White Potatoes

TrishLG
TrishLG Posts: 173 Member
edited November 19 in Food and Nutrition
White Potatoes are no villains. They are very high in potassium that is heart necessary. They have fiber because they are a crunchy vegetable. Even cooked, the fiber is still there.
But get this! Other than seaweed which I can not choke down for love nor money, they are the vegetable highest in iodine!
Ever thought your thyroid was sluggish, but it tested normal? Then you diet and exercise and no weight comes off? The thyroid needs iodine.
Iodine is in seaweed, fish, shellfish, but also potatoes, cranberries, and sunflower seeds.
I have never seen in in a supplement, but have seen it in multiple vitamins.

A nurse friend visited and saw me using a baked potato as a snack. A medium one only has about 100 calories. I was losing weight fine, but she went off the deep end and told me to stop eating white potatoes. I did and stopped losing weight. I added them back and am doing better.

Some government program did not include potatoes in their program. The head of the Potatoes Growers Association went on a Potato Diet and lost weight, his BP dropped, and his cholesterol dropped. While I do not recommend his diet, I do recommend the vegetable.

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  • stephanieluvspb
    stephanieluvspb Posts: 997 Member
    I love potatoes and will eat them any way I can get them! ;)
  • IzzyBooNZ1
    IzzyBooNZ1 Posts: 1,289 Member
    stephanieluvspb wrote: »
    I love potatoes and will eat them any way I can get them! ;)

    same here ! I love smashed potatoes mmmm and good ol' mashed

    ALL THE 'TATOES !

  • stephanieluvspb
    stephanieluvspb Posts: 997 Member
    I had smashed tators tonight! :D
  • 460mustang
    460mustang Posts: 196 Member
    I love them too. That's the problem with the information age, it also allows misinformation. But it's always been like that, so you just try to filter it out as best you can. I think the problem is the low carb diet labelled them as evil. Luckily most at MFP don't have to worry about that much, just CICO
  • bbontheb
    bbontheb Posts: 718 Member
    I have been eating 1-2 a day! I love yukon gold (yellow) potatoes. Mmm.
  • PrizePopple
    PrizePopple Posts: 3,133 Member
    I had like 400 some-odd grams of russet potato last night for dinner. I made a totally halfassed "twice baked" potato and it was delicious! :)
  • missiontofitness
    missiontofitness Posts: 4,059 Member
    I don't trust people who think potatoes are bad. What did they ever do to them? :(
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  • North44
    North44 Posts: 359 Member
    I couldn't live without potatoes. Seriously, I don't think I could carry on. Lol
  • upgradeddiddy
    upgradeddiddy Posts: 281 Member
    Try telling this to the low carb peeps....
  • sixxpoint
    sixxpoint Posts: 3,529 Member
    I'm not even Irish, but I can cook potatoes better than anyone I know (even my fellow Chef buddies)... Ask away if you have a question here:

    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/comment/32830703
  • kristydi
    kristydi Posts: 781 Member
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    Mmmmm!
  • sixxpoint
    sixxpoint Posts: 3,529 Member
    kristydi wrote: »
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    Mmmmm!

    Boil em, mash em, stick em in a stew?
  • spoonyspork
    spoonyspork Posts: 238 Member
    I made this tonight. The potato portion (sans gravy and the butter and cashew milk making them creamy) is only 180 calories (and 6 g of protein and fiber... and 1200mg potassium):wzvgplvwdyfy.jpg

    Nearly all of my weeknight dinners include 296g of potatoes cooked in one of many, MANY ways. Yay potatoes!
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    roasted potatoes with salt, pepper, olive oil and rosemary are the best! having that tomorrow night with my NY strip ...
  • 460mustang
    460mustang Posts: 196 Member
    spoonyspork wrote: »
    I made this tonight. The potato portion (sans gravy and the butter and cashew milk making them creamy) is only 180 calories (and 6 g of protein and fiber... and 1200mg potassium):wzvgplvwdyfy.jpg

    Nearly all of my weeknight dinners include 296g of potatoes cooked in one of many, MANY ways. Yay potatoes!

    That looks fantastic!
  • britt01any
    britt01any Posts: 83 Member
    I love both white and sweet potatoes!! I eat one or the other 3 -4 times a week.
  • PopeyeCT
    PopeyeCT Posts: 249 Member
    TrishLG wrote: »
    Ever thought your thyroid was sluggish, but it tested normal?

    How do I tell if my thyroid is sluggish??

  • bbontheb
    bbontheb Posts: 718 Member
    spoonyspork wrote: »
    I made this tonight. The potato portion (sans gravy and the butter and cashew milk making them creamy) is only 180 calories (and 6 g of protein and fiber... and 1200mg potassium):wzvgplvwdyfy.jpg

    Nearly all of my weeknight dinners include 296g of potatoes cooked in one of many, MANY ways. Yay potatoes!


    Ughhh want that right now. Right nowwww. lol
  • spoonyspork
    spoonyspork Posts: 238 Member
    bbontheb wrote: »
    spoonyspork wrote: »
    I made this tonight. The potato portion (sans gravy and the butter and cashew milk making them creamy) is only 180 calories (and 6 g of protein and fiber... and 1200mg potassium):wzvgplvwdyfy.jpg

    Nearly all of my weeknight dinners include 296g of potatoes cooked in one of many, MANY ways. Yay potatoes!


    Ughhh want that right now. Right nowwww. lol

    It is SO good! I ended up with half my husband's steak and carrots cause I didn't realize he'd be gone, but as pictured - including any oil used to cook - it's less than 600 calories for all of that (the steaks are veeerry thin -- it's only 4.5 oz). Was going to mash the carrots in with the potatoes to 'fill them out' and then realized just how huge and fluffy just two servings of potatoes ends up mashed with butter and 'milk'. Potatoes are just the best thing to fill out your meal for a moderate amount of calories :D
  • ljmorgi
    ljmorgi Posts: 264 Member
    PopeyeCT wrote: »
    TrishLG wrote: »
    Ever thought your thyroid was sluggish, but it tested normal?

    How do I tell if my thyroid is sluggish??

    Poke it with a stick and see how fast it tries to bite you?
  • J72FIT
    J72FIT Posts: 6,002 Member
    Potatoes are an amazing nutritious food. The thought of excluding them from the diet is insane...
  • J72FIT
    J72FIT Posts: 6,002 Member
    upgradeddiddy wrote: »
    Try telling this to the low carb peeps....
    We can all thank Dr. Atkins for that...

  • SezxyStef
    SezxyStef Posts: 15,267 Member
    I grew up and now live in McCain Country...yes that McCain (french fry family)...my house as a child was surrounded by potato fields...I love potatoes...esp new ones you get this time of the year...just wash them leave the skins on em bbq them with onions and butter and spcies...*drools*

    As a kid we picked potatoes for spending money
    As teens we work potato harvest for money
    50lb bag of potatoes is 10$ here...
    Potato salad
    Warmed up with eggs
    potato stuffing at thanksgiving
    baked
    boiled,
    fried,
    riced,
    french fried,
    bbq'd....I feel like bubba on Forest Gump...

  • Dani9585
    Dani9585 Posts: 215 Member
    Ate too many white potatoes growing up and now I just don't care to eat them. I have a new found love for sweet potatoes though! Not really a fan of sweet tasting meals, but throw some oil and spices on the chopped potatoes and then roast them on the grill? YUM!
  • lizzocat
    lizzocat Posts: 356 Member
    had a potato last night! and honestly when you weigh them out, you'd be surprised, a pretty decent sized potato is only like 200 calories
  • tomatoey
    tomatoey Posts: 5,446 Member
    I like potatoes, filling for not too many cals, there are fewer than rice or pasta or bread for the satiety you get. I like the baby potatoes - more skin = more fiber. Three of them is good enough for me for a side for dinner or lunch. Or else 1/2 cup of regular potato. Boiled or par-boiled then baked or sauteed.
  • tinamaverick
    tinamaverick Posts: 3 Member
    Mmmmmmm I would take a potato over a candy bar for a snack any day!
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