Potatoes = weight loss superfood?
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Cahgetsfit wrote: »Yep I love potatoes. When i'm losing weight I have potatoes for dinner a lot because of the lower calories higher amounts - I love weighing out 200g of potatoes and having this massive plate full of food to eat. Wonderful!
Don't know about "super" , but definitely filling for me and delicious.
Another potato lover here. Anyone that tells me that potatoes aren't good for weight loss will have me throwing a potato at their head. I love them!
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Potatoes are about the only real starch I choose to fit into my calorie allowance (I generally find carbs, fats and a good volume of veggies more filling than bread/pasta carbs, even when those carbs are combined with other things. I just like potatoes and find them filling.
Last night for example, I dressed boiled red skin potatoes with a pan Sautee of mushrooms, shallots and garlic in moderate butter, alongside a lean rare steak. It was super filling and worth it.
Potatoes are my friends. My friends I eat. That got weird in a hurry.12 -
In above, I meant I find protein, fats and Veg in combination more filling usually1
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Keto_Vampire wrote: »It can be difficult to get "fat" eating potatoes (not dressed with copious amounts of butter, oil, etc.).
Potatoes were my go-to carbohydrate source when dieting with an IIFYM approach; it's quite an easy to digest food with low-kcal density (problem/stigma usually arises when people overdress potatoes with various fats).
Some salt and/or parsley was all I would use to dress potatoes
Which once again demonstrates that carbs that are considered "bad" are more often as much fat as carbs and it is this hyperpalatable combination that is problematic.
Besides the benefits you mention, potatoes have a very good micronutrient profile with a good amount of potassium. What's not to like. Cook them and put them in the fridge overnight and they are a resistant starch. Even better!!8 -
So if I DO NOT eat potatoes - would that mean, that "potentially" I might lose weight? Ridiculous! Were our ancestors told a million years ago? How did they survive with or without potatoes?0
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This is always a fun potato story to read:
https://www.today.com/health/60-days-nothing-spuds-leaves-advocate-21-lbs-lighter-2D80555614
Of course, the woo brigade here is ready to strike so duck for cover.6 -
pierinifitness wrote: »This is always a fun potato story to read:
https://www.today.com/health/60-days-nothing-spuds-leaves-advocate-21-lbs-lighter-2D80555614
Of course, the woo brigade here is ready to strike so duck for cover.
there you go. I've awarded you a woo0 -
they can raise blood sugar if eaten in copious amounts other than that they are better than rice or bread. leave the skin on for additional fiber.
The bad rap potatoes get (like eggs) is because of the way they are usually served, with oil or butter, sour cream, ketchup, cheese (poutine) or gravy.
By themselves mashed with a bit of low sodium chicken broth and some spices can make you feel full.
The weight loss part still needs further study but there is evidence that the "resistant starch" is very beneficial for the colon. I personally take potato starch as a dry powder supplement for improved "gut" health. It is also apparently good for controlling blood glucose.11 -
pierinifitness wrote: »This is always a fun potato story to read:
https://www.today.com/health/60-days-nothing-spuds-leaves-advocate-21-lbs-lighter-2D80555614
Of course, the woo brigade here is ready to strike so duck for cover.
Guy eats monodiet, eats little enough to lose, not surprising, says nothing about potatoes per se.
Argument by some is that the potato is sufficiently nutritionally complete to be a good monodiet, and that's not actually true. It is better than most other options, but that doesn't mean cutting out all other foods is a sensible idea.4 -
pierinifitness wrote: »This is always a fun potato story to read:
https://www.today.com/health/60-days-nothing-spuds-leaves-advocate-21-lbs-lighter-2D80555614
Of course, the woo brigade here is ready to strike so duck for cover.
That's nothing, there's a guy who only ate potatoes for an entire year-had some pretty great results from it as well
https://www.today.com/health/spud-fit-man-loses-weight-eating-only-potatoes-year-t1061440 -
I’ve viewed several of his videos on his YouTube channel. Don’t know what his current status is. He may have fallen off the potato wagon.3
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pierinifitness wrote: »I’ve viewed several of his videos on his YouTube channel. Don’t know what his current status is. He may have fallen off the potato wagon.
Yeah, don't know what his maintenance plan is/was, after losing all that weight. I imagine it would have been a pretty rough transition though, going from all potatoes for a year, back to a normal diet!0 -
I love love love spuds [potatoes]. I have them boiled [new or charlottes] ....... baked in the oven [jackets] ....... as oven chips with a teeny bit of olive oil ..1tsp [fries without the frying lol] ........ mashed with pepper and semi-skimmed milk .......as boulangere [sooooo delicious]
Will not do without potatoes......they just have to fit in ................ are they a superfood? nah, but quite nutritious, versatile and all round wonderful to me
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suziecue25 wrote: »I love love love spuds [potatoes]. I have them boiled [new or charlottes] ....... baked in the oven [jackets] ....... as oven chips with a teeny bit of olive oil ..1tsp [fries without the frying lol] ........ mashed with pepper and semi-skimmed milk .......as boulangere [sooooo delicious]
Will not do without potatoes......they just have to fit in ................ are they a superfood? nah, but quite nutritious, versatile and all round wonderful to me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVCaT6FvI_8 1 -
Much as I love taters, (and SWEET PERTATERS) I'm kind of afraid to read this thread very closely. I see a lot of ideas for deliciousness in here that I probably don't need swimming around in my head.
I do have one daily, usually. That or squash in some form, which seems really filling and seems to work the same way on me.1 -
pierinifitness wrote: »I’ve viewed several of his videos on his YouTube channel. Don’t know what his current status is. He may have fallen off the potato wagon.
Yeah, don't know what his maintenance plan is/was, after losing all that weight. I imagine it would have been a pretty rough transition though, going from all potatoes for a year, back to a normal diet!
If you mean Andrew Taylor, I heard him interviewed on a few podcasts. I believe he was vegan before and he was doing a WFPB diet after (still with lots of potato).1 -
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quiksylver296 wrote: »Born and raised in Idaho. All about the potatoes!
Wisconsin here, #4 in potato production so cheap and plentiful. Yup, potatoes are great and can be a large part of any diet, whether weight loss or not. I took a class on the history of Ireland and the professor stated that, before the famine, the peasant class in Ireland were the healthiest of their class in Europe because they existed on potatoes and buttermilk which provided a high % of necessary nutrients. I can believe that.
I can make a meal out of a baked potato, with the skin of course, topped with Greek yogurt and freshly ground pepper.5 -
quiksylver296 wrote: »Born and raised in Idaho. All about the potatoes!
I can make a meal out of a baked potato, with the skin of course, topped with Greek yogurt and freshly ground pepper.
I had this last night! Sooo good!
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