Fats Question

http://helpguide.org/life/healthy_diet_fats.htm

If you scroll down to "Healthy fats are essential to good health" that should give you a starting point in researching why fat is so important in your diet.

(also, I consume 3/4 of that amount - 6g - every day in fish oil alone!)

Does it still count as healthy if it's covered in chocolate? hahaha

J/K, i guess i'm putting it on my grocery list.

Honestly, if you can't stomach peanut butter, get nutella. It will up your fats and have a chocolate taste.

As my Bio teacher says, "Eat plenty of fruits and vegetables. And potatoes do NOT count!"

Potatoes are full of starches and carbohydrates just as many of the above posters have mentioned. If we treat this as a vegetable with the mindset that eating more of this then, say, bread or rice, is alright, is basically just eating more of those carbohydrate filled foods [bagels, breads, cakes, etc]. It would be alright to eat a bit of it once in a while but I would suggest treating it as a carbohydrate/starch than a vegetable. If you would be eating potatoes, you should lessen the amount of processed carbohydrates you are eating for that meal in order to balance it out.

Just as long as you have balance, you should be fine.

Here's a some things to think about:

What do we usually do to potatoes to make them 'edible' and good?

What do we mix with potatoes to make them tastier?

*If you may notice, the answer to these questions are more than likely those greasy and fatty ingredients [ frying oil, sour cream, bacon]

As my Bio teacher says, "Eat plenty of fruits and vegetables. And potatoes do NOT count!"

Potatoes are full of starches and carbohydrates just as many of the above posters have mentioned. If we treat this as a vegetable with the mindset that eating more of this then, say, bread or rice, is alright, is basically just eating more of those carbohydrate filled foods [bagels, breads, cakes, etc]. It would be alright to eat a bit of it once in a while but I would suggest treating it as a carbohydrate/starch than a vegetable. If you would be eating potatoes, you should lessen the amount of processed carbohydrates you are eating for that meal in order to balance it out.

Just as long as you have balance, you should be fine.

Here's a some things to think about:

What do we usually do to potatoes to make them 'edible' and good?

What do we mix with potatoes to make them tastier?

*If you may notice, the answer to these questions are more than likely those greasy and fatty ingredients [ frying oil, sour cream, bacon]

Your bio teacher needs to go back to nutrition class. Potatoes are fat free, and therefore having nothing to do with this thread, first of all. Second, they are very high in vitamin C, potassium, and numerous other micronutrients. Yes, they are primarily carbohydrate, but so are all other fruits and vegetables. Yes, they contain starch, but so do all fruits and vegetables. Starch is the storage form of carbohydrates in plants just like glycogen is the storage form of carbohydrates in humans and other animals. The starch in potatoes has actually been studied and shown to be almost as effective as fiber in helping in the digestion and elimination process. The problem that occurs with eating potatoes is that a lot of people either deep fry them in bad fats or bake them and cover them in high fat butter, sour cream, and cheese. If you switch your habits and use canola oil to fry them, you can increase you good fats while enjoying your fries. Or if you switch to a healthy margarine made with olive oil, fat free sour cream, and fat free cheese, you can still eat that baked potato guilt free.