boiled potato healthy or no?

captaincharisma24
captaincharisma24 Posts: 155
in Food and Nutrition
everyone talks about how much starch it has but is it really bad to have just one?
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  • stuffinmuffin
    stuffinmuffin Posts: 985 Member
    Have as many as you want within your calorie limit - baked, fried, mashed whatever. Eat at a calorie deficit and you will lose weight.
  • ellenhle
    ellenhle Posts: 3
    thanks for asking that question quite helpful
  • hauer01
    hauer01 Posts: 516 Member
    No, potatoes, like most foods are healthy in moderation.
  • Captain_Tightpants
    Captain_Tightpants Posts: 2,215 Member
    Damn sight healthier than most of the junk you will find in the supermarket.
  • mag104
    mag104 Posts: 35 Member
    Cant imagine a roast dinner without roast potatoes, just dont over do it
  • tryclyn
    tryclyn Posts: 2,414 Member
    I like them for the Potassium, too.
  • FattieBabs
    FattieBabs Posts: 542 Member
    i find them far healthier than white rice, I just cut down on them a bit.
  • WendyTerry420
    WendyTerry420 Posts: 13,274 Member
    everyone talks about how much starch it has but is it really bad to have just one?

    Russet potatoes are very healthy. Some people have trouble fitting them in because of calories. Anyone who says otherwise is a weirdo fad dieter in my book! :tongue: :laugh:
  • angiechimpanzee
    angiechimpanzee Posts: 536 Member
    Have as many as you want within your calorie limit - baked, fried, mashed whatever. Eat at a calorie deficit and you will lose weight.
    Why would you encourage someone to eat fried potatoes? It's not all about calories, its about improving your health overall too.

    A baked potato here and there is fine, but they're not the healthiest vegetables. Non-starchy vegetables should make up the majority of the veggies you eat for optimal nutrition. And DON'T fry them in oil like this guy recommended -__-
  • Acg67
    Acg67 Posts: 12,142 Member
    Have as many as you want within your calorie limit - baked, fried, mashed whatever. Eat at a calorie deficit and you will lose weight.
    Why would you encourage someone to eat fried potatoes? It's not all about calories, its about improving your health overall too.

    A baked potato here and there is fine, but they're not the healthiest vegetables. Non-starchy vegetables should make up the majority of the veggies you eat for optimal nutrition. And DON'T fry them in oil like this guy recommended -__-

    What deleterious effects would eating fried potatoes here and there in an otherwise mostly whole food and varied diet have? I roast mine in duck fat nom nom nom
  • ixap
    ixap Posts: 675 Member
    I like them as a source of carbs.
    I'm far less likely to overeat a baked potato than I am bread.
  • wftiger
    wftiger Posts: 1,283 Member
    I think you need to define "healthy". Do they have vitamins and minerals? Yes, so if that is your definition then sure they are.

    If you are diabetic then maybe not so healthy.
  • vegannlg
    vegannlg Posts: 170 Member
    Potatoes are awesome! They are a good source of Vitamin C, Vitamin B6, Potassium and Manganese, and they have fiber and protein, not just carbs. Hardly an empty food. Fried now and then isn't bad either, our bodies need fats too, just let common sense rule. Nothing better than homefires! Mmmmm.
  • Rayman79
    Rayman79 Posts: 2,009 Member
    It seems a lot of people are yet to understand that no natural foods are evil! Processed foods arent the enemy either, it is all about the bigger picture. People label foods as good or bad to sell diet books and other 'weight loss' aides. Not because they are truly 'evil'.

    Potatoes, and sweet potatoes and other starchy vegetables have some great nutritional qualities. They should be eaten in moderation of course, as should most things. But if it fits into your overall eating plan and you can fit it in to a reasonable macro split, then munch away!

    FYI I would have potatoes at least a couple of times a week; mashed, fried, roasted or boiled.
  • lorettaasmith
    lorettaasmith Posts: 418 Member
    I could up a lot of foods...but never my potatoes! I think my freckles would fall off!
  • magj0y
    magj0y Posts: 1,911 Member
    everyone talks about how much starch it has but is it really bad to have just one?

    I would bake or steam, skin on. Boiling them takes out a good chunk of nutrition and the skins have a good amount in them.

    I prefer baby reds, because it's easier to gauge how many you need and has the least amount of starch.
  • ipag
    ipag Posts: 137
    Even as a Paleo, I've been known to have a potato here and there, usually cooking them in bacon fat. I have to try the duck fat way as suggested by Acg
  • Graelwyn75
    Graelwyn75 Posts: 4,404 Member
    Been debating adding some potatoes back into my diet myself, having not really incorporated pasta, bread, rice or potatoes in sometime.
    I got some individual steam bags of baby potatoes to have once a week or so with my salmon therefore and am hoping it will not affect my weight, as in water gain due to the change.
  • angiechimpanzee
    angiechimpanzee Posts: 536 Member
    Have as many as you want within your calorie limit - baked, fried, mashed whatever. Eat at a calorie deficit and you will lose weight.
    Why would you encourage someone to eat fried potatoes? It's not all about calories, its about improving your health overall too.

    A baked potato here and there is fine, but they're not the healthiest vegetables. Non-starchy vegetables should make up the majority of the veggies you eat for optimal nutrition. And DON'T fry them in oil like this guy recommended -__-

    What deleterious effects would eating fried potatoes here and there in an otherwise mostly whole food and varied diet have? I roast mine in duck fat nom nom nom
    Um, heart disease? Excess empty calories? Loss of nutrients?

    Do whatever you want, just don't try to perpetuate to others that its not harmful.
  • AbbsyBabbsy
    AbbsyBabbsy Posts: 184 Member
    I vote healthy. It's a filling, whole food containing fiber and nutrients. My favorite are red potatoes.
  • BeeElMarvin
    BeeElMarvin Posts: 2,086 Member
    Have as many as you want within your calorie limit - baked, fried, mashed whatever. Eat at a calorie deficit and you will lose weight.
    Why would you encourage someone to eat fried potatoes? It's not all about calories, its about improving your health overall too.

    A baked potato here and there is fine, but they're not the healthiest vegetables. Non-starchy vegetables should make up the majority of the veggies you eat for optimal nutrition. And DON'T fry them in oil like this guy recommended -__-

    What deleterious effects would eating fried potatoes here and there in an otherwise mostly whole food and varied diet have? I roast mine in duck fat nom nom nom
    Um, heart disease? Excess empty calories? Loss of nutrients?

    Do whatever you want, just don't try to perpetuate to others that its not harmful.

    Here's a new idea! I actually just thought of it - MODERATION! You're welcome.
  • Acg67
    Acg67 Posts: 12,142 Member
    Have as many as you want within your calorie limit - baked, fried, mashed whatever. Eat at a calorie deficit and you will lose weight.
    Why would you encourage someone to eat fried potatoes? It's not all about calories, its about improving your health overall too.

    A baked potato here and there is fine, but they're not the healthiest vegetables. Non-starchy vegetables should make up the majority of the veggies you eat for optimal nutrition. And DON'T fry them in oil like this guy recommended -__-

    What deleterious effects would eating fried potatoes here and there in an otherwise mostly whole food and varied diet have? I roast mine in duck fat nom nom nom
    Um, heart disease? Excess empty calories? Loss of nutrients?

    Do whatever you want, just don't try to perpetuate to others that its not harmful.

    Please substantiate that occasionally eating fried/roasted potatoes in an otherwise varied and micro nutrient diet will give you heart disease and will cause a loss of nutrients. And fat isn't important in one's diet?

    But please continue to fear monger without substantiating anything
  • threeohtwo
    threeohtwo Posts: 153 Member
    I'm super confused by your response. There is nothing wrong with frying potatoes. I do mine in olive oil which has many many nutritious effects. I would MUCH rather eat real potatoes in real olive oil than some fake low-fat diet food.
  • aerochic42
    aerochic42 Posts: 843 Member
    It's not that the potato itself is bad, but all the delicious butter, sour cream, cheese, bacon, etc that's not so good for you. On the flip side, I do remember reading somewhere that having some fat with the potato actually helps make the potato lower on the Glycemic Index -causing less sugar spikes and keeping you full longer. many of micro-nutrients are in the skin are teh region immediately below the skin.
  • angiechimpanzee
    angiechimpanzee Posts: 536 Member
    Have as many as you want within your calorie limit - baked, fried, mashed whatever. Eat at a calorie deficit and you will lose weight.
    Why would you encourage someone to eat fried potatoes? It's not all about calories, its about improving your health overall too.

    A baked potato here and there is fine, but they're not the healthiest vegetables. Non-starchy vegetables should make up the majority of the veggies you eat for optimal nutrition. And DON'T fry them in oil like this guy recommended -__-

    What deleterious effects would eating fried potatoes here and there in an otherwise mostly whole food and varied diet have? I roast mine in duck fat nom nom nom
    Um, heart disease? Excess empty calories? Loss of nutrients?

    Do whatever you want, just don't try to perpetuate to others that its not harmful.

    Please substantiate that occasionally eating fried/roasted potatoes in an otherwise varied and micro nutrient diet will give you heart disease and will cause a loss of nutrients. And fat isn't important in one's diet?

    But please continue to fear monger without substantiating anything
    Eating animal fat is never beneficial :| The fats that the body needs are found in nuts, fatty vegetables like avocados, etc. Not cholesterol-laden animal fat (except maybe those from fish).

    Let me re-word my statement. You can have a healthy diet DESPITE occasional consumption of those things (key word is occasional, 10% of one's diet max). But they never CONTRIBUTE to the healthiness of one's diet. So if you're advising someone who wants to improve their diet & overall health, promoting that stuff as if it's going to benefit them is just inaccurate and misleading.
  • angiechimpanzee
    angiechimpanzee Posts: 536 Member
    Have as many as you want within your calorie limit - baked, fried, mashed whatever. Eat at a calorie deficit and you will lose weight.
    Why would you encourage someone to eat fried potatoes? It's not all about calories, its about improving your health overall too.

    A baked potato here and there is fine, but they're not the healthiest vegetables. Non-starchy vegetables should make up the majority of the veggies you eat for optimal nutrition. And DON'T fry them in oil like this guy recommended -__-

    What deleterious effects would eating fried potatoes here and there in an otherwise mostly whole food and varied diet have? I roast mine in duck fat nom nom nom
    Um, heart disease? Excess empty calories? Loss of nutrients?

    Do whatever you want, just don't try to perpetuate to others that its not harmful.

    Here's a new idea! I actually just thought of it - MODERATION! You're welcome.
    Unfortunately most people who are trying to lose weight have a very skewed view of what "moderation" even means. Hence why they're overweight in the first place.
  • Acg67
    Acg67 Posts: 12,142 Member
    Have as many as you want within your calorie limit - baked, fried, mashed whatever. Eat at a calorie deficit and you will lose weight.
    Why would you encourage someone to eat fried potatoes? It's not all about calories, its about improving your health overall too.

    A baked potato here and there is fine, but they're not the healthiest vegetables. Non-starchy vegetables should make up the majority of the veggies you eat for optimal nutrition. And DON'T fry them in oil like this guy recommended -__-

    What deleterious effects would eating fried potatoes here and there in an otherwise mostly whole food and varied diet have? I roast mine in duck fat nom nom nom
    Um, heart disease? Excess empty calories? Loss of nutrients?

    Do whatever you want, just don't try to perpetuate to others that its not harmful.

    Please substantiate that occasionally eating fried/roasted potatoes in an otherwise varied and micro nutrient diet will give you heart disease and will cause a loss of nutrients. And fat isn't important in one's diet?

    But please continue to fear monger without substantiating anything
    Eating animal fat is never beneficial :| The fats that the body needs are found in nuts, fatty vegetables like avocados, etc. Not cholesterol-laden animal fat (except maybe those from fish).

    Let me re-word my statement. You can have a healthy diet DESPITE occasional consumption of those things (key word is occasional, 10% of one's diet max). But they never CONTRIBUTE to the healthiness of one's diet. So if you're advising someone who wants to improve their diet & overall health, promoting that stuff as if it's going to benefit them is just inaccurate and misleading.

    Are you sure eating animal fat is never beneficial? I asked for you to substantiate your ridiculous claims, so please do.

    And if loss of nutrients is supposedly a deleterious effect, I sure hope you don't eat any whole grains...
  • AntWrig
    AntWrig Posts: 2,273 Member
    Have as many as you want within your calorie limit - baked, fried, mashed whatever. Eat at a calorie deficit and you will lose weight.
    Why would you encourage someone to eat fried potatoes? It's not all about calories, its about improving your health overall too.

    A baked potato here and there is fine, but they're not the healthiest vegetables. Non-starchy vegetables should make up the majority of the veggies you eat for optimal nutrition. And DON'T fry them in oil like this guy recommended -__-

    What deleterious effects would eating fried potatoes here and there in an otherwise mostly whole food and varied diet have? I roast mine in duck fat nom nom nom
    Um, heart disease? Excess empty calories? Loss of nutrients?

    Do whatever you want, just don't try to perpetuate to others that its not harmful.

    Please substantiate that occasionally eating fried/roasted potatoes in an otherwise varied and micro nutrient diet will give you heart disease and will cause a loss of nutrients. And fat isn't important in one's diet?

    But please continue to fear monger without substantiating anything
    Eating animal fat is never beneficial :| The fats that the body needs are found in nuts, fatty vegetables like avocados, etc. Not cholesterol-laden animal fat (except maybe those from fish).

    Let me re-word my statement. You can have a healthy diet DESPITE occasional consumption of those things (key word is occasional, 10% of one's diet max). But they never CONTRIBUTE to the healthiness of one's diet. So if you're advising someone who wants to improve their diet & overall health, promoting that stuff as if it's going to benefit them is just inaccurate and misleading.
    Facepalm
  • susanforman
    susanforman Posts: 1 Member
    The guy who wrote "Fit for Life" (his name is on the tip of my tongue) says a Potato is the perfect food. It has potassium, Vitamins, carbs (which we DO need, particularly if you are exercising,....which we should be doing for weight loss). It is all natural and non-processed. OBVIOUSLY you have to eat them proportionately....and prepare them mostly baked, boiled...easy on the fats and salt. It's common sense really. And you will not die, I guarantee, if you are eating them fried IN MODERATION.....but you may stall your weight loss. No big shocker there.

    Im on induction phase of Atkins so I am not eating potatoes for 14 days. After that I will probably have them once a week, roasted in a small amount of olive oil (good fat) with rosmary and garlic. YUM....i say if it comes out of the ground, its a good thing. ENJOY!
  • tryclyn
    tryclyn Posts: 2,414 Member

    Eating animal fat is never beneficial :| The fats that the body needs are found in nuts, fatty vegetables like avocados, etc. Not cholesterol-laden animal fat (except maybe those from fish).

    Let me re-word my statement. You can have a healthy diet DESPITE occasional consumption of those things (key word is occasional, 10% of one's diet max). But they never CONTRIBUTE to the healthiness of one's diet. So if you're advising someone who wants to improve their diet & overall health, promoting that stuff as if it's going to benefit them is just inaccurate and misleading.


    I thought we put that cholesterol misconception to bed. Dietary cholesterol is not the same as systemic cholesterol.

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/749287-cholesterol-levels?hl=cholesterol#posts-11200667

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