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Re: Potato diet community trial

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Post by browningstreet »

Almost any diet with a predominant control can work. It’s the attention to what is being eaten that’s enabled. Vegan? No meat. Carnivore? Just meat. IIFYM? Caloric control.

“Dieting” usually has too broad a set of parameters. You need a control. And if you have a goal and you’re paying attention, you’ll probably see an improvement over not having a control and eating freely.

Health, over the long term, may be more complicated but having a lean body mass makes health easier to achieve than not having a lean body mass.

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Post by sschueller »

potiuper wrote: post #5

"No dairy": would result in a Vitamin D deficit unless the some other food fortified with vitamin D is used, person is living in a tropical region with little clothing, or the multivitamin option is chosen over the emphasized B12 supplement. It also lacks fiber: https://spoonuniversity.com/lifestyle/potatoes-and-milk-is-t...

Isn't most Vitamin D "absorbed" (generated via sun light) via skin and only very little via diet?

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Post by MrBuddyCasino »

fredsted wrote: post #7

I don't doubt this works, but I'd rather do e.g. keto where I can eat delicious meals and still feel fully satiated.

I did this for a year. Its not sustainable, you'll loose muscle mass.

I eat potatoes daily now, but not exclusively - complex carbs are harder to burn, so they are fattening, so I have gained some weight. Maybe I'll eliminate the rice and see how that goes.

I'd recommend against olive oil and for coconut oil, frying potatoes needs a lot of heat. Add parsley, bacon, caraway, onions and serve with pickled white cabbage. Good & simple!

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Post by anonytrary »

Smaug123 wrote: post #8
fredsted wrote: post #7

I don't doubt this works, but I'd rather do e.g. keto where I can eat delicious meals and still feel fully satiated.

Good for you! Keto doesn't work like that for me. We need many different diets that work for some people, because no diet works for everyone.

I assume it depends on your gut microbiome and physical habits.

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Post by mattnewport »

I tried it for a couple of months last year. It worked in that I lost weight, quickly the first month, less so the second. The weight did not stay off for me.

It wasn't particularly difficult but not particularly easy either compared to other diets I've tried.

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Post by TylerE »

sschueller wrote: post #13
potiuper wrote: post #5

"No dairy": would result in a Vitamin D deficit unless the some other food fortified with vitamin D is used, person is living in a tropical region with little clothing, or the multivitamin option is chosen over the emphasized B12 supplement. It also lacks fiber: https://spoonuniversity.com/lifestyle/potatoes-and-milk-is-t...

Isn't most Vitamin D "absorbed" (generated via sun light) via skin and only very little via diet?

In theory.

In practice most people, especially at non-Tropical latitudes or who don’t spend multiple hours outside everyday don’t get nearly enough.

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Post by keyle »

One word of caution on these "only this diet". Your gut bacteria is a jungle with many species of microbes, trillions of them. They basically fight for territory and some subspecies will die if you stop injecting .

So if you are not lactose intolerant and get off lactose for 6-9 months, don't expect that your belly will react well to a glass of milk in a year.

I'm all for _reducing_ X and Y. But completely going polar is trendy and extremely dangerous long term.

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Post by alar44 »

sschueller wrote: post #13
potiuper wrote: post #5

"No dairy": would result in a Vitamin D deficit unless the some other food fortified with vitamin D is used, person is living in a tropical region with little clothing, or the multivitamin option is chosen over the emphasized B12 supplement. It also lacks fiber: https://spoonuniversity.com/lifestyle/potatoes-and-milk-is-t...

Isn't most Vitamin D "absorbed" (generated via sun light) via skin and only very little via diet?

Yeah which is why so many people have problems with vitamin D, not enough sunlight. That's hard to control, but you can take vitamins daily.

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Post by mvdwoord »

DeWilde wrote: post #4

> It sounds like a dumb gimmick that could never work, but there are a surprising number of people out there saying that they tried it, it worked for them, and they kept the weight off for months or even years after. Losing weight isn't causal to being healthy. In most cases it correlates because gaining weight is usually done through eating unhealthy (excess calories, refined sugars, etc.) so going on a healthy diet…

"Losing weight isn't causal to being healthy."

Strictly spoken, true, but being overweight definitely is causal to decreased health.

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