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alfreda89 ([personal profile] alfreda89) wrote2011-06-24 11:39 am
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For starters, dump the white potatoes....

Where do those extra pounds come from? Most of them come from potatoes, especially French fries. They may only add a half-pound a year, but that adds up quickly. Soda and alcohol follow up as big problems, too.

Pants too Tight? Blame it on Potatoes.
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[identity profile] madspark.livejournal.com 2011-06-24 05:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Whereas nuts and yogurt are associated with weight loss, and cheese comes in neutral! From a different study, salt consumption may even be GOOD for you, but everyone is different, so don't go crazy.

[identity profile] originalkitsune.livejournal.com 2011-06-24 07:11 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm suspecting some bias, perhaps dairy companies paying for this study. It's people eat too darned much. period. I include myself. Yogurt creates dampness for many people including myself. I get sicker than hell when i eat a lot of it (such as eating it once a day). Acne gets blown sky high.

[identity profile] ladypoetess.livejournal.com 2011-06-25 12:30 am (UTC)(link)
I have less problem with potatoes (which are my carb-crack, anyway, so I have to be extra careful about eating too much) and more with refined breads and pastas. I have 1 can of soda a day during warmer weather, for the caffeine - I have severe asthma, and caffeine is a xanthine, a class of drugs that (for no discernible reason) has a positive effect on the airways. During cooler months I drink hot tea. Why don't I drink iced tea? Because I drink way too much if I keep it made in the house all the time, whereas it is much easier to limit my intake of soda to 1 can and stop. :)

[identity profile] starcat-jewel.livejournal.com 2011-06-28 03:02 am (UTC)(link)
FWIW, I've dropped 30 pounds since this time last year by cutting WAY back on carbs in general. I eat more meat and dairy, not as many veggies as I probably should -- but potatoes and rice and bread and pasta, which used to be staples of my diet, are now sharply limited in both frequency and quantity. And just doing that, nothing else -- no calorie counting, no increase in exercise -- is slowly peeling off the increases of the last 20 years. I weigh less now than I did when I moved to Houston, and I've observed other health benefits as well.

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