100 calorie difference of potato w/skin then without?
auntkaren
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I had a baked potato and was checking the calories on what I ate without the skin. Then just out of curiosity I checked what a potato with skin would be and it was about 100 calories more. Why is the skin so high?
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I had a baked potato and was checking the calories on what I ate without the skin. Then just out of curiosity I checked what a potato with skin would be and it was about 100 calories more. Why is the skin so high?0
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Wow! That really is quite a difference. I'm not quite sure why that is or if that is even completely accurate. I do know that most of the nutrients are actually found in the skin and not so much in the flesh of the potato.0
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Did you have the same serving size? I just checked and there was only about a 30 calorie difference for with skin and w/o skin - but the default for with skin was a large and the default for w/o skin was a medium.0
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Did you have the same serving size? I just checked and there was only about a 30 calorie difference for with skin and w/o skin - but the default for with skin was a large and the default for w/o skin was a medium.0
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Check another web site for comparison. 100 calories is way to high!!!0
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I think there is too many differences on the baked potato calories that are the same size that you are right I , I should check it out on another web site.0
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It never hurts to check a few different sources!!0
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Because that is where the protien and other healthy stuff that are in a potato are.
the inside of the spud is all startch and carbs, the skin is the GOOD STUFF, but still I agree that 100 seems high.
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