Can you really eat all the veggies you want?

Hmm. I don't count potatoes as my veggies.

potato's are a veggie but not the veggies most nutritionist refer to as the one's you should eat limitlessly. Green beans, brocolli, spinach and the like are the ones they are talking about. I eat potatos just smaller portion.

Potatoes are good for you if you eat the skin, but they're not as good as other veggies. And with mashed, you're probably putting butter and salt and other things in them that take away from the veggie goodness.

Anyway, yes, you can eat all the veggies you want, but that doesn't mean you can eat just ONE kind of veggie all day long. You need a variety to get the nutrients you need.

A calorie is a calorie...if it comes from a sweet potato that's better than it coming from a cheeseburger I guess but if it has calories, you need to log it accurately and try to stay within the guidelines of the system.

the "free" vegetables don't usually include potatoes, corn, or anything starchy.

Potatoes are considered a starch

Isn't sweet potato a superfood? Will that count for something? lol

They are very good for you, BUT, they are high in carbs. They have a lot of density, so I think the idea is things like lettuce, celery, cabbage, broccoli. You'll notice that they have way less cals and carbs for large amounts!

Ohhh, how I wish I could eat all the potatoes I want!

If you look at the nutritional info of a potato, even sweet potatoes, compared to carrots, celery, broccoli, lettuce, etc. you'll find that potatoes contain a lot more calories.

So when you hear people say you can eat all the veggies you want, they are talking about the ones that are more water based rather than starchy like the oh-so-yummy potato.

this is true, but it is mainly the green veggies they are talking about. I am doing this too...I make sure that most of my dinner and lunch is mainly veggies (green)

Your butt won't know the difference. But your arteries will.

A calorie is a calorie...if it comes from a sweet potato that's better than it coming from a cheeseburger I guess but if it has calories, you need to log it accurately and try to stay within the guidelines of the system.

If calories are calories why are they better coming from a sweet potato rather than a cheeseburger?

Your butt won't know the difference. But your arteries will.

Then, how would my arteries know the difference between a potato and a hamburger? (Assuming I meet my macronutrition for the day in both cases)

Isn't sweet potato a superfood? Will that count for something? lol

You have to eat potatoes and sweet potatoes in great moderation. They are a starch along with corn and peas. Our bodies process these starchy veggies differently than say lettuce, broccoli, and cabbage. The starchy vegetables are higher on the glycemic index.

Potatoes are good for you if you eat the skin, but they're not as good as other veggies. And with mashed, you're probably putting butter and salt and other things in them that take away from the veggie goodness.

Anyway, yes, you can eat all the veggies you want, but that doesn't mean you can eat just ONE kind of veggie all day long. You need a variety to get the nutrients you need.

I bake mine then mash them and put smart balance and pecans-that's it. So that's a better way.

Ah, but pecans and Smart Balance aren't veggies, are they? So it goes back to what I said -- you add things in that take away from the veggie goodness.

Huh? That insulin response is saying "store as fat" to drop blood sugar. Spike your insulin response daily and let's see if you still have that rip.

Reducing the dietary glycemic load and the glycemic index was proposed as a novel approach to weight reduction. A parallel-design, randomized 12-wk controlled feeding trial with a 24-wk follow-up phase was conducted to test the hypothesis that a hypocaloric diet designed to reduce the glycemic load and the glycemic index would result in greater sustained weight loss than other hypocaloric diets. Obese subjects (n = 29) were randomly assigned to 1 of 3 diets providing 3138 kJ less than estimated energy needs: high glycemic index (HGI), low glycemic index (LGI), or high fat (HF). For the first 12 wk, all food was provided to subjects (feeding phase). Subjects (n = 22) were instructed to follow the assigned diet for 24 additional weeks (free-living phase). Total body weight was obtained and body composition was assessed by skinfold measurements. Insulin sensitivity was assessed by the homeostasis model (HOMA). At 12 wk, weight changes from baseline were significant in all groups but not different among groups (-9.3 +/- 1.3 kg for the HGI diet, -9.9 +/- 1.4 kg for the LGI diet, and -8.4 +/- 1.5 kg for the HF diet). All groups improved in insulin sensitivity at the end of the feeding phase of the study. During the free-living phase, all groups maintained their initial weight loss and their improved insulin sensitivity. Weight loss and improved insulin sensitivity scores were independent of diet composition. In summary, lowering the glycemic load and glycemic index of weight reduction diets does not provide any added benefit to energy restriction in promoting weight loss in obese subjects.

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16177201?ordinalpos=1itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum


I can link a few more articles when I get back from studying if you want.

No, it's not ok. lol Calorie wise.

You can eat what you want but calories add up.