whichever one you like!
  • BaddS4
    BaddS4 Posts: 302 Member
    Sorry, lower in carbs than a regular potato, as well as fewer calories.. So I consider them a better carb than regular potatoes. Potato, potahto. Annnnnd discuss.................................
  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    BaddS4 wrote: »
    Sorry, lower in carbs than a regular potato, as well as fewer calories.. So I consider them a better carb than regular potatoes. Potato, potahto. Annnnnd discuss.................................

    100 grams of sweet potato has 86 calories. 100 grams of white potato has 77 calories.

    100 grams of sweet potato has 20 grams of carbohydrates. 100 grams of white potato has 17 grams of carbohydrates.

    So if you prefer sweet potatoes, that's a good reason to choose them over white potatoes. But if carbohydrate and calorie control is your goal, the white potato is a better choice.
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    edited April 2017
    BaddS4 wrote: »
    I tend to have sweet potato instead of a regular potato.. It's a better carb.. ;)

    No, they have different micros, but both are good and they pretty much even out. I like both so eat both. (I like roasted potatoes more than the kind I think of as baking potatoes, however. But IMO potatoes are good. Sweet potatoes, of course, are not potatoes, but both are tubers.)
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    Oh, a lot of benefit of both is in the skin, and I find people tend to eat the skin more with potatoes than sweet potatoes, so that might be a consideration (or perhaps not).
  • WVWalkerFriend
    WVWalkerFriend Posts: 575 Member
    Potatoes are high in carbs so if you're watching those, then you may want to find something else. If you're not watching carbs, though, I wouldn't consider it a bad food. I like them very much, in fact, they just don't like me. :)
  • AngryViking1970
    AngryViking1970 Posts: 2,847 Member
    I like all the potatoes. :)
  • psuLemon
    psuLemon Posts: 38,432 MFP Moderator
    I could never live without potatoes... red, baked, butter, white, sweet... I am pretty much an equal opportunity potato eater.
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