Looks like this mr.potato head needs to gain 110
Posted on 10/09/2017 1:19:30 PM PDT by nickcarraway
This man's commitment to lose weight is what should be praised.
The reason he lost weight was because he consumed fewer calories than he expended in energy, the food is somewhat irrelevant.
how much “just seasoning and low fat sauce” is just 1% of what he consumed?
tomato sauce can be low fat, lots of veggies made into sauce can be low fat.
This seems misleading to say he only ate potatoes but also had seasoning and low fat sauce.
And it’s not new news. I have many times had a potato craving and cooked up potatoes, onion and red bell peppers, sprinkled with romano cheese and cooked in olive oil for 2-3 big meals a few days in a row and yes lose weight in the process.
Potatoes are very low in fat. The fat is in the butter and sour cream, which, unfortunately, I love.
*** “Those potatoes will turn into sugar in the system, right?” ***
Everything turns into sugar
At least he didn’t have to worry about his potassium levels!
Carol Deppe wrote about her nearly-all-potato diet, but in her case it was for financial reasons: http://www.caroldeppe.com/The%2020%20Potato%20a%20Day%20Diet.html
For the record, proteins can also be biochemically converted to sugars - but it requires more steps.
Irish?
CC
Actually, there is plenty of vitamin C in potatoes, mainly in the skin.
“‘My health just continues to improve,’ he told news.com.au. ‘I had high cholesterol but now it’s low, my blood pressure has dropped and my sugar level has dropped.
‘Every time I get a new blood test, it just gets better.”
uh, yeah. I don’t believe any of this.
And he exercised for an hour each day.
Imagine that.
“Those potatoes will turn into sugar in the system, right?”
yep. all carbs are turned into glucose by the liver and then into stored fat if not quickly burned for energy:
http://healthyeating.sfgate.com/happens-unburned-carbohydrates-2461.html
Irish peasants lived on potatoes and buttermilk for the better part of two centuries and they did just fine. Of course they worked their b*lls off every day...
CC
Did he run them through a still first?
It didn't work.
“It’s all about calories.”
Nope.
“It is often said that the only thing that matters for weight loss is “calories in, calories out.” The truth is that calories matter... but the types of foods we eat are just as important.
That is because different foods go through different metabolic pathways in the body (14).
Additionally, the foods we eat can directly impact the hormones that regulate when and how much we eat, as well as the amount of calories we burn.
Here are two examples of why a calorie is NOT a calorie:
Protein: Eating protein can boost the metabolic rate and reduce appetite compared to the same amount of calories from fat and carbs. It can also increase your muscle mass, which burns calories around the clock (15, 16).
Fructose vs glucose: Fructose can stimulate the appetite compared to the same number of calories from glucose (17, 18).
Even though calories are important, saying that they are all that matters when it comes to weight (or health for that matter) is completely wrong.
Bottom Line:
All calories are not created equal. Different foods go through different metabolic pathways and have varying effects on hunger, hormones and health.
It seems to make sense that eating fat would make you fat.
After all, the stuff that is making people soft and puffy is fat.
For this reason, eating more fat should give us more of it.
However, it turns out that it isn’t that simple. Despite fat having more calories per gram than protein or carbohydrates, diets that are high in fat do not make people fat.
This depends completely on the context. A diet that is high in carbs AND fat will make you fat, but it’s NOT because of the fat.
In fact, the studies consistently show that diets that are high in fat (but low in carbs) lead to much more weight loss than diets that are low in fat”
That’s what I thought too. But my diabetic husband can eat the kind in the mixed bag of small potatoes from Costco and actually come away with some pretty good sugar numbers. I know they are red potatoes and could be the ones that look like mini russets are Yukon gold. A friend thought she remembered Weight Watchers recommending to stay away from russet potatoes.
Nice post. Which of the 14 do beer fit into?
I thought protein doesn’t, but maybe I’m wrong.
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