Posted on 11/28/2022 11:33:10 AM PST by Red Badger
The participants were given diets consisting of either beans, peas, and meat or fish - or white potatoes with meat or fish. David Davies
Scientists say they are full of nutrients and if portioned correctly can be part of a healthy diet
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A new study has claimed that potatoes could be the key to helping people lose weight.
Previously, the vegetable has been linked to an increase in the risk of type two diabetes, those who have insulin resistance have been warned against consuming them.
Results from a new study suggest this may not be true.
Scientists say they are full of nutrients and if portioned correctly can be part of a healthy diet. Nick Ansell
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Scientists say they are full of nutrients and if portioned correctly can be part of a healthy diet.
US researchers recruited 36 people between the ages of 18 and 60who were overweight, obese or have Insulin resistance.
Insulin resistance is when cells in the muscles, fat and liver struggle to respond to insulin and cannot easily take up glucose from the blood.
The participants were given diets consisting of either beans, peas, and meat or fish - or white potatoes with meat or fish.
Both of the diets substituted an estimated 40 per cent of the average meat consumption with beans, peas or potatoes.
The vegetable was brought into meals such as shepherd’s pie, or came as a side of mash, wedges or salad.
They found the outcomes of the diets including potatoes were just as healthy as others.
Professor Candida Rebello, the co-investigator, from Pennington Biomedical Research Centre in Louisiana said: "We demonstrated that contrary to common belief, potatoes do not negatively impact blood glucose levels."
They found that certain amounts of food will cause people to feel full, regardless of the calorie count.
The vegetable was brought into meals such as shepherd’s pie, or came as a side of mash, wedges or salad. Nick Ansell
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By filling a plate with potatoes as opposed to foods with a higher calorie count, scientists suggested this would eventually help people lose weight.
Prof Rebello added: “People tend to eat the same weight of food regardless of calorie content in order to feel full.
"By eating foods with a heavier weight that are low in calories, you can easily reduce the number of calories you consume.
"The key aspect of our study is that we did not reduce the portion size of meals but lowered their caloric content by including potatoes.
"Each participant's meal was tailored to their personalised calorific needs, yet by replacing some meat content with potato, participants found themselves fuller, quicker, and often did not even finish their meal. In effect, you can lose weight with little effort."
I thought Brussels Sprouts, too. We have a couple of local restaurants that make glazed, roasted sprouts that are incredible. White Balsamic vinegar or a regular balsamic reduction to glaze them…yum!
5.3 Oz Potato 110 Calories
1 Tbs Butter 102 Calories
2 Tbs Sour Cream 57 Calories
0.2 Oz Bacon Bits 25 Calories
0.3 Oz Cheese 34 Calories
1 Tbs Chives 1 Calorie
It’s not so much the potato, but what we put on the potato...............
I eat a medium size potato every day, microwaved until tender and then add either coconut oil or corn oil plus gardinera.
I still fit in my wedding suit from 1992.
I do the same...with a couple of differences.
Halve the sprouts...30-40 or so. In a big bowl, toss them in a tablespoon of olive oil, 1/3 cup of red balsamic vinegar, 1/3 cup red wine, salt and pepper and then toss them to mix all...doing so every 10 minutes a few times. Let them soak up the liquids. While they're marinating, chop 1/4 lb. of bacon into shoestrings. In a decent size pan, brown up the bacon to just before crisp. Remove the bits, leave the grease. Saute up a sliced red onion until limp'ish and then toss in about 3 cloves of minced garlic.
Lower the heat to low'ish and toss in the sprouts. Add a bit of liquid if they look dry. Cover for 15 minutes. Stir well and then toss in 1/2 cup chopped walnuts and about 1/3 cup dried cranberries (that have been soaked a bit in hot water to plump them up.) and the bacon bits. Cover and keep on low for another 15 minutes. If it gets close to be dry, sprinkle in some additional red wine or stock.
Remove from heat, stir well and sprinkle some shredded Parmesan cheese. Or Asiago or Romano. Whatever floats yer boat. Serve when the cheese is melted on top.
I make these once a week without fail. The recipe is one that I modified from a Lidia Bastianich recipe.
Not for diabetics. No French fries, mashed, chips, baked, or steak fries. The starch & carbs send the BSL (Blood Sugar Level) soaring.
If you saw it ringing up wrong and didn’t say anything at the time…..
But it’s not something you eat everyday...it’s a splurge food.
Ok, common vegetables are good. I get that. What is an uncommon vegetable?
Eureka! Give this guy a Nobel prize!
Eating a common vegetable is THE KEY to losing weight
No thanks I hear democrats are poison better safe than sorry.
My mother used to boil them and i think that must leach out all the good flavors and just leave the bitter ones:)
I happened to be dining with a coworker a few years ago who ordered them fried/baked at a restaurant and I tried them and loved them. I tried my own variants at home.
I don’t have a formal recipe but I see that Alton Brown has some good ones via an internet search. Some include bacon.
I use about half olive oil and half butter and fry them on the stovetop mostly cut side down until they are browned. After that I put them in a pan for baking with a few sprinkles of red pepper flakes like the ones typically used on pizza. I check them at around 20 minutes to see if they are soft via fork plunge. You’ll have to experiment with how browned/blackened you like them. My children like them more blackened and hence a bit crispy.
Arugula.
Agreed, my FRiend.
If Brussels Sprouts, and also Lima Beans, were really food, they would taste less awful.
One of my most successful weight loss efforts (back when I was still working)...
When hurrying to get ready in the morning I would wash/scrub a russet and toss it into the micro for 4 minutes.
Right before I walked out the door I’d wrap it in two napkins and drop it into my jacket pocket. On the drive to work I would nibble on that while sipping my caffeine source. It was my breakfast and it satisfied me until lunch.
My buddy was doing low-carb and could not believe it was a successful part of my strategy.
Calorie counting works for me. Carb limiting diets are not sustainable for me. I crave them and end up going overboard if I do without for very long.
YMMV
I’m not that observant. Our Food Lion doesn’t do self-checkout.
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