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Re: Thoughts on the potato diet

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Post by corrral »

safety1st wrote: post #30

There's actually some science behind this diet. Potatoes are the highest scoring food on the satiety index. https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/15-incredibly-filling-f... Basically they're the most filling food per calorie. So if you subscribe to the idea that losing weight is mainly about how many calories you consume, a potato heavy diet should be effective. And an all potato diet, while monomaniacal, even more ef…

Fish is high on my personal satiety index, because I didn't eat much of it growing up so never developed a taste. Result is that when served fish I eat a little to be nice but don't enjoy it at all. That'd certainly help me eat less.

Oddly, I love calamari and sushi.

Re: Thoughts on the potato diet

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Post by mikepurvis »

go_elmo wrote: post #6
mikkergp wrote: post #4

Is weight loss the only reason behind "Dieting"? Isn't the "carnivore diet" around mental fitness? That's why I choose a low carb diet, mental and physical fitness(when I'm not actively exercising, I try to limit my carb/sugar intake to mornings before I run)

Endurance training on an empty stomach is a great ketone pathways excercise, the first few times are hard but get easier afterwards!

I do this, but usually more by accident than anything else— I lane swim (1hr) or do a bike ride (1.5-2hrs) first thing in the morning before I've had much of a chance to eat anything, and then afterwards have a big protein shake or some bacon and eggs.

I feel like I'd be prone to cramps if I tried push myself after having eaten much.

Re: Thoughts on the potato diet

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Post by jillesvangurp »

dangus wrote: post #25
worker_person wrote: post #9

I did plain chicken and sweet potatoes for a month. No spices, boiled or baked. Water or Green Tea. Best I have ever felt. Ended six months of whole body agony. I try and follow AIP these days. (Potatoes aren't allowed, but Sweet Potatoes are.)

I gotta ask: why no spices?

Exactly, that's the genius of Indian cuisine: making otherwise bland ingredients (chickpeas, lentils, potatoes, spinach, etc.) taste amazing. I just polished off a simple rice, spinach and tuna dinner. Very tasty thanks to some sprinkling of misc. spices. I could swap out the rice for potatoes and it would probably even healthier.

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Post by lucideer »

captaincrunch wrote: post #17
bejelentkezni wrote: post #12

This sounds like a great way to quickly deplete most of your vitamins and minerals.

Correct me if I am wrong, but I thought that potatoes gave you every vitamin and mineral you needed (except b12 which you can get from butter).

B12 is a pretty important one if you want to avoid the title of section 1 of this article though.

And while butter contains b12, you'd probably have to be eating a few bars of it a day to get enough long-term.

Re: Thoughts on the potato diet

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Post by JamesBarney »

csours wrote: post #35

If this is interesting I highly recommend "The Hungry Brain". Some other thoughts: Obesity is not a disease of over-eating, it is a disease of managing hunger. "Losing weight" is a terrible goal. "Changing Body Composition" is a much better goal. Specifically change the proportion of fat to muscle. ---- If your immediate answer is "Those are the same thing but with different words!!!" then here are some questions to…

Second this, Stephan Guyenet is a brilliant guy.

Re: Thoughts on the potato diet

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Post by mod »

captaincrunch wrote: post #17
bejelentkezni wrote: post #12

This sounds like a great way to quickly deplete most of your vitamins and minerals.

Correct me if I am wrong, but I thought that potatoes gave you every vitamin and mineral you needed (except b12 which you can get from butter).

That's my understanding.

The spudfit guy did only potatoes and a B12 supplement for a year. His claim was that he was getting everything else he needed from the potatoes.

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Post by manmal »

worker_person wrote: post #9

I did plain chicken and sweet potatoes for a month. No spices, boiled or baked. Water or Green Tea. Best I have ever felt. Ended six months of whole body agony. I try and follow AIP these days. (Potatoes aren't allowed, but Sweet Potatoes are.)

Basil, oregano, thyme, ginger and some other spices are allowed according to AIP though?

Re: Thoughts on the potato diet

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Post by entropicgravity »

safety1st wrote: post #30

There's actually some science behind this diet. Potatoes are the highest scoring food on the satiety index. https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/15-incredibly-filling-f... Basically they're the most filling food per calorie. So if you subscribe to the idea that losing weight is mainly about how many calories you consume, a potato heavy diet should be effective. And an all potato diet, while monomaniacal, even more ef…

Thanks for this, but I'll stick to the peanut butter diet :)
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