Unlike sugar-rich foods, though, potatoes don't contain many calories for how filling they are. That's the problem with nutrition science as it is currently pr

Unlike sugar-rich foods, though, potatoes don't contain many calories for how filling they are. That's the problem with nutrition science as it is currently practiced (or rather, as it is currently used by non-scientists). Its conclusions are valuable to specialists, but it's not good enough (yet) to give much valuable advice regarding how people should actually eat. For example, according to the glycemic index, ice cream is better for you than potatoes, which is absurd. Here's a good essay about this: http://www.michaelpollan.com/article.php?id=87 http://www.michaelpollan.com/article.php?id=87