Potatoes
amanh7044
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Has anybody heard about this all potato diet? Very interested to find out more
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any diet that focuses on eating one and only food sounds like complete BS - why would you be very interested in finding out more or think in any way this is a good idea??13
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do you only eat potatoes? omg lol. it's like reverse keto!! just eat normaly and watch your calories.. how hard is that.9
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I haven't heard of that one.
Weight management is about calories. Just eat the food you normally eat but fewer calories if you want to lose weight.
You don't have to follow the banana diet, egg diet, potato diet, radish diet or drink strange teas, expensive shakes or vinegar.5 -
Why though...5
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I love potatoes, but this seems like an overall bad plan.7
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nutmegoreo wrote: »I love potatoes, but this seems like an overall bad plan.
^^That.4 -
It's a mono diet that is intended to help a person resolve an unhealthy relationship with food. By only eating potatoes, eating out of boredom or for emotional reasons eventually becomes less desireable because of the monotony of potatoes as well as the relative satiety that potatoes provide. Weight loss is usually a result of this diet because it can be very difficult to eat in excess or even at maintenance levels when eating plain potatoes- as in no oil, butter, sour cream, cheese, or anything else besides salt and spices.
There are plently of vlogs, blogs, and websites with information and people's experiences and results online.22 -
Are you "interested" because it sounds totally crazy, or "interested" as in want to try it?4
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I'm interested to know if it is a safe diet , I've read stories everywhere with people saying they have had real results. Even some celebrities , I would like to try this diet as potato recipes are a long list of fun but just want to know if it's safe11
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But that approach will unfortunately have exactly the opposite effect - the monotony will make you so desperate that you overeat more than ever.youngcaseyr wrote: »It's a mono diet that is intended to help a person resolve an unhealthy relationship with food. By only eating potatoes, eating out of boredom or for emotional reasons eventually becomes less desireable because of the monotony of potatoes as well as the relative satiety that potatoes provide. Weight loss is usually a result of this diet because it can be very difficult to eat in excess or even at maintenance levels when eating plain potatoes- as in no oil, butter, sour cream, cheese, or anything else besides salt and spices.
There are plently of vlogs, blogs, and websites with information and people's experiences and results online.
Eating is supposed to be enjoyable. A varied and balanced diet is healthy. Routinely eating in excess is unhealthy, and worrying about food and food choices is equally unhealthy.
So this is not going to be effective in treating an unhealthy relationship with food - it will make that relationship more unhealthy.10 -
I'm interested to know if it is a safe diet , I've read stories everywhere with people saying they have had real results. Even some celebrities , I would like to try this diet as potato recipes are a long list of fun but just want to know if it's safe
Most people recommend building sustainable habits that you can carry through your weight loss and into maintenance. So many "diets" fail because they're restrictive and unsustainable and don't teach you valuable habits to keep the weight off once you reach your goal weight.
You'll have much better luck keeping off the weight if you simply cut down on portions and continue eating a variety of foods you enjoy. Logging your intake with a food scale is helpful for portion control.6 -
I'm interested to know if it is a safe diet , I've read stories everywhere with people saying they have had real results. Even some celebrities , I would like to try this diet as potato recipes are a long list of fun but just want to know if it's safe
No, it's typically not safe to limit your diet to a single food. You need a bunch of different macro- and micronutrients and you're not going to get everything you need from potatoes alone.7 -
Nope.
Don't be.2 -
No, it's not a safe diet, it won't provide the range of nutrients you need.I'm interested to know if it is a safe diet, I've read stories everywhere with people saying they have had real results. Even some celebrities, I would like to try this diet as potato recipes are a long list of fun but just want to know if it's safe
You will find "success stories" online for any diet - that doesn't make them true.
You can't make anything fun with just potatoes (or you can, but that's definitely not safe).6 -
This seemed to be the most reliable entry, but truthfully I didn't double check it against the USDA site, so there may be some inaccuracies. For 2000g of potato each day:
As you can see there are several deficiencies in what you would be getting. Will this harm you in the short-term? I'm not equipped to say, but why risk it?
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And that's boiled with skin. The percentages are based off my chosen targets, so yours will be different. You can also see that some of the micros you would be getting up to 400% of the daily target. Many micros will just be peed out, but some can become toxic over time.2
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Awesome guys thanks for all the inside advice1
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Im a fan of alot of potatoes in my diet, But no not ONLY potatoes. They definatly make a great diet staple though2
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I adore potatoes, but you need more to make a balanced diet.4
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youngcaseyr wrote: »It's a mono diet that is intended to help a person resolve an unhealthy relationship with food. By only eating potatoes, eating out of boredom or for emotional reasons eventually becomes less desireable because of the monotony of potatoes as well as the relative satiety that potatoes provide. Weight loss is usually a result of this diet because it can be very difficult to eat in excess or even at maintenance levels when eating plain potatoes- as in no oil, butter, sour cream, cheese, or anything else besides salt and spices.
That's what it is, although I was unaware that anyone other than that one Australian guy (SpudFit) was pushing it. He claims it helped with his "food addiction" by taking the hedonistic impulse out of eating for a while, and he apparently needed to lose a lot of weight and was monitored by a doctor.
It doesn't work any differently than any other diet -- you lose based on calories consumed (or a calorie deficit, really).
And important to note, as the poster did above, it's plain potatoes, NOT oil added and not "potato recipes."
Is it bad for you? It's overly low in fat and protein, but probably would be fine for a short period of time (or if you are monitored by a doctor like that one guy). I don't think it would teach you much about sustainable eating.3 -
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lemurcat12 wrote: »youngcaseyr wrote: »It's a mono diet that is intended to help a person resolve an unhealthy relationship with food. By only eating potatoes, eating out of boredom or for emotional reasons eventually becomes less desireable because of the monotony of potatoes as well as the relative satiety that potatoes provide. Weight loss is usually a result of this diet because it can be very difficult to eat in excess or even at maintenance levels when eating plain potatoes- as in no oil, butter, sour cream, cheese, or anything else besides salt and spices.
That's what it is, although I was unaware that anyone other than that one Australian guy (SpudFit) was pushing it. He claims it helped with his "food addiction" by taking the hedonistic impulse out of eating for a while, and he apparently needed to lose a lot of weight and was monitored by a doctor.
It doesn't work any differently than any other diet -- you lose based on calories consumed (or a calorie deficit, really).
And important to note, as the poster did above, it's plain potatoes, NOT oil added and not "potato recipes."
Is it bad for you? It's overly low in fat and protein, but probably would be fine for a short period of time (or if you are monitored by a doctor like that one guy). I don't think it would teach you much about sustainable eating.
There's a guy with a book called "The Potato Hack", and I think there are corners of the internet where this is popularly used by people short term as a reset. I don't think people do it for more than 2 week stints or so.1 -
Temporary diets = yo-yo dieting = unhealthy.
to the OP: this is because temporary diets = unsustainable; they're not how you're going to live for the rest of your life. Which means it's highly likely you'll balloon back up when you're back to "normal eating".
Fad diets have been around forever. They're popular because everyone's hoping to find the Magic Diet Super Bullet, not knowing the problem isn't in what they're putting into their mouths -- it's between their ears.3 -
GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »lemurcat12 wrote: »youngcaseyr wrote: »It's a mono diet that is intended to help a person resolve an unhealthy relationship with food. By only eating potatoes, eating out of boredom or for emotional reasons eventually becomes less desireable because of the monotony of potatoes as well as the relative satiety that potatoes provide. Weight loss is usually a result of this diet because it can be very difficult to eat in excess or even at maintenance levels when eating plain potatoes- as in no oil, butter, sour cream, cheese, or anything else besides salt and spices.
That's what it is, although I was unaware that anyone other than that one Australian guy (SpudFit) was pushing it. He claims it helped with his "food addiction" by taking the hedonistic impulse out of eating for a while, and he apparently needed to lose a lot of weight and was monitored by a doctor.
It doesn't work any differently than any other diet -- you lose based on calories consumed (or a calorie deficit, really).
And important to note, as the poster did above, it's plain potatoes, NOT oil added and not "potato recipes."
Is it bad for you? It's overly low in fat and protein, but probably would be fine for a short period of time (or if you are monitored by a doctor like that one guy). I don't think it would teach you much about sustainable eating.
There's a guy with a book called "The Potato Hack", and I think there are corners of the internet where this is popularly used by people short term as a reset. I don't think people do it for more than 2 week stints or so.
There's a guy on youtube who ate only potatoes for an entire year to prove it was perfectly healthy. Even had blood tests and such done as proof that he had no adverse effects. I still believe his results were complete b.s.2 -
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