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Potatoes Are the Perfect Vegetable–But You're Eating Them Wrong

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Re: Potatoes Are the Perfect Vegetable–But You're Eating Them Wrong

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Post by ofrzeta »

blacksmith_tb wrote: post #10
ofrzeta wrote: post #8

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Why should you eat the skins? I've heard they contain all the nutrients but I read an interview with a nutrition expert who said that was wrong (makes sense, too). He also said the highest concentration of nutrients was near the surface so I guess leaving the skin on serves this purpose (but not the skin as such! :-) I would leave the skin on on so called early potatoes that have really thin skin. And I am using a Vi…

Most of the fiber is in the skin[1]. There's some debate about if it also contains more pesticides etc. but you can grow your own or buy organic. It is true that you want to keep your potatoes in the cool and dark, since when they green they become more toxic[2]. 1: https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/foods/potatoes#nutritio... 2: https://ask.usda.gov/s/article/Are-green-potatoes-dangerous

I buy organic potatoes but I don't think everything natural is good, for instance high arsenic levels in rice, even more so in brown rice.

Concerning the potatoes there's some kind of preservative they put on the potatoes to inhibit germination (on non-organic potatoes). They used Chlorpropham but that seems to be prohibited since 2020 (in the EU?), now they use Maleic hydrazide but I don't know about any health issues.

Re: Potatoes Are the Perfect Vegetable–But You're Eating Them Wrong

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Post by 11235813213455 »

Boiled potatoes are the most satiating food. I met a person saying her doctor didn't recommend it with her diabete, I find this strange, even if there are starch, you feel so full after eating a few potatoes there's no risk

Least satiating food are croissants, 7x less than potatoes

Re: Potatoes Are the Perfect Vegetable–But You're Eating Them Wrong

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Post by johnkpaul »

11235813213455 wrote: post #12

Boiled potatoes are the most satiating food. I met a person saying her doctor didn't recommend it with her diabete, I find this strange, even if there are starch, you feel so full after eating a few potatoes there's no risk Least satiating food are croissants, 7x less than potatoes

If you're specifically looking for the most satiating, I'd recommend a room temperature stick of butter. It's really hard to eat more after a stick of butter.

Re: Potatoes Are the Perfect Vegetable–But You're Eating Them Wrong

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Post by 11235813213455 »

johnkpaul wrote: post #13
11235813213455 wrote: post #12

Boiled potatoes are the most satiating food. I met a person saying her doctor didn't recommend it with her diabete, I find this strange, even if there are starch, you feel so full after eating a few potatoes there's no risk Least satiating food are croissants, 7x less than potatoes

If you're specifically looking for the most satiating, I'd recommend a room temperature stick of butter. It's really hard to eat more after a stick of butter.

No, butter has low satiety (like croissant which are partly made with) https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7498104/, https://www.dietdoctor.com/satiety/foods#:~:text=44-,Fats%20...

Re: Potatoes Are the Perfect Vegetable–But You're Eating Them Wrong

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Post by seidleroni »

HeyLaughingBoy wrote: post #7
BenjiWiebe wrote: post #5

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I know. I'd like to be able to buy purple potatoes by the bag.

I have about two dozen purple potatoes growing out back. Potatoes are actually easy to grow in bags of dirt.

Care to share how you're doing it? I'm a pretty terrible gardener but love potatoes and it looks like this may be an easy way to do it.

Re: Potatoes Are the Perfect Vegetable–But You're Eating Them Wrong

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Post by skyyler »

johnkpaul wrote: post #13
11235813213455 wrote: post #12

Boiled potatoes are the most satiating food. I met a person saying her doctor didn't recommend it with her diabete, I find this strange, even if there are starch, you feel so full after eating a few potatoes there's no risk Least satiating food are croissants, 7x less than potatoes

If you're specifically looking for the most satiating, I'd recommend a room temperature stick of butter. It's really hard to eat more after a stick of butter.

The idea with the Satiety index is that you can feel full with less than the ~800 calories in a stick of butter.

I want more research into the concept of calories. I only recently learned that our understanding of how to measure food energy is rather primitive.

Re: Potatoes Are the Perfect Vegetable–But You're Eating Them Wrong

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Post by adamomada »

11235813213455 wrote: post #14
johnkpaul wrote: post #13

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If you're specifically looking for the most satiating, I'd recommend a room temperature stick of butter. It's really hard to eat more after a stick of butter.

No, butter has low satiety (like croissant which are partly made with) https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7498104/ , https://www.dietdoctor.com/satiety/foods#:~:text=44-,Fats%20...

White potatoes are in the middle but French fries (I’m assuming fried? But you can bake them too) are at the bottom, so strange

Also based on that list, I think salsa might be the perfect mix: low cal and high satiety

Re: Potatoes Are the Perfect Vegetable–But You're Eating Them Wrong

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Post by 11235813213455 »

adamomada wrote: post #17
11235813213455 wrote: post #14

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No, butter has low satiety (like croissant which are partly made with) https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7498104/ , https://www.dietdoctor.com/satiety/foods#:~:text=44-,Fats%20...

White potatoes are in the middle but French fries (I’m assuming fried? But you can bake them too) are at the bottom, so strange Also based on that list, I think salsa might be the perfect mix: low cal and high satiety

The second article isn't the best link, the satiety score metric isn't as good as in 1st link

Re: Potatoes Are the Perfect Vegetable–But You're Eating Them Wrong

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Post by HeyLaughingBoy »

seidleroni wrote: post #15
HeyLaughingBoy wrote: post #7

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I have about two dozen purple potatoes growing out back. Potatoes are actually easy to grow in bags of dirt.

Care to share how you're doing it? I'm a pretty terrible gardener but love potatoes and it looks like this may be an easy way to do it.

Fold the sides of a 50lb horse feed bag down, fill with dirt and add seed potatoes is literally all I did. We go through lots of bags, so I have many empty ones. I have a problem with weeds (thistles) and oregano taking over everything in the garden area, so this was my lazy man's way of avoiding weeding.

I also have a giant compost pile consisting of mostly wood shavings and horse manure that I planted about a dozen potatoes into as an experiment, along with a couple dozen carrots. So far they seem to be doing really well.

Re: Potatoes Are the Perfect Vegetable–But You're Eating Them Wrong

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Post by im3w1l »

adamomada wrote: post #17
11235813213455 wrote: post #14

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No, butter has low satiety (like croissant which are partly made with) https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7498104/ , https://www.dietdoctor.com/satiety/foods#:~:text=44-,Fats%20...

White potatoes are in the middle but French fries (I’m assuming fried? But you can bake them too) are at the bottom, so strange Also based on that list, I think salsa might be the perfect mix: low cal and high satiety

Eating high-water food is filling. Compare an apple to dried apple slices, a grape to a raisin.
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