{"id":461,"date":"2011-10-12T20:24:05","date_gmt":"2011-10-13T03:24:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.engrevo.com\/blog\/?p=461"},"modified":"2011-10-12T20:31:39","modified_gmt":"2011-10-13T03:31:39","slug":"lets-stop-saying-potatoes-are-nutrient-poor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.engrevo.com\/blog\/lets-stop-saying-potatoes-are-nutrient-poor\/","title":{"rendered":"Let&#8217;s Stop Saying Potatoes Are Nutrient-Poor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Courtesy of Fitday, nutrient breakdowns of about 150 cals by % of RDA for 2000 cal diet (click to enlarge):<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_466\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.engrevo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/photo3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-466\" class=\"size-full wp-image-466 \" title=\"photo\" src=\"http:\/\/www.engrevo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/photo3.png\" alt=\"White Potato\" width=\"450\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.engrevo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/photo3.png 750w, http:\/\/www.engrevo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/photo3-300x100.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-466\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">White Potato<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_467\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.engrevo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/photo11.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-467\" class=\"size-full wp-image-467 \" title=\"photo(1)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.engrevo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/photo11.png\" alt=\"Sweet Potato\" width=\"450\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.engrevo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/photo11.png 750w, http:\/\/www.engrevo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/photo11-300x100.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-467\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sweet Potato<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_468\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.engrevo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/photo21.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-468\" class=\"size-full wp-image-468 \" title=\"photo(2)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.engrevo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/photo21.png\" alt=\"Steak\" width=\"450\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.engrevo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/photo21.png 750w, http:\/\/www.engrevo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/photo21-300x100.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-468\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Steak<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Of course, advocates of safe starch are not recommending replacing steak with potatoes.<\/strong> More like as a replacement of gratuitous coconut oil, bacon grease, walnuts I guess &#8211; the possibilities are many.<\/p>\n<p>Oh and as <a href=\"http:\/\/donmatesz.blogspot.com\/2011\/09\/potatoes-and-protein.html\">Don<\/a> and Stephan (<a href=\"http:\/\/wholehealthsource.blogspot.com\/2010\/09\/potatoes-and-human-health-part-i.html\">1<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/wholehealthsource.blogspot.com\/2010\/09\/potatoes-and-human-health-part-ii.html\">2<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/wholehealthsource.blogspot.com\/2010\/10\/potatoes-and-human-health-part-iii.html\">3<\/a>) (and the Kitavans, by some accounts) showed, one can live on safe starches.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>For the record &#8211; I eat lots of steak and lots of sweet potatoes.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>***************************************<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">You may also like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.engrevo.com\/blog\/eat-this-not-that-redux\/\">my latest thoughts on nutrition<\/a>.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>***************************************<\/p>\n<div style=\"float:left;margin-right:10px;\"><iframe allowtransparency=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"http:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets\/tweet_button.html?url=http:\/\/bit.ly\/nYCkxQ&counturl=http:\/\/www.engrevo.com\/blog\/lets-stop-saying-potatoes-are-nutrient-poor\/&text=Let&#039;s Stop Saying Potatoes Are Nutrient-Poor&count=none&lang=en&via=engrevo&related=\" style=\"width:55px; 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More like as a replacement of gratuitous coconut oil, bacon grease, walnuts I guess &#8211; the possibilities are many. 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