Can Potatoes Help You Lose Weight? Science Says Yes—The Wonder Carb!

[Chonebox]

Do you skip potatoes because you’ve heard they’re fattening or not good for you? Then prepare to have your mind blown. A massive new study just found that people who eat 14 or more spuds a week live longer, healthier lives than those who eat six or fewer. On top of that, fairly recent research in the journal Nutrients showed that dieters given two sweet-potato-based meals a day lost double the body fat and over 10 times more fat from their hips than a no-potato group. No wonder WeightWatchers just made potatoes zero-point foods.
Can Potatoes Help You Lose Weight? Science Says Yes—The Wonder Carb!

 

[tree]

"...dieters given two sweet-potato-based meals a day lost double the body fat and over 10 times more fat from their hips than a no-potato group."

Sweet potatoes and the root vegetable referred to as a 'potato'/Irish potato are from different families.

Potatoes, Sweet Potatoes, and Yams: What’s the Difference?

 

[Masked Man]

Nothing wrong with potatoes by themselves, it is largely how they are prepared. Baked potatoes eaten by themselves will have a much lower calorie content than sliced potatoes fried in oil, for example. Additionally, if one is consuming potatoes daily at dinner, you might assume they are also eating other vegetables along with it.

I think I would also take any study done with an exclusively Norwegian population, or any other Nordic population for that matter, with a large grain of salt due to the increased social safety nets that are part of the Scandinavian part of the world. The US, for example, has abysmal population health due to our many lacking social services and large wealth disparity.

Bottom line: potatoes are fine for you, as long as you don't eat them fried all the time and smother them in calorie and fat rich toppings (bacon, sour cream, cheese, etc.)

And yes, as Tree mentioned, sweet potatoes are not the same thing as potatoes.

 

[tree]

@Masked Man "...sweet potatoes are not the same thing as potatoes."

If they were, I wouldn't be able to eat them, as
I am allergic to nightshades.

 

[Chonebox]

@Masked Man "...sweet potatoes are not the same thing as potatoes."

If they were, I wouldn't be able to eat them, as
I am allergic to nightshades.

That sucks. I lost weight on the potato diet.