potatoes are fabulous!

I love the spud

I believe potatoes have earned a bad reputation from a weight gain perspective because they are so tasty in things like french fries and potato chips and it is so easy and fun to eat a lot. By eating to much people put weight on but the food gets the bad reputation. So potatoes are not bad from a weight gain perspective and in fact have phenominal nutritional value. Eating to many potatoes is bad from a weight gain perspective.

To each his own - For me potatoes done the right way are a welcome member of a balanced diet.

I Potatoes eat them every day...boiled, mashed, baked...nom nom nom

I love potatoes - must be the Irish in me - although I don't eat them too often, when I do it's amazing!

Even diabetics can have them. You count carbs and it doesnt matter for blood sugar if the 30 grams in a small baked potatoe or a cup of ice cream. It is the fact that potatoes also offer nutrients and ice cream offers little except for dairy. Only indulging in sugar rich foods will not help a person to meet all of their nutritional needs. Adding a protein helps to not have sugar spikes as well.

All things in moderation. As far as sugar spikes, oat meal or milk cause mine to raise way faster than potatoes.. each individual must learn their own trigger foods. You have to use the numbers in a book as a guide but get to know your own body.

yup! i love fruit!
but i've always been on a low carb diet, so that's why i don't eat fruit or potatoes much.
it's always in moderation.

i don't mean to pick fights or anything, we all have our different opinions.
potatoes are low glycemic - and their carbs aren't similar to fruits. fruits are sugars without the refinement, they're nature's candy. potatoes are roots so they're a bit more starchy and a lot more spike in blood sugar comes with that.

to each their own.

Can you answer this question for me?

What are you talking about?

The glycemic index is a measurement in the spike in post-prandial (after consumption) blood sugar vs. pure glucose. They use pure glucose as the base measurement of 100.

Also, you've contradicted yourself in your post. Potatoes can't be low glycemic and cause "a lot more spike in blood sugar". High glycemic foods are those with a GI of more than 55. Low GI foods are less than 55.

Just to get the facts straight, potatoes with skin have a GI of 69.* That's a fairly high score. But you can't say that it cause more of a blood sugar spike than fruit because it absolutely depends on the type of fruit that you're talking about. Take for example watermelon. A serving of watermelon has a GI of 72,* which means that it spikes blood sugar higher than potatoes and it's also considered a high GI food. Apples on the other hand have a GI of 40 which would make them a low GI food. *

*All GI values found using http://www.glycemicindex.com/index.php which is maintained by the University of Sydney.

Edit: spelling

According to Rick Gallop's (the former president and CEO of the Ontario Hearth and Stroke Foundation) Glycemic Index diet books, potatoes are ok if cooked in a healthy manner. He recommends boiling NEW potatoes. The starch levels in potatoes increases as they sit, so avoid any that have been sitting in the pantry for too long.

I like to boil new baby potatoes and serve with a slight touch of olive oil, and pepper (sometime garlic too).

I EAT THEM WHEN THEY ARE ON SALE]
I EAT THEM BAKED PLAIN AND ITS LIKE 150 CALS....

My mother served boiled potatoes with almost every meal when I was little. I hate boiled potatoes. I like scalloped potatoes, potatoes dauphinoise, greek roasted potatoes and fried potatoes, but boiled and baked potatoes can just **** right off.