I went low carbs this summer and have lost twenty pounds (only the beginning). I informed my doctor & he approved, saying, “If it’s white, don’t bite”, meaning restrict: bread, rice, potatoes, pasta, & sugar.
I replied that “`white is not right’, also known as the Louis Farrakhan diet”. He laughed.
Potatoes are not bad in and of themselves. It’s just that we prepare them in awful ways and eat too much of them. I think I heard something about moderation once, a long time back...