Posted on 04/14/2008 10:12:07 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
BLASPHEMY! BLASPHEMY I TELL YOU!!! OFF WITH YOUR HEAD!!
:-)
Honestly though, I am a potato FREAK...:-)
Have you seen the John McDougall information on the internet?
The low fat vegan diet does not allow butter, cheese, etc on the potato. It’s the combination of carbs with fat that screws the blood sugar.
Yes, you don’t get the immediate rise in blood sugar by using fat with a carb, but you will get it eventually. Plus, the fat negatively affects the ability to use your own insulin or any additional insulin you take. Since going vegan, I take a lot less insulin and my after meal blood sugars are near normal, rather than having the typical post meal spike that many diabetics get.
I hope to have the same results as the people in the study, many of whom were able to drop their meds all together. There is just so much research that shows diabetes doesn’t have to be progressive and that more meds just make you more insulin resistant. I think it’s worthy trying to eat this way, plus, in the long run, vegetarians/vegans have better overall health than carnivores, so I’m looking at that advantage as well. With no intake of animal fats, I should see a steep drop in my cholesterol as well. I’m looking forward to my bloodtests later this month.
I’m eating a potato mashed w/soy milk as I type. Yum.
I saw this on Drudge and was going to post. Glad you posted it. I think this is a very worthy news item.
With potatoes able to be grown in so many environments and able to mature at such a quick rate, I am a little surprised the potato wasn’t already being grown in so many areas of the world where they are starving.
As the article goes on to say, there are so many kinds of potatoes and so many ways to prepare them, it seems just pathetically obvious.
If many more millions of people begin starving, we’re going to see world chaos like we have never seen before.
I also use Promise and can be in heaven with a spud and a nice salad too. We Irish always know a good thing when we see it.
Funny.
Got a kick out of your post.
God bless you in your efforts. Educating ourselves is important. I need to work harder on my nutrition but it really is a full time job.
Good info-—thanks.
I could easily be a vegan since I love all kinds of veggies. People gross out when I say this-—but I even like raw broccoli-—sliced into a salad with raw mushrooms and salad greens, and a nice dressing of evo, it’s great.
So would you say you eat potatoes three times a day?
Along with other veggies? And no dairy products or breads?
You should write one of the potato growers. Your last line would made a great ad: “Potatoes make me happy.”
They make me happy too! Just gotta watch how many I eat.
Raw broccoli gross?
I’ve been eating raw broccoli for years and at any party, always have raw veggies and a dip (of course that’s the unhealthy part - but you can make them with yogurt for a more healthy alternative). I’ve never had a broccoli floret left yet.
You mean you don’t dye yours?
There are many people who detest broccoli (and would not eat it raw on a bet)-—but that’s b/c they have never had it prepared correctly.
I like raw broccoli, too. I’m into buying these party trays even though I’m just one person. Each tray has two sections of broccoli, baby carrots, and one section of grape tomatoes and one section of celery sticks. In the center is a tub of ranch dressing. I can eat the whole tray in two nights. Eaten straight I find grape tomatoes kind of sweet. If I had a choice I’d stick to cherry tomatoes, though. By the way, yes I know I could buy all this and prepare it myself but I know I wouldn’t! Just telling the truth.
“By the way, yes I know I could buy all this and prepare it myself but I know I wouldnt.”
Which shows you are SMART. The only thing I’d advise is to seriously limit the ranch dressing - it’s probably the worst dressing you can eat (fat & cholesterol content).
What’s to prepare? Wash it thoroughly is a all you do and cut it into bitesize pieces.
No, no, no..... I mean “cooked” properly.
No one’s gonna acquire a taste for raw broccoli unless they first taste it cooked properly.
This spud’s for you - BTTT.
Potato bread, doughnuts, goodness knows what else from the lowly spud!
Ok, here’s a joke regarding potatoes.
At a diplomatic gathering, a US Army General and a Soviet General were comparing notes.
Soviet General: “Our soldiers eat one thousand calories per day!”
US General: “Our soldiers eat over two thousand calories a day.”
Soviet General: “That’s impossible! No-one can eat a whole sack of potatoes in 24 hours!”
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