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Sugar, potatoes, properly prepared white flour, and white rice are excellent food choices. All mentioned, except probably potatoes, have very low nutrient dens
by Evgeny 12y ago
Sugar, potatoes, properly prepared white flour, and white rice are excellent food choices.
All mentioned, except probably potatoes, have very low nutrient density (also called "empty calories"). That alone makes them horrible food choices, even not considering the effects on metabolism.
Potatoes are ok though, I was surprised to find out that they contain complete protein. There were also some studies that recorded benefits from "potato diet".
- will_work4tears 12y agoSugar and white rice are on that list and you single out potatoes? Nutritiondata.self.com has a "completeness score" of 57/100 for potatoes, but only 27/100 for white rice (long grain), and a 0/100 for sugar (which is nothing but empty calories). FWIW, wheat flour is listed as 33/100 so potatoes are the top of the whole list. Edit: for comparison, Kale (raw) has a "completeness score" of 85/100 and Spinach (cooked) has a 93/100.
- Evgeny 12y agoSugar and white rice are on that list and you single out potatoes? Yes, sorry - I singled out potatoes as a decent food, while the others are truly horrible.
- will_work4tears 12y agoGotcha, Sorry for jumping to a conclusion then.