Sport Potatoes

[DanHarris]

Hi,

I was just wondering how good or bad the odd jacket potato can be for you. I am eating an approx 3000 kCal a day diet at the moment.

I don't eat potatoes very often, but is a jacket potato baked in the over with some canned tuna on top alright? They are quite high in fibre which is good, but I hear a lot of bad talk about potatoes in general.

I looked at the nutritional facts for a potato and they don't seem especially bad, usually people who say they are bad takk about the carbs...But are these just the people scared of carbs (I hate people who think carbs are evil because they just don't understand)

Basically what I am saying is I know how I can fit in a potato into my diet every now and again going off its nutritional values...But is there anything more to it than that?

 

[dougp25]

I like baked potatoes. I think most people kill them nutritionally by slathering the butter, sour cream, bacon bits, etc etc on it. They are quite high in carbs and starchy sugars, but all in all, a great food. IMO.

 

[Proteinboy]

they are fine once in a while. i love having them in my PPWO. their glycemic index rating is pretty high(95 i think). sweet potatoes have more vitamins. great for PWO.
just dont go crazy for them taters lol

 

[CBWill]

One thing I have read is do not to eat the skins (I will try and find a link), and as doug25 stated the toppings will do you in.

 

[deschain]

The potato itself is ok every now and then, just don't pile on all the other stuff and you're ok. Yes, the GI rating is high, but most (real) foods can be balanced into a good diet to some extent.

 

[Tanizaki]

One thing I have read is do not to eat the skins (I will try and find a link), and as doug25 stated the toppings will do you in.

The skin is perfectly fine to eat. Yes, potatoes are in the nightshade family, but so are tomatoes and any other number of vegetables you might eat.

 

[CBWill]

The skin is perfectly fine to eat. Yes, potatoes are in the nightshade family, but so are tomatoes and any other number of vegetables you might eat.

I'm sorry if this was misunderstood, I did not mean that the skins would harm you but that it is better for you not to eat them than to.

That article that I recall this information from was geared more to the endurance athlete, thus may not have the same effect in this instance.

 

[Typhon]

I think you need to find the source for that claim before advising someone against eating potato skins. I can't for the life of think what the problem would be unless they were baked in a lot of fat.

As for my advice, eat baked sweet potatos, lower GI than regular spuds and taste exactly 1,001 times better

 

[CBWill]

I think you need to find the source for that claim before advising someone against eating potato skins. I can't for the life of think what the problem would be unless they were baked in a lot of fat.

As for my advice, eat baked sweet potatos, lower GI than regular spuds and taste exactly 1,001 times better

Good grief folks, all I said was I had read something about this and I would try find a link to this info.

As for saying I was advising, I was not. I was just stating I had seen some info . Not advising as such.

FYI, as if anyone would care.

The was about endurance racing that made the reference to skip eating the skins, and as it turns it was related to the pre race meal for endurance racing.


As for a sweet potato, I would have to disagree, maybe 500 times better not 1,001

 

[malkore]

One thing I have read is do not to eat the skins (I will try and find a link), and as doug25 stated the toppings will do you in.

why not? that's basically where 99% of the fiber is. and I wouldn't call potatoes 'high fiber' in any regard. as I recall, the avg. potato has less than 2g of fiber.

 

[CBWill]

why not? that's basically where 99% of the fiber is. and I wouldn't call potatoes 'high fiber' in any regard. as I recall, the avg. potato has less than 2g of fiber.

as I stated before this:

That article that I recall this information from was geared more to the endurance athlete, thus may not have the same effect in this instance.

The(should have been "this" not the) was about endurance racing that made the reference to skip eating the skins, and as it turns it was related to the pre race meal for endurance racing.

thus I am sorry for all the trouble my post has cause. It does not apply to this thread.

and yes the skin does have most of the fiber, but I do not think I would want a lot or hardly any fiber before an endurance race.

 

[Tanizaki]

why not? that's basically where 99% of the fiber is. and I wouldn't call potatoes 'high fiber' in any regard. as I recall, the avg. potato has less than 2g of fiber.

It is a common myth that the vast majority of a potato's nutritional value is in the skin. It simply isn't true. Your recollection of the fiber content is correct, though.

 

[marko157]

The skin is perfectly fine to eat. Yes, potatoes are in the nightshade family, but so are tomatoes and any other number of vegetables you might eat.

i think youll find that tomatoes are fruit

 

[Typhon]

i think youll find that tomatoes are fruit

Lol, yeah, Tani's private eductation obviously doesn't cover the difference between fruit and veg

 

[Tanizaki]

Lol, yeah, Tani's private eductation obviously doesn't cover the difference between fruit and veg

"Fruit" is a scientific term (namely, a botanical one), but "vegetable" is not; it is a culinary term. Therefore, you are creating a false dichotomy. Any number of botanical fruits are referred to as vegetables, such as peppers, tomatoes, and squash.

In private school, we learned to be pedantic only when correct. Too bad you and marko did not learn the same. :yelrotflmao:

 

[Typhon]

"Fruit" is a scientific term (namely, a botanical one), but "vegetable" is not; it is a culinary term. Therefore, you are creating a false dichotomy. Any number of botanical fruits are referred to as vegetables, such as peppers, tomatoes, and squash.

In private school, we learned to be pedantic only when correct. Too bad you and marko did not learn the same. :yelrotflmao:

You should learn to take things as good natured banter sometimes


P.S. Scentific definitions rule; long live the Tomato fruit!

 

[marko157]

"Fruit" is a scientific term (namely, a botanical one), but "vegetable" is not; it is a culinary term. Therefore, you are creating a false dichotomy. Any number of botanical fruits are referred to as vegetables, such as peppers, tomatoes, and squash.

In private school, we learned to be pedantic only when correct. Too bad you and marko did not learn the same. :yelrotflmao:

you can sprout off all you want its still a fruit

 

[benelson101]

"Fruit" is a scientific term (namely, a botanical one), but "vegetable" is not; it is a culinary term. Therefore, you are creating a false dichotomy. Any number of botanical fruits are referred to as vegetables, such as peppers, tomatoes, and squash.

In private school, we learned to be pedantic only when correct. Too bad you and marko did not learn the same. :yelrotflmao:

In private school you learned a lot of things that we wouldnt want to (sorry, "wish to")

Still, in an almost Freudian way it explains a lot.

 

[Tanizaki]

you can sprout off all you want its still a fruit

I never said it wasn't. Do they speak English in England?

 

[Tanizaki]

In private school you learned a lot of things that we wouldnt want to (sorry, "wish to")

Such as making megabux?

Still, in an almost Freudian way it explains a lot.

How so?