RE: Why are potatos bad for you?

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Yes, I'm sure I'll have to look there. And it's Amie, not Arnie btw.

-Amie

From: E. Pralle Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2004 12:14 PMTo: South-Beach-Diet-Getting-It-Right Subject: RE: Why are potatos bad for you?

At 10:30 AM 12/9/04, you wrote:>Hi, thanks again! But I know a lot of the GI and have read several books >on it, and have communicated with Dr. Liz Applegate (author) and Jennie >Brand (one of the pioneers of the GI research) about this as well. >Probably why my diet was already in line with south beach before i even >learned about it (actually south beach lets you eat a lot of foods that i >don't eat!). I guess I am looking for the white papers. I know I can find >them eventually, just didn't know if anyone could send me a link offhand.Sorry, Arnie, I can't help you there. I'm sure there's actual clinical papers out there somewhere but probably are buried in some sort of medical journal or otherwise. -----------------------------Maybe we met yesterday...www.nathanpralle.com-----------------------------Reminder: The South Beach Diet is not low-carb. Nor is it low-fat. The South Beach Diet teaches you to rely on the right carbs and the right fats-the good ones-and enables you to live quite happily without the bad carbs and bad fats. For more on this WOE please read "The South Beach Diet" by Arthur Agatston, MD. ISBN 1-57954-814-8

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At 10:42 AM 12/9/04, you wrote:

>I know the points about the glycemic index, I was just responding to the

>parts of the previous email that said potatoes were loaded with calories.

>I didn't think that was necessarily true.

Fair enough, I wasn't probably entirely right with that statement. I have

to constantly remember that there isn't always a direct correlation between

GI and caloric content.

>one ate potatoes alone each meal six times a day for months, it would be

>bad. But I don't think having a potato or even white rice as part of a

>balanced meal every once in a while will hurt anything - they are loaded

>with nutrition, too.

Oh, absolutely. Esp. with skins intact. And I don't think SBD ever

advocates never having a potato again, it just says that if you want to

lose weight or maintain it, for those of us (which is most of us) that seem

to be very efficient with carb digestion and get fat easily from them, we

should keep our intake to a dull roar vs. other people (lucky suckers) who

can eat them with wild abandon.

What sort of work do you do, Arnie? Are you a dietician or similar? You

seem to know a lot about these sorts of things.

(which also makes me want to say, " sorry if I sounded like I was talking

down to you or something about these things, I had no idea of your background " )

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At 11:23 AM 12/9/04, you wrote:

>Yes, I'm sure I'll have to look there. And it's Amie, not Arnie btw.

ACK! I'm so sorry! The blue font makes the 'M' look like " RN " ! My bad!

*sheepish*

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I think that every person has to find what is right for them. Some people can't live without other things. If potatoes don't cause you to crave bad foods and they don't make you gain or stall in weightloss, then you could for it. But for someone like me that can't eat things like that or they get cravings or gain 3 pounds by morning, then we can't do that. I think it's just a matter of if it's right for you, then you can choose to have it. Carol

RE: Why are potatos bad for you?

I know the points about the glycemic index, I was just responding to the parts of the previous email that said potatoes were loaded with calories. I didn't think that was necessarily true.

I think what also needs to be looked at are the Glycemic Loads of foods, too, not just GI. Potatos still have a moderately high glycemic load, but not nearly as high as once believed. Also if you pair eating them with a protein, the glycemic load of the entire meal drops as well. I guess too, I'm not a proponent of banning natural foods from a person's diet. Maybe if one ate potatoes alone each meal six times a day for months, it would be bad. But I don't think having a potato or even white rice as part of a balanced meal every once in a while will hurt anything - they are loaded with nutrition, too.

I am not saying when a person is dieting - be as strict as you want. i'm talking in everyday life. Something like fast food is another story. I would not eat nor do I recommend to my clients eating fast food EVER.

-Amie