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I like how they leave out potatoes because of keto mythology claiming they are just starch with no nutrients. I guess all that potassium, vitamin C, B6, niacin

I like how they leave out potatoes because of keto mythology claiming they are just starch with no nutrients. I guess all that potassium, vitamin C, B6, niacin, folate, iron, etc. doesn't count because reasons.

Dylan16807 12y ago
What? Are you just making stories up for some reason? Based on http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/vegetables-and-vegetable-products/2546/2 http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/vegetables-and-vegetable... for a raw potato, the 17 nutrients involved total 363% daily value per 284 calories, so normalizing by dividing by 2.84 and 17 gets a final score of 7.5. Potato is not a powerhouse. Oh and I neglected to factor in bioavailability which would make that number even smaller. All those nutrients you mention 'count', but there's only a large supply of potassium, C, and B6. Three out of seventeen is a pretty bad score.
- imanaccount247 12y ago
  If you follow that same methodology, none of the scores they listed are accurate. 1 out of 17 is even worse than 3 out of 17, and yet they inexplicably have iceburg lettuce at 18.28.
  - Dylan16807 12y ago
    Iceburg lettuce, let's see. http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/vegetables-and-vegetable-products/2476/2 http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/vegetables-and-vegetable... Remember that the par value is 10% daily value per nutrient per 100 calories. This is for only 10 calories, so anything at 1% or greater is a good supply. The nutrients measured: potassium, fiber, protein, calcium, iron, thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, folate, zinc, and vitamins A, B6, B12, C, D, E, and K In order lettuce has: lots, lots, par, par, lots, lots, par, none, lots, par, lots, lots, none, lots, none?, par, massive Again I'm ignoring bioavailability but 18 looks about right once that factors in. Lettuce has most of the nutrients desired per calorie. Not just one. edit: fixed b6 and b12. And I hope whoever downvoted my first comment replies saying why...

Dylan16807 12y ago

What? Are you just making stories up for some reason? Based on http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/vegetables-and-vegetable-products/2546/2 http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/vegetables-and-vegetable... for a raw potato, the 17 nutrients involved total 363% daily value per 284 calories, so normalizing by dividing by 2.84 and 17 gets a final score of 7.5. Potato is not a powerhouse. Oh and I neglected to factor in bioavailability which would make that number even smaller. All those nutrients you mention 'count', but there's only a large supply of potassium, C, and B6. Three out of seventeen is a pretty bad score.

imanaccount247 12y ago
If you follow that same methodology, none of the scores they listed are accurate. 1 out of 17 is even worse than 3 out of 17, and yet they inexplicably have iceburg lettuce at 18.28.
- Dylan16807 12y ago
  Iceburg lettuce, let's see. http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/vegetables-and-vegetable-products/2476/2 http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/vegetables-and-vegetable... Remember that the par value is 10% daily value per nutrient per 100 calories. This is for only 10 calories, so anything at 1% or greater is a good supply. The nutrients measured: potassium, fiber, protein, calcium, iron, thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, folate, zinc, and vitamins A, B6, B12, C, D, E, and K In order lettuce has: lots, lots, par, par, lots, lots, par, none, lots, par, lots, lots, none, lots, none?, par, massive Again I'm ignoring bioavailability but 18 looks about right once that factors in. Lettuce has most of the nutrients desired per calorie. Not just one. edit: fixed b6 and b12. And I hope whoever downvoted my first comment replies saying why...