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Re: Potato diet community trial

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Post by closewith »

poulpy123 wrote: post #68
Smaug123 wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There is at least one case where your argument is clearly false: sleep apnea is often directly mechanically caused by bodyweight, causes health problems when untreated, and is strongly associated with being fat and/or muscular.

AFAIK sleep apnea isn't reversible by losing weigth (which doesn't mean that overweigth isn't at least one of the cause)

Obesity is the most prevalent causal factor for obstructive sleep apnea and in weight loss is the most effective treatment for obstructive sleep apnea in overweight patients. Weight loss can be (but is not always) an effective cure.

https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/weight-loss-breathing-de...

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Post by implements »

throwaway742 wrote: post #59
implements wrote: post #38

“Potatoes, milk, butter and the occasional piece of meat” is apparently a nutritionally complete diet, but you need to be able to eat something like 10-lb of cooked potatoes a day, which is hard work and also not that inexpensive either.

Potatoes are cheap af what do you mean?

mrob explains it well - potatoes aren’t the cheapest carb, but there’s also the cost of milk and butter in the quantities needed. I worked it out at over £4 a day, and you can eat the regular and varied protein, carbs and veg diet on that.

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Post by playworker »

vanderZwan wrote: post #120
beachy wrote: post #115

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Worth noting you can get a free poster of these, which are great for the wall and the wow factor. Took a few months for mine too arrive.

That sounds awesome! How does one order a free poster? I don't see an obvious link to click on the website

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Post by amanaplanacanal »

Tabular-Iceberg wrote: post #81
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.

Can keto meals really be described as "delicious"? I mean, I love the taste of butter, cream, marbled steaks and pork fat, but when you have to consume whipping cream as a beverage it sounds absolutely nauseating.

You could drink water instead.

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Post by OJFord »

magnetic-recoil wrote: post #108
cassianoleal wrote: post #74

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Quick back of the envelope numbers. At Tesco's you can get potatoes for £0.36/kg. 1kg = ~2.2lb, so ~£0.165/lb. Even at the higher daily consumption in this thread, 10lb/day, that's £1.65 daily cost of food. I imagine the only way to go cheaper is by dumpster diving.

A loaf of bread is pretty conveniently 2000 calories, and costs £0.40 if you buy a cheap one. Less nutritious than a potato though!

A 40p loaf of bread is punishment, not nourishment.

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Post by zikduruqe »

infofarmer wrote: post #29
keyle wrote: post #18

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 pola…

> Your gut bacteria is a jungle with many species of microbes, trillions of them. To clarify: modern science estimates 300–1000 species in gut microbiota, 99% by number of cells coming from 30-40 species. The total number of microbial and viral cells throughout a healthy adult body is estimated at over 100 trillion, or roughly 10x the number of one's own body cells. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gut_microbiota

And for all your bro-dieters out there eating a "paleo" diet, realize that our Paleolithic friends ate mostly plants. The Hadza tribe is one of our last living examples and their gut biome is amazing.

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2017/08/24/5456315...

https://www.wired.com/2014/04/hadza-hunter-gatherer-gut-micr...

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Post by [deleted] »

Smaug123 wrote: post #23
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…

There is at least one case where your argument is clearly false: sleep apnea is often directly mechanically caused by bodyweight, causes health problems when untreated, and is strongly associated with being fat and/or muscular.

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Post by OJFord »

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?

'Generated'? What's the process for that?

I thought it was 'via diet', it's just that sunlight is necessary for the extraction/absorption?

Sort of like carbohydrate in a plant is 'generated via sun light' (photosynthesis) - but other inputs, carbon dioxide & water, are necessary too.

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