Potato gets a bad “wrap”
For many good reasons, “white” foods have gotten a bad “rap”. Like white flour, and white rice, they have suffered by being primarily sugar with little or no fiber. Whole grains provide less sugar spikes in your blood stream which have a negative effect on appetite thereby contributing to obesity.
I would like to come to the aid of the poor potato. If you “wrap” it up in a foil jacket and bake it and then eat it with its skin, you are getting plenty of fiber from the skin and it becomes a healthy potato; undeserving of a bad “rap”.
However, if you un-wrap that potato and add butter, sour cream, bacon bits etc, you have converted that healthy high fiber sugar into an unhealthy, high FAT food. Same problem if you mash it with butter, milk, and salt creating a similar high fat, and also, high salt food which predisposes to high blood pressure.
Now, if you find the plain backed potato blah, you could “flavor” it with something healthy like a small amount of a healthy margarine like Benecol® which is made from plants or add a little salsa or whatever healthy low fat condiment you like. Personally, I like the clean taste of a pure baked potato. (You can quickly bake one un-wrapped in the microwave in 4-5 minutes on high.) Bon appétit!
Gerald L. Evans, M.D.
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