[Red Badger]

Pass the gravy, please........................

[coloradan]

“The potato is small enough to fit inside a person’s hand yet contains enough nutrients to whittle waistlines and lower blood sugar in adults with Type 2 diabetes.”

Absolutely no strained writing here, nosiree!

[ProtectOurFreedom]

The key takeaway is “properly prepared potatoes”

[Sacajaweau]

I love potato wedges...Finally learned the trick...corn starch...OMG crispy outside, creamy inside.

And it's potato salad season...Yay!!

[gloryblaze]

Potatoes are practically veggie non grata for diabetics.

Or so they’ve all been told ...

[dennisw]

The lo-carb and Paleo people love the sweet potato for a gentle slow release of carbs. So it is low glycemic index

sweet potato is not related to the common potatoes we eat

[9YearLurker]

Yeah, compared to rice, potatoes with their skins on are less bad for diabetics.

Who’d have that that?!?

[Sirius Lee]

I don't have the diabeetus but I generally scoop out a lot of the baked potato, fill what remains with cheese, bacon, sautéed red onion, and toss them back into the oven until the skins are crispy.

Eat the skins because they're good for you. Add a dollop of sour cream and some fresh chives for additional mid chain triglycerides and green vegetables.

A complete meal!

[dennisw]

If I am on death row, my last meal before execution will include well salted French fries, with ketchup on the side for dipping.

[KarlInOhio]

So they are no longer Satan’s Tubers, pushed up from the depths of Hell to beat up your pancreas?

[itsahoot]

Especially the skin Huh? Chickens will eat anything but they will not eat potato skins period.

[mewzilla]

And eat the skins.

[Larry Lucido]

“So, the next time you want to reach for a banana, she added, reach for that potato instead.”

Next week: “Major study shows bananas are better than potatoes for diabetics!”

[Leaning Right]

> Funded by the Alliance for Potato Research and Education… <

He who pays the piper calls the tune.
💰

I now look forward to a report funded by Pepsi that says sodas are actually healthy,

[Doctor Congo]

It wasn’t the potatoes.
These people were also watching everything else they ate, and were probably exercising a lot more. These are people that were willing to be in a study so they are more likely to eat correctly, etc.

[Robert357]

“....For those tight on time, consider making a large batch of baked or roasted potatoes and meal prep to last you a while. I'm not against boiling potatoes, but you want to keep as much of the potassium from the skin as you can, and you lose some of that when you boil them.”
.....Additionally, potato skins contain a certain type of fiber called “resistance starch,” which has been shown to improve glucose control, lipid profiles, and satiety.......”

Let's discuss the elephant in the room. If you pre-cook and then cool (several hours to overnight) a potato, it dramatically increases the regular starch (carbohydrates) in the potato to resistant starch. So part of what appears to be indicating that potatoes are better than rice, is that the potatoes have higher resistant starch.

However, other foods, such as rice (yes, what the potatoes were compared to) and even bread can benefit from say pre-cooking and freezing or overnight cooling. So the pre-cooked potato to fresh rice comparison is not a fair comparison.

[SauronOfMordor]

Steak with mushrooms and baked potato with sour cream.

Ideal dinner.

[Mariner]

I regularly nuke a 3-4 ounce potato with my dinner meat.

Cut it down the middle, then 2-3 cross cuts...slight mashing...and then top with EVOO, at least 2TSP.

Delicious. Healthy. Almost cheap.

[Hattie]

My mother (of 8 children), always cooked potatoes with skins, saved the potato water to use in the gravy. Said her Mother taught her that the vitamins and minerals in potatoes should never be thrown out.

[T.B. Yoits]

Potatoes...so... vodka is good.

[tumblindice]

“Po-ta-toes! Boil ‘em, mash ‘em, stick ‘em in a stew.”