Sweet potatoes vs. potatoes: Which are really healthier?

I agree with the infographic. I have both in the house.

both are about the same, however each provide some different nutrients. I use both in my household.

Sabine started a similar discussion a while back: http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10310465/interesting-discussion-on-white-potatoes-versus-sweet-potatoes

As I said then, I like and eat both.

two different plants. It's like trying to compare apples and oranges.


potatoes are good for you. Sweet potatoes are god for you. In a contest of oven-baked slathered in melting butter, the white potato wins hands down.

It depends what macros your pushing for. National Geographic did a story a few years back that had a blurb about potato varietals... You should google it... You'd be shocked how limited our selection is vs. South America, where the majority of these are grown... And the farmers who grow them eat mostly potatoes, and get all of their nutrition from them, because it turns out that the composition of nutrients in each kind are hugely different! That's off topic, but the story kind of turned me into a potato nerd, and I've never fully recovered.

JanetYellen wrote: »

Don't sweet potatoes taste better? More flavor?

Seriously? You are posing a question of taste as if it were a fact question? Why?

finneyjason218 wrote: »

QFT