The nutrients off of a potatoe and milk diet

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  • MrCrazyMike
    MrCrazyMike Posts: 38 Member
    Wait...so all you can eat is potatoes and drink milk? But why?

    Who says I am even eating that only. I just find it alarming that sites just quote the straightdope blog's conclusions without factchecking.

    I think the nature of any blog - or for that matter - any non-scientific website, is going to be BS and more BS. Same way with these forums, facebook, magazines, etc.

    I just find it alarming that the BS can spread to other web sites.

    Then why are you infecting MFP with BS?

    Explain

    You're copying a post about a BS "diet" that no one has ever heard of thereby spreading the word even further.

    Why is the diet BS?
  • MrCrazyMike
    MrCrazyMike Posts: 38 Member
    Wait...so all you can eat is potatoes and drink milk? But why?

    Who says I am even eating that only. I just find it alarming that sites just quote the straightdope blog's conclusions without factchecking.
    And we should care, why? smiley-confused005.gif

    Maybe you don't care, but there is some interest for this diet one way or another, since this diet is being mentioned on the internet quoting the straightdope blog. Like if they would believe there is no interest in the diet itself, they would not even mention it because it would not create traffic in their sites.
    Most people with some level of intelligence would source their information from reputable websites and not from blogs.

    I know
  • jofjltncb6
    jofjltncb6 Posts: 34,415 Member
    It is way more alarming that people are eating only potatoes and drinking only milk. I could care less what a website is saying or if they are a good source of information.

    Could you quantify that? How much less could you care? With that information, I'll be able to calculate just how much you actually care about what a website is saying.
  • jofjltncb6
    jofjltncb6 Posts: 34,415 Member
    Wait...so all you can eat is potatoes and drink milk? But why?

    Who says I am even eating that only. I just find it alarming that sites just quote the straightdope blog's conclusions without factchecking.

    I think the nature of any blog - or for that matter - any non-scientific website, is going to be BS and more BS. Same way with these forums, facebook, magazines, etc.

    I just find it alarming that the BS can spread to other web sites.

    Then why are you infecting MFP with BS?

    Explain

    You're copying a post about a BS "diet" that no one has ever heard of thereby spreading the word even further.

    Why is the diet BS?

    Why is eating a diet consisting entirely of potato and milk BS? Is that your question?
  • MrCrazyMike
    MrCrazyMike Posts: 38 Member
    Wait...so all you can eat is potatoes and drink milk? But why?

    Who says I am even eating that only. I just find it alarming that sites just quote the straightdope blog's conclusions without factchecking.

    I think the nature of any blog - or for that matter - any non-scientific website, is going to be BS and more BS. Same way with these forums, facebook, magazines, etc.

    I just find it alarming that the BS can spread to other web sites.

    Then why are you infecting MFP with BS?

    Explain

    You're copying a post about a BS "diet" that no one has ever heard of thereby spreading the word even further.

    Why is the diet BS?

    Why is eating a diet consisting entirely of potato and milk BS? Is that your question?

    Yes, the irish did the diet. Heck, many of them died and others traveled to north america after the potato famine since they relied so much on potatoes to begin with. This was like a long while ago.
  • Thomasm198
    Thomasm198 Posts: 3,189 Member

    Yes, the irish did the diet. Heck, many of them died and others traveled to north america after the potato famine since they relied so much on potatoes to begin with. This was like a long while ago.

    Your ignorance of Irish history is utterly despicable.
  • sluggz
    sluggz Posts: 134
    there is so much WTF in this that my brain just broke.
  • MrCrazyMike
    MrCrazyMike Posts: 38 Member

    Yes, the irish did the diet. Heck, many of them died and others traveled to north america after the potato famine since they relied so much on potatoes to begin with. This was like a long while ago.

    Your ignorance of Irish history is utterly despicable.

    First of all, watch the language. Now are you telling me there was no potato famine in Irland?

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Famine_(Ireland)

    "In Ireland, the Great Famine was a period of mass starvation, disease and emigration between 1845 and 1852[1] It is sometimes referred to, mostly outside Ireland, as the Irish Potato Famine because one-third of the population was then solely reliant on this cheap crop for a number of historical reasons"
  • Thomasm198
    Thomasm198 Posts: 3,189 Member

    Yes, the irish did the diet. Heck, many of them died and others traveled to north america after the potato famine since they relied so much on potatoes to begin with. This was like a long while ago.

    Your ignorance of Irish history is utterly despicable.

    First of all, watch the language. Now are you telling me there was no potato famine in Irland?

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Famine_(Ireland)

    "In Ireland, the Great Famine was a period of mass starvation, disease and emigration between 1845 and 1852[1] It is sometimes referred to, mostly outside Ireland, as the Irish Potato Famine because one-third of the population was then solely reliant on this cheap crop for a number of historical reasons"
    I didn't say that there wasn't a famine. Do some proper research on the social, political and economic history of Ireland during that time period and you will see the problem I have with your statement.
  • mockchoc
    mockchoc Posts: 6,573 Member
    Mmm mashed potato.
  • MrCrazyMike
    MrCrazyMike Posts: 38 Member
    Alright, I think I am done here. Bye.
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,345 Member
    Personally, I think anyone who would hop onboard with a milk and potato diet wouldn't really be interested in fact-checking...
  • perfect_storm
    perfect_storm Posts: 326 Member

    Yes, the irish did the diet. Heck, many of them died and others traveled to north america after the potato famine since they relied so much on potatoes to begin with. This was like a long while ago.

    Your ignorance of Irish history is utterly despicable.

    First of all, watch the language. Now are you telling me there was no potato famine in Irland? .

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Famine_(Ireland)

    "In Ireland, the Great Famine was a period of mass starvation, disease and emigration between 1845 and 1852[1] It is sometimes referred to, mostly outside Ireland, as the Irish Potato Famine because one-third of the population was then solely reliant on this cheap crop for a number of historical reasons"
    I didn't say that there wasn't a famine. Do some proper research on the social, political and economic history of Ireland during that time period and you will see the problem I have with your statement.


    Yes ^^^, and notice he left as people were not agreeing with him
  • tallmansix
    tallmansix Posts: 57
    Alright, I think I am done here. Bye.

    Yes, you fell into your own trap of not checking the facts.

    Read a little more about the Irish Molybdenum famine and you will find:

    "The usage of the word "famine" is a misnomer. Although the potato crop failed, the country was still producing and exporting more than enough grain crops to feed the population. Records show during the period Ireland was exporting approximately thirty to fifty shiploads per day of food produce."

    There was a lot more to it than potatoes.
  • rml_16
    rml_16 Posts: 16,414 Member
    Alright, I think I am done here. Bye.

    Yes, you fell into your own trap of not checking the facts.

    Read a little more about the Irish Molybdenum famine and you will find:

    "The usage of the word "famine" is a misnomer. Although the potato crop failed, the country was still producing and exporting more than enough grain crops to feed the population. Records show during the period Ireland was exporting approximately thirty to fifty shiploads per day of food produce."

    There was a lot more to it than potatoes.
    Right.

    There was also milk!
  • EvgeniZyntx
    EvgeniZyntx Posts: 24,208 Member
    Wait...so all you can eat is potatoes and drink milk? But why?

    Who says I am even eating that only. I just find it alarming that sites just quote the straightdope blog's conclusions without factchecking.
    And we should care, why? smiley-confused005.gif

    Maybe you don't care, but there is some interest for this diet one way or another, since this diet is being mentioned on the internet quoting the straightdope blog. Like if they would believe there is no interest in the diet itself, they would not even mention it because it would not create traffic in their sites.
    Most people with some level of intelligence would source their information from reputable websites and not from blogs.

    Milk and potatoes isn't intrinsically unhealthy. Just a little nutrient deficient.

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