The 12 Week Baked Potato Study! Potatoes Every Day! Unexpected Superfood?

What happens when diabetics eat baked potatoes every day for 12 weeks? Are white potatoes healthy for us? Are white potatoes safe to eat or do they contain too many carbs? What happened to blood glucose levels with all those baked potatoes? Did all that sugar in the potato cause problems for these diabetics? Let's find out!

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Effects of White Potato Consumption on Measures of Cardiometabolic Health in Individuals With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

[AtEboli]

As someone from an Eastern European background, I just can't give up my white potatoes. Sweet potatoes may be somewhat healthier, but they just don't taste the same.

[lindavestal]

No surprise--Dr. John McDougall has been promoting the potato for over 40 years--The Starch Solution and his other work.

[IceBoNeZ]

From a nutrition science aspect, it's not the potatoes alone which are providing the health benefits, but what they are replacing, because sometimes simply 'not' eating some very unhealthy foods can offer far more benefits than consuming more healthier foods.

[tomcase]

I ride a 3-wheel stand up bike called a Me-Mover. Medical tests show it burns more calories and uses more muscle groups than. regular bikes or running. When I do distance rides I always pack my cooler with at least one baked potato. That always gives this old guy the much needed boost to complete the ride. I recently turned 69 so of course I did a 69 mile ride on my Me-Mover. Its the most recent video on my channel for anyone interested, and yes, the video shows taking the baked potato out of my cooler.

[hctim]

Ok for the nay sayers just get organic potatoes, no chemicals. To increase the resistant starch put them in the fridge over nite and the resistant starch content goes up... Easy peasy..

[ml]

My favorite quick snack is a backed potatoes in the microwave.
So easy! Soo good!! Sooo healthy!!!
Thank you for the information!!! 🧡👍🥔

[Clemmie]

I feel encouraged by this! I really love baked potatoes and my kiddos love them too! Thank you PBSL

[royjohnson]

If it’s funded by potato research and it could be biased. Look into CONVERTING starchy carbohydrate foods into a much healthier RESISTANT STARCH (RETROGRADATION) by freezing ‘or’ refrigerator cooling ‘after cooking’ (pre-cooked) starchy carbohydrate foods (rice, POTATOES, pasta, and all cooked beans) for ‘at least 12 hours’ before reheating and eating them. But ‘freeze’ bread products and then very lightly thaw them out in the toaster before eating.

[tcfonts]

The keywords are "when substituted for."

[Julottt]

Omg nooo! keto peoples will say the benefits came from the butter!

[glendagoss]

It’s the minerals present in the potato. They are necessary to diabetics for insulin production. The baking inside the skin retains more than boiling…and by not frying them or adding sauces creams and margarines/seed oils, it is a superior health food.

[philiptaylor]

The results don't surprise me as the study replaced a low fibre source of carbs with a high fibre source. It would be interesting to see if similar results were obtained by replacing white rice with brown rice, or what result - if any - was found substituting white rice for peeled and boiled potatoes.

[jeanpaultongeren]

potatoe are the best. They always fill me up, and I can go till the next day 1 pm to go eating again

[sidilicious]

It’s always good to hear good health study news about tasty foods.

[keithlb]

I feel like it’s already known that whole foods are a healthier way to eat compared to white rice I will take the potato any day

[Brad]

I think allowing them to add the butter was a mistake!

[justbob]

I have baked potatoes regularly... such a good meal if you're a bit skint too.

[jeanpaultongeren]

There are countless animals that went from a plant-based diet back to meat. An example of this is a species of mice from Latin America that feeds mainly on insects. It's not clear why these diet transitions occurred.

[sharit]

I'm certain there would have been even better results if butter [and other cholesterol and saturated fat sources] were restricted. A modest change will bring modest benefits.

[havad]

I feel good when I eat potatoes. This confirms it.