I have not seen anything indicating that the gelatinised starch in well-cooked spuds is a persorption risk. Have you?@ecstatichamster Maybe your symptoms were the caused by presorption of the starches?
(Raw potato starch might well be).
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I have not seen anything indicating that the gelatinised starch in well-cooked spuds is a persorption risk. Have you?@ecstatichamster Maybe your symptoms were the caused by presorption of the starches?
Make sure you are CHEWING to digest the starches in the mouth. If you look at weight loss as a form of calorie restriction, then potatoes aren't it. If you look at weight loss as a form of healing the body, then potatoes are the ultimate in quality protein, high potassium and minerals (salt especially), add some fat and have a complete meal food. We ate a hand sized portion per meal and when I chewed enough, I would get full before I ate the full amount.
Keep in mind, you need to realize that your body makes enzymes according to what you give it. If you normally eat a high fat diet, your body is used to making lipase and less protease and carb digesting enzymes (the proper name is escaping me right now.) Switching suddenly to a low fat, high starch diet is going to cause a lack of proper break down of the "new" foods.
Potatoes are high in folate, which doesn't seem to be reduced by cooking, coffee is kinda high in choline, does it feel like a methylation issue @ecstatichamster?
@ecstatichamster well, like you are putting too much of a methyl donor into your body.
@ecstatichamster: very low fat gives me inflammatory/endotoxin symptoms, too. Potatoes don't affect me but a prolonged stint with very low fat does.
Did you peel your potatoes before cooking? A day of eating unpeeled boiled potatoes will cause me to have stiff joints the next morning, but I don't seem to be bothered if I peel the potatoes before boiling. Cooking them with skins on doesn't really change anything. You must peel them before cooking.
I like the potato hack. I've done several. Lost a few pounds each time. And as I think I said in another thread, doing resistant starch really *did* help the integrity of my skin, particularly on the soles of my feet. Along with probiotics for me, but I've heard anecdotes from people who didn't use probiotics.
I'm seeing more improvement in my feet after a few weeks of doing some things to clear endotoxin and biofilms (and therefore inflammation).
I found a recipe to make the most amazing oven home fries with virtually no fat. I could eat those every day of my life.
I'm starting to do some playing with the potato diet.
I eat some meals of only potatoes, boiled, with a bit of ketchup or perhaps hot sauce and fish sauce.
The rest of my diet consists of a bit of milk (a glass or two a day), coffee, an egg or two some days, fruit, a cup of OJ, a few Cokes, maybe 1/4 to 1/2 cup of gelatin (collagen), and 4 ounces or so of fish or lean meat and a bit of rice and a well cooked veggie for dinner.
I'm also going low fat, aiming at 8% or so fat calories, not ultra low fat.
I'm also planning on enjoying my food, and not just eating like this.
I'd like to lose about 20 pounds or maybe 25 pounds of fat, while increasing lean mass.
I'm reading Presto by Penn Jillette which is a wonderful read, BTW.
I read The Potato Hack: Weight Loss Simplified which is pretty good
Anyway, what are your experiences with it?